WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for April, 2003: Re: bowel pain

Re: bowel pain

From: Curious (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 13 Apr 2003 09:23:50 -0500 (CDT)

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The alternative to the colonoscopy is the upper and lower GI barium series. You can't get a biopsy w/the barium series but you can get a better look at the small intestine. This might be the way to go if the pain is in the lower right quadrant, groin area.

Have you had a colonoscopy before? Aside from the cleansing prep you should have no discomfort. You are not given just pain med but also a sedative that should leave you waking up after the procedure wondering when they were going to start. I've had 4 colonoscopies, if it weren't for the cleansing, they've been a "piece of cake".

At Sun, 13 Apr 2003, Kristy wrote: >
>Pat,
>
>Yes, this can be a sign of endo. It can happen during a period
>as you mentioned, and it can also happen without having a
>period. I've met some ladies that had this problem too and one
>of them said that the dr told her it was colon cancer and she
>only had a short time to live and it turned out only to be the
>endo.
>
>When I was first starting out with endo and having to deal with
>GI symptoms (which actually turned out to be IBS) they wanted me
>to have a lower GI and a flexible sigmoidoscopy and I wasn't
>about to do it b/c I knew where all my pains were so I don't
>blame you for not wanting to go in for the colonoscopy.
>
>Feel free to e-mail me directly any time.
>
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>
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