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Re: Bowel / colonoscopy
From: Anna (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun Oct 31 20:45:41 2004
Kim, Paige and Tracy, I feel your pain, too! I posted once on this topic
already today, before I read your posts. Man. It has been so
frustrating for me to deal with the gastroenterologist. He knows
nothing about endo, but I guess I can't blame him. After my incredibly
painful flexible sigmoidoscopy, he told me I had a perfectly healthy
colon and I started crying. "Why are you crying?" he asked, totally
confused. I was just so frustrated to be told again, "you are fine"
when I know something is definitely wrong. Also, my old GYN told me I
couldn't possibly have bowel endo because he couldn't feel it during a
pelvic exam and if I had endo affecting me this way, it would have to be
huge, palpable gobs of it. Smart, doc, thanks.
Since then my endo has gotten significantly worse and now there is no
debating I have bowel endo. When you can't sit down without bracing
yourself and wincing anyway, there's just no debate. So at least I know
now. Now that the pain is bad enough to cause me to vomit during my
period, the doctors are suddenly listening!! This is a huge relief
despite the fear I have of what this all means.
-Anna
At Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Tracy wrote:
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>He ladies,
>I just wanted to say that I too was diaganosed with IBS before I was
>diaganosed with endo. I only have a bowel movement once a week. I
>would have pain exactly like labor, contractions and all. First
>consitipation then diarrea. My doc prescribed levsin. As soon as I
>would take one I could easily have a normal BM. I've been trying to do
>without them since I ran out but I'm right back to where I started. I've
>been off of them for 5 months or so. I didn't want to become dependent
>on them but now I'm thinking of getting my prescription refilled. The
>pain is just getting unbearible. I just wanted to share this with you
>because it might bring some of you relief also. By the way the drug is
>not supposed to make you dependent on it, I just get paranoid.
>Tracy
>
>At Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Paige wrote:
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>>Hello!
>>
>>I feel your pain! I have had endo for 12 years, but 1 1/2 years ago my
>>gyno sent me to see a GI who did a colonoscopy. I had severe
>>constipation and pain as well. The colonoscopy proved to me normal.
>>This past spring I had a few colonics done. This seemed to help a lot
>>and has gotten me through until now. It could take away any pain and
>>discomfort you may have due to constipation and make your bowel
>>movements more regular, but obviously doesn't take away the endo. I
>>think that one is related to the other. It is a relatively inexpensive
>>to try (in Arizona it was $120 for three colonics). Just a thought....
>>Paige
>>
>>At Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Kim wrote:
>>>
>>>Hi all, since this has been a bowel type of day for the forum, I thought
>>>I'd get my questions in. I just had a colonscopy last week to rule out
>>>any bowel / GI type problems. My doctor suggested doing this before we
>>>proceed to the hyst. in dec. They didn't find anything last week
>>>regarding my bowels. He spelled out "Completely healthy colon, no
>>>inflammation, no redness, no polyps / masses or varicies. It is
>>>comforting to know that nothing else is wrong, but I am still really
>>>confused.
>>>It is hard for me to distinguish my bowel symtpoms from endo or if they
>>>are on in the same. About the same time last year I started having the
>>>unbearable pain (suffered from endo for about 7 years but was
>>>well-controlled until last year) and began taking pain medication to
>>>help with it. I cannot remember at the time before starting the pain
>>>medication if my bowel symptoms were there (who knew it would progress
>>>to this or I would have kept a journal) or if the bowel symptoms are
>>>only from the pain medication. The only bowel symptoms I have are
>>>constipation (at least once or twice a week I feel like I cannot BM) and
>>>pelvic / abdominal pain that goes from left to right depending on the
>>>day, or both sometimes. I would have never thought anything as far as
>>>GI, but my Dr. said my pain was a little high up and that during the
>>>lap he didn't see any endo on my bowels and didn't take pictures because
>>>"it looked normal." If anyone has similar concerns can you please e-mail
>>>me. I would love to go off the pain meds to see if the constipation
>>>part clears up, but again its not a daily problem and I take them daily-
>>>plus I don't beleive I could make it for a week without taking somthing.
>>>I don't have diarrhea or vomiting, but I do suffer from abnormal
>>>bloating, seeing that I am on Lupron... I don't have a cycle and
>>>shouldn't bloat like this. In my defense I have never had these types
>>>of problems and eat meticulously- count fiber grams to make sure I get
>>>25-30g and eat fruits and veggies with every meal--- anyone feel my
>>>pain?
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-Anna
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