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Re: Bowel Endo ????From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)Fri Sep 10 10:49:14 2004
Danielle, Thank you for all the info. I am glad to hear that it was a positive experience for you. I am going for the barium enema today so we'll see if that shows anything. I will keep posting the results. I barely survived the bowel prep for the barium enema so I can't wait for the real thing :( Have a great weekend. I appreciate all the info. and support. ~ Amy At Fri, 10 Sep 2004, Danielle wrote: > >Hi Amy, > >I had a laparoscopy in Sept of last year followed by a laparotomy in Nov >to remove stage 4 endo. Like you, my pain was in my lower left side. My >doctor did a laparoscopy first to get a good idea of what he was dealing >with and realized it was worse than he thought. They did a bowel >resection to remove a portion of my bowel that had endo wrapped all >around the bowel. It was very painful, but definately worth it! My >recovery was about 6 weeks long. It wasn't as bad as I was expecting. >Of course it is more painful than a regular laparoscopy and you are >hospitalized for about a week, but the negatives are far outweighed by >the positives. I felt a difference when I woke from the surgery. It >was the best thing any doctor has ever done for me. I wish a doctor had >told me about this before I had endured 8 surgeries. You will more than >likely have to have a colonoscopy to make sure it is endo and not >something else on the bowel. If you have any questions, e-mail me. I >would be happy to help! > >-- >Danielle > >At Thu, 9 Sep 2004, Crystal wrote: >> >>I went through a colonoscopy trying to get diagnosed with endo, and it >>was horrible. I would not wish that on anyone. >> >>At Thu, 9 Sep 2004, Amy wrote: >>> >>>Hello, >>>I have posted a few times before. I have battled endo for 6 years now. >>>I have had 9 surgeries, two of which were following my complete hyst. >>>Now the pain is back and all too familiar. It is a very concentrated >>>pain on my left side but also intercousre is impossible!! So I went to >>>the doctor last week and he did his regular exam. I went in yesterday >>>for an ultrasound and thsy are saying it is my intestines and colon. So >>>now I have to go in for a barium enema tomorrow and an upper G.I. on >>>tuesdyay. When I asked my doctor he said that it is endo. on my colon >>>and intestines and that they need to do the tests in order to find out >>>the extent of the endo. He mentioned a bowel re-section. >>>So my question is has anyone been through any of these procedures? What >>>should I expect? Any advise? What about a bowel re-section? What is >>>recovery like? Any information would be greatly appreciated :) Hope all >>>of you are doing well. Thanks in advance. >>>Amy >
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