Anyone had pill cam ?

[Jenny06xx]

Well I'm due to have the pill cam I'd say in roughly 2 months cos I have to be off pred fir a month before it's done so the can see active crohns I guess,
Have any of you had one ? With good results I mean did it show crohns of the small intestine whereas a scope wouldn't ?
I'm not nervous more excited sp they can finally see what's going on.
Ps what is bowel wall thickening ? And will that cause any problems at all?
Jen XX

 

[Mary]

I had one and it showed everything...it took along time for the results though. I was nervous that it wouldnt come out..but it did. It was probably the easiest of all the test I have had.

 

[kayaker4157]

Pill cam

I had one, and it was one of the easier tests that I have had. I got myself all worried and nervous over nothing. It was just like swallowing my morning vitamin. No problem at all. They did my small bowel follow through x ray test first to make sure that the camera pill could pass through everywhere just fine, and since at the time, I didn't have any blockages or narrowings, that thing just went through as it was supposed to. Didn't even feel it. It does show everything and all the inflammation that I have going on pretty clearly and I even got to see some of the pictures.

 

[emmyr]

HI ! I had the pill cam exactly a year ago I never had such an easy test to begin with but to tell you the truth i ended up in the hospital for 2weeks since I had a narrowing and the cam couldn't go through I had a Bad obstruction,and it leaked an infection from my intestines to my blood!!!
I do not want to scare you I just want to make you aware like the dictor said 4 in every 1 Hundred patient end up with complications!
Good Luck!

 

[Nytefyre]

Hello! The last pill cam I had was earlier this year. Easy as pie(whatever that means). Swallowed it, snapped on the belt, carried it around most of the day, then dropped it off later. No problems with the pill exiting either. Took a bunch of pics and confirmed active disease after a colonoscopy showed none. I couldn't have asked for an easier test!