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  1. lseibert

    Doctor in Michigan....

    Hello everyone, I wanted to know if anyone has a good GI doctor in southeast Michigan? I have a doctor and he is suppose to be good, but last year I had surgery twice. The first was a strictureplasty, on the terminal ileum, then within 6 months I started having pain and couldn't eat anything...
  2. lseibert

    Home at last......... :)

    I got home yesterday from surgery on Nov. 17. I was suppose to have about a foot removed, but after the surgeon got in there he decided that it would be better to do another strictureplasty on the diseased area. My recovery was slow because my bowels didn't want to "wake up". Now I'm on a full...
  3. lseibert

    Surgery

    Well I had my surgery consult today and Thursday is the big day, again. The surgeon said he could try and do another strictureplasty, or he could remove some of my bowel, he said, "it's your choice". Wow, what great choices, removal it is.....:( He said he would try to do it lap, but I...
  4. lseibert

    Surgery

    Hello everyone, I wanted to find out if anyone has had this happen and what happens next. I had a strictureplasty last February 10 of 18 cm, they didn't want to remove any bowel, because of this being my first surgery, for Crohn's. Well it's nine months later and in the area between the...
  5. lseibert

    Scar tissue after surgery

    I had surgery in February this past year and yesterday I had a colonoscopy for pain, I started getting 3 weeks ago, in the terminal ileum area. The doctor said I had scar tissue that had strictured my surgery site, so he dilated it. Has anyone had this and how long did the dilatation last...
  6. lseibert

    Thanks....

    Everyone on the forum, I haven't been on here much lately, with all the pain and problems. But, I'm going in tomorrow, for a small bowel resection. I've read many posts about surgeries and what to expect, take, ect. Thanks for all the information on here, it's so nice to know you are not...
  7. lseibert

    My story

    Hello my name is Linda and I have been suffering for 22 years with Crohn's, and IBS for 27 years. After the birth of my last child I developed diarrhea which was a relief from the IBS symptoms, that I developed at 23 year of age. After many doctors and tests, I was told that they didn't know...
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