How long till you "expelled" the pill cam?

[bny806]

I thought it would be out by now, but so far nada... I feel a little obstructed... I have felt this way before though (Full and nauseated after eating, bloated up).. foam bowel movements (sorry tmi).. I want it out already! Curious how long it took others to pass it>

 

[Scarabia]

Took me around 12 hours from swallowing it to it hitting the bottom of the toilet. Came out completely on it's own too, was just flashing away down there.

 

[bny806]

Thanks! So today was the first day it potentially came out (it's 3 days since I swallowed it).. I had SUPER intense cramps/pain today that I have never felt... made me sweat, nauseated get goose bumps and almost pass out.. lasted about 5 minutes.. and then I Had my first bowel movements since the scope.... I didn't see the camera in there anywhere obviously... I wonder if it could be missed? I wonder if that awful pain I felt was the camera that was stuck and becoming unstuck? It was excruciating!! I have had some mild obstruction symptoms in the past when I am having flares.. but nothing like that pain.

 

[nikimazur]

I totally missed when I passed mine. I feel like the pill cam severely worsened the flare I was already in at the time... It was so incredibly painful, and I refuse to do another one.

 

[bny806]

NIkimazur- So did they do an xray to confirm it wasn't stuck in there? OH yes, It has caused my gut to be super mad!! But so did the colonscopy/endoscopies as well.. I assumed it was from the prep... but I was in the worst pains after my scopes... and I've been pretty darn miserable this week since the pill cam.... I'm anxious to hear the results! I am apparently not absorbing nutrients... so we shall see

 

[nikimazur]

I ended up having X-rays four days later, and it wasn't stuck, thank god. If you think about it, both the capsule and normal colonoscopy/endoscopy can play some havoc, especially if you have narrowing, or extremely active disease. I hope you get some answers!

 

[bny806]

Thanks! I have been MISERABLE today... have blood in my stool again too : ( ugh.. I hate that everytime I do a prep/procedure I am super miserable afterwards.... I'm nervous to hear my results...
I have a question for you - If i do have crohns and have to do immunosuppresants, how careful do you hve to be about germs? I work around germs and then have 2 kids that go to preschool!