Colonoscopy - Very Worried
The blood could either be bright red/fresh, which would more likely indicate something akin to hemmorhoids as being responsible (common with O. as well as post-op patientts) or darker, "digested" blood, which could indicate a variety of things amiss further up in the digestive tract. Did they tell you which type it was? Likely if it was the fresh/hemmorhoid type you would in fact have noticed it before on t.p. and such. Also, did they do a visual examination of that area for hemmorhoids as well? If they did, and yet are still ordering the colonoscopy, again it sounds like it is the other type of blood loss ... 
(and no, there should be no bleeding further up, even in DS post-ops. Possibly you have a bleeding ulcer or polyp)
Keeping you in my prayers for good news ..
(and no, there should be no bleeding further up, even in DS post-ops. Possibly you have a bleeding ulcer or polyp)
Keeping you in my prayers for good news ..
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
I am calling at 12 noon today to get some test results - I went in to have chest pains checked, and for just feeling "not quite right." Fast forward to a 10.4 hemoglobin, a blood occult test and now a pretty-much emergency colonoscopy, probably on Monday.
I will definetly mention the DS again - so many people are unaware of what it's all about - but just mentioning "weight loss surgery" lets doctors know that they have to treat us just a bit different.
The more I think about it, the more I think the ibuprofen must have at least something to do with this. But at almost 47 years old, it's close enough to 50 when they recommend routine colonoscopies - so it's a good thing this happened I guess. No signs, no symptoms, nothing - no blood anyplace that I could tell.
Things happen for a reason I guess - thanks to all of you for your help, and when I get back later on (I have to go for a chest xray in the middle of all of this) I will post whatever I've found out.
Lisa
I will definetly mention the DS again - so many people are unaware of what it's all about - but just mentioning "weight loss surgery" lets doctors know that they have to treat us just a bit different.
The more I think about it, the more I think the ibuprofen must have at least something to do with this. But at almost 47 years old, it's close enough to 50 when they recommend routine colonoscopies - so it's a good thing this happened I guess. No signs, no symptoms, nothing - no blood anyplace that I could tell.
Things happen for a reason I guess - thanks to all of you for your help, and when I get back later on (I have to go for a chest xray in the middle of all of this) I will post whatever I've found out.
Lisa
DS Surgery with Fernando Bonanni, Abington, PA 12/26/07
TT, Lift and Implants with Dr. Christian Kauffman, Danville, PA 5/12/17
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Lisa, you're doing the right thing, and I'm glad you found a doc who took this seriously. I also agree with Walter that this is a great opportunity to take a look at your stomach as well as your colon, for 2 reasons: 1. The DS does nothing to the colon, so your risk of colon cancer isn't increased, and 2. you've been taking ibuprofen, which, even in appropriate doses, is far more likely to cause a problem in the stomach than the colon, even in people with normal anatomy, let alone us.
So get both tests done, make sure the GI doc doing the scope knows you had the DS (bring a picture just in case, but most of the GI guys have an least heard of the DS), and if possible have the GI doc touch base with your DS surgeon beforehand.
Good luck, and please let us know what happens. And as others have said, the procedures are a piece of cake because they will snocker you. It's the prep that's the tough part.
Larra
So get both tests done, make sure the GI doc doing the scope knows you had the DS (bring a picture just in case, but most of the GI guys have an least heard of the DS), and if possible have the GI doc touch base with your DS surgeon beforehand.
Good luck, and please let us know what happens. And as others have said, the procedures are a piece of cake because they will snocker you. It's the prep that's the tough part.
Larra
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