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Post by KSA on Mar 12, 2011 10:49:18 GMT -5
My procedures were 123 so many back to back I think my body got used to the sedation so I was awake for it. As soon as I was vocal about it they knocked me out. My last sedation was orally and I was a mess. Infact when they did the MRI on me I was so out of it that she blew a vein trying to do the iv and I had no idea til I saw my arm the next day. Glad I was out of it for that. I woke up saying ouch my arm hurts took the bandage off and saw the black and blue marks. I think since its been a while since I have been under I should take to the sedation drugs well and I do not take pain meds so I will have to deal with whatever pain I have after.
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Post by omaklackey on Apr 1, 2011 22:17:20 GMT -5
I woke up for my colonoscopy. I distinctly remember thinking "that hurts and I started saying something and the nurse jumped up and pushed something in the IV and I went back to lala land. The doc was such an idiot though and didn't' even take biopsies so I'm going to have to do it again. I'm just so fed up with docs I'm having a hard time convincing myself to spend the money to drive back to follow up with my new GI doc. This last week was brutal though and a week of not going... OUCH, I think things finally woke up today, of course while I was at work. I kept having to run off to the bathroom, which was not fun.
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Post by JC on Apr 2, 2011 8:54:50 GMT -5
No biopsy??? Geez being sedated isn't some walk in the damn park! I wish they had done everything while they were in there! I'm sorry Omak
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Post by chicagogal2 on Apr 2, 2011 9:36:20 GMT -5
That's horrible! I'd be contacting the hospital liason and telling them about this and they can pay for the next one out of their pockets! I'm so sick of the medical system taking our money and wasting so much of our time!
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Post by gemstone on Apr 2, 2011 13:30:44 GMT -5
That's awful Omak, I'm sorry you had to go through that, and with no biopsies taken?? Did your doc explain why he didn't take any?
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Post by KSA on Apr 2, 2011 17:12:15 GMT -5
Sorry Omak. What was the point to put you thru that and not take a biopsy. They bill our insurance company for it and we pay for the procedures but do not get the answers we should with the procedures they do it is ridiculas. I had vent that out it really is taking advantage of people. Its not easy to be sedated for most of us and if we are under they need to do all they can in one shot verses numerous procedures. Omak please call you doc and tell them how you feel. You have been thru enough.
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Post by omaklackey on Apr 2, 2011 19:07:14 GMT -5
believe me I read him the riot act and even though my symptoms were getting worse It took me a long time to convince myself to keep looking for a solution and get a new GI doc. I also talked to my PCP and told her what happened so they won't refer anyone else to him. My new doctor is at least knowledgeable about Endometriosis. He also got right back to me when I called him recently. I have to go for another appointment soon though. I just hate the "takes all day to go" and hesitation and then the next day I can't stop going. Its so frustrating especially while I'm working. I do like my new fiber supplements, its calcium polycarbonate and works a lot better. I know there are foods that make my bowel movements worse and I keep hoping I will figure out what they are, especially the gassy "it won't come out" feeling!
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Post by omaklackey on Apr 4, 2011 18:45:45 GMT -5
I'm in total shock right now. My GI doctors office just called me with my test results and he noticed that the other doctor didn't take Biopsies and he wants me to do a sigmoidoscopy because he believes it may be colitis. What's totally freaky is I was researching Colitis because of Keri's thread when she called. I'm so excited and I know I shouldn't be because it may be another dead end but I sure would like a "diagnoses" even a bad one! And the really cool thing is he is coming up here at the end of the month so I don't have to go to wenatchee. He has been super cool about not making me drive down there like my Gynecologist always does and wastes my time. I like him! I think I'm in love.. LOL
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Post by pretty on Apr 4, 2011 18:51:17 GMT -5
yay for good things. yay for docs who call! and yay for any hope of a label for what it is! hope it gets settled this time, karla! x
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Post by KSA on Apr 5, 2011 13:05:08 GMT -5
Omak I can tell you a few things about colitis it is believed to be autoimmune just like scary endo. Lots of reasons why they think people may get flare ups but no one really knows. Constipation to severe diarrhea, bloating, constant abdominal pain or waves of pain, fever, chills and other signs of intection may occur but not always. Ct scan caught mine but doc wants to see further into the sigmoid colon with the simoidoscopy. Here is a link that goes into more detail.... www.medicinenet.com/colitis/article.htm
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Post by cherry on Apr 18, 2011 11:21:45 GMT -5
I get my results tomorrow. I am having so much trouble and it frightens me to have such lack of control over my bowel and rectum but I am thankful to all that is holy that I am not incontinent instead. If he says nothing is wrong I will tell him to stick that scope where the sun rises from out of my ass and see for himself! I will see what is wrong maybe with the MRI if they didn't see with the sigmoidoscopy.
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Post by Karen on Apr 18, 2011 17:18:29 GMT -5
You always have a way with words, hun! Here's hoping you get some answers. Let us know the results!
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Post by cherry on Apr 20, 2011 8:47:33 GMT -5
I had good news, no obstruction or sign of one. I could feel a nasty sore spot so I'm sure a sample was taken but we'll see what his letter to my doc says. He was interested in my pelvic physiotherapy and that I was not able to relax my pelvic muscles properly. He has recommended that if no answers come of the MRI, he'd like me to visit a specialist constipation clinic which is nurse led. He seemed to really click in with my thinking on it all being 'mechanical' and we discussed the bio-feedback therapy (pretty similar to PPT) they could do to retrain my muscles around the rectum if it turned out to be them, he even said that like with pelvic muscles knotting up as a reaction to pain, the same may be true of my bum. Sorry I like the word bum. I was a bit worried that he kept saying it shouldn't need surgery. I never considered that it was an issue with the possible muscle problems. I hope to God not. I will not submit to more surgery than I've had.
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Post by chicagogal2 on Apr 20, 2011 8:56:57 GMT -5
Hey Cherry! It seems like so many of us area suffering from pelvic floor issues. I learned this week that the pelvic floor controls the rectum, bladder and urethra. Since we all suffer thru so much pain we tend to clench those muscles down there and they spasm. The lady I saw said that can cause constipation, peeing issues, and other pain like the rectal pain alot of us get. I wonder if you'd also benefit from a vaginal valium suppository to stop the muscle spasms? I have been researching also that people take 2mg orally 3x a day of valium to keep those muscles calm, found this when researching pelvic floor dysfunction.
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Post by cherry on Apr 20, 2011 9:10:15 GMT -5
Nah I don't react well to meds that mess with the mind, I'm doing my PPT and going to get into yoga before I cross that bridge. I'm all for doing things that the body naturally does like exercise and diet before I'll go down the drug route. I'm just too sensitive to medication anyway. Even having a mirena which is supposed to only act locally was a bad move for me. I hope this works out for you though CG!
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