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  1. fozheart

    Intussusception anyone? I am not understanding results of CT!

    I had a CT a week ago and saw my GP for the results. She had ordered it because of worsening pain and more frequent partial blockages. She feels like the reason that the CT showed is intussusception in the jejunum in the left upper quadrant. She described it like a telescope folding into...
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    Failed stoma takedown?

    I am wondering if anyone of you have ever had a resection with a temporary colostomy, had a takedown, but then have had to had the colostomy put back in. If this has happened to you, could you please tell me what the circumstances were? My surgeries were in 2010, and I did ok for about a...
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    Can Sjögren's have an effect of how things move through the intestines?

    Can Sjögren's have an effect of how things move through the intestines? Srogen's syndrome has now joined my connective tissue disease list. My eyes are so dry, with red swollen eyelids, and underneath them, it looks like crinkly elephant skin! I have finally decided to splurge on the over the...
  4. fozheart

    A musician's dilemma!

    Could someone please explain to me how and why pressure on the abdomen is bad for possible hernias? If it was not a hernia and just scar tissue or adhesions, or a fistula, would pressure be bad for that too? And, how could it be another hernia if my whole stomach is meshed? I know this sounds...
  5. fozheart

    Blood in Urine

    Just another lovely surprise this evening.... blood on my underwear, and a little when I wipe myself. Not a lot, but not just a speck either. Sorry, I don't mean to be unladylike. I am just wondering if anyone would have a clue. I have had for the last 2 days, some cramping in the bladder...
  6. fozheart

    Prednisone AGAIN!

    This week has gotten progressively worse, in terms of inflammation in GI tract and feels like it is now further up, causing very difficult swallowing and restricted airway. Don't know if it is a GI problem, connective tissue flare, or pleurisy. Ugg... didn't even know which doctor to see, so I...
  7. fozheart

    Afraid it is hernia number 3!

    I have had problems with small obstructions/scar tissue for months which have been non conclusive. I am waiting to see a new G.I. doctor but the last few days I have had worse pain than usual, right where my stoma was reversed, (and 2 months later, incisional hernia repair.) Although it is...
  8. fozheart

    Food gets stuck

    Any suggestions? I am tapering off of prednisone but forgot to take it the last few days and have more pain than usual in the area of my resection; reversal and hernia area. (It feels like the food gets dlstuck in that area.) A The more food in me; the more it hurts. (So then I end up going...
  9. fozheart

    Finally brave enough to share!

    Hello everyone! This forum has gotten me through the last few years, but until now, I have never been able to come out of my shell. I put off writing this, because there are a lot of bits and pieces to my story, and I do not want to make your heads spin! My mom called me an Enigma from the...
  10. fozheart

    Small bowel follow through series

    Hello! I am having a small bowel follow through x ray series tomorrow morning. The doc suspects Crohn's in the small intestine maybe; along with plenty of scar tissue and adhesions. I am on 20mg of prednisone now. Seems like that would mask the test a bit! They are looking to see if there...
  11. fozheart

    Prednisone caution!

    I still need to write my story, and learn how to make a profile and picture, but I get uneasy for you people who are on the long term prednisone. I have had mixed connective tissue disease for years, and have been on and off of prednisone a great deal of time. Never had stomach issues until...
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