Had another colonoscopy today.....
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| Mon, 04-18-2005 - 10:22pm |
Hi Everyone,
I had another colonoscopy today. We finally have answers!!!!! It was exactly 16 months ago today that my medical nightmare started & we finally know what is wrong. I was awake for the entire colonoscopy, but was very comfortable. Thank goodness. Nurse was surprised that I was awake. She said she had given me enough meds to knock me out. I watched everything on the screen. Boy, did things look different than what they did back in December. Definitely have significant colitis. When he got to where the colon meets the small intestine, there were several nodules & cobblestone appearance consistant with Crohn's disease. He took biopsies from this area & several other areas. At the end of the procedure, I remember him saying that we now know what has been making me so sick. I remember something being mentioned about Crohn's disease. They took me back to the recovery room. The dr came in briefly to talk to Dh & I & said he basically will not tell us what he thinks is wrong till he confirms it with the biopsy results. I called my primary care dr to let him know how things went. He called me back earlier this evening. He had just gotten a premilinary report from the GI dr. They ar pretty definite that I do have Crohn's disease & it appears to be in the small intestine & possibly the stomach. Just waiting for the biopsy results to come back to officially confirm it. He said this is definitely what caused my post-op illius (bowel obstruction) last year, the problems with my white bloodcell count, the severe upper right/middle abdominal pain, etc that I have been having since January of 2004. Anyway, will hopefully know more tomorrow when I meet with him for some other issues that could be related to the Crohn's. Thank you so much for being here for me. So what do you all think? does this also sound like Crohn's to you?


Good Luck
Donna K
HI Tara!
Sound like we may have a diagnosis.