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123eden456
123eden456

Hi! I will undergo colonoscopy next week. The doctor request for a series of test: cbc, ecg and chest xray. All came back normal except for chest xray that says: pleural thickening. I'm so scared about my colonoscopy and this chest xray result add up to my anxiety. Wish me luck guys!

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  • LL568
    LL568 123eden456

    Posted

    Good luck!

    The colonoscopies aren't as bad as you think they will be! It's more scary the thought of what's happening. Aslong as you're relaxed (I know that's easier said than done when you have a 10ft camera in you haha) but there are pain relief things there and take whatever they'll give you. smile

    Hope you're okay! smile x

    • 123eden456
      123eden456 LL568

      Posted

      Thank you! Did you also undergo series of test before the procedure?
    • LL568
      LL568 123eden456

      Posted

      I've had 5 colonoscopies so far! CT scan, the radiation X-ray and many many blood and stool tests! No dignity left :p
    • 123eden456
      123eden456 LL568

      Posted

      Yay.. do you have a diagnosis already? I already had series of blood test but always came back normal. So this is realy my last resort. I've been avoiding this procedure for too long. But have i have no choice now..
    • LL568
      LL568 123eden456

      Posted

      They're just diagnosing me with IBS-D which is not what I have because I am passing blood and constantly in pain even when I'm not eating so having to go elsewhere as they aren't wanting to do any more investigations as my biopsies came back normal. rolleyes

      They're really not that bad. It's more of something being put up your bum that's scary haha but don't worry the doctors will be really lovely. It is painful won't lie, but you can have gas and air or sedation. You also will get to wear "dignity shorts" to cover yourself up.

      Hope all goes well! Let us know how it goes smile

  • vivian89329
    vivian89329 123eden456

    Posted

    Hi

    Don't worry. I know it is easier said than done. If blood work came back normal. It is a good sign.

    What dymptoms do you have?

    Vivian

    • 123eden456
      123eden456 vivian89329

      Posted

      Hi Vivian! It all started last February I noticed that I had a change in my bowel movement like lose stools, early morning diarhea, and chronoc lower abdmonial pain. sometimes im ok, but most of the time I feel uncomfortable lile theres a nudging pain in my stomach and i feel like i always need to go. And just last week i experience constitpation I saw blood in my stools. Thats the time i decided that i really need to have a colonoacopy. This is driving me crazy.
    • vivian89329
      vivian89329 123eden456

      Posted

      Hi

      Sometimes after constipation you can get hemrrhoids and this could cause bleeding. If your cbc test was normal then you are not bleeding internally. It is good you are going for a colonoscopy. It could be many things such as IBS colitis crohns which are all treatable or it could be nothing. Have you had a stool test done?

      I am being checked for parasites now? I have similar symptoms.

      Vivian

    • 123eden456
      123eden456 vivian89329

      Posted

      I also had stool exam for parasite and occult (this was before i saw blood in my stool the other day) and it also came back okay. The doctor says we perform the colonoscopy so she can label me with IBS. Since my symtomps now are alternating diarrhea and constipation.
  • coral2786
    coral2786 123eden456

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    I saw a professor yesterday who specialists in gastro problems for over 30 years and he has told me there are 2 problems with the overall gut one is IBS the other is functional dyspepsia which effects the top of the stomach and the gullet. He explained that all blood tests dont show up this condition and the inflammation doesnt show up on an endoscopy or colonscopy so just bare in mind if all tests come back clear you want to ask if it could be functional dyspepsia
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