Here's my story:
Back in May I went to the dr. because I thought I had a fistula developing where I had rectocele surgery 1.5 yrs ago. By OB/GYN thought it looked but sent me to a general surgeon. General Surgeon said everything looked but to make sure he sent me for a CT scan and colonoscopy. CT Scan came back normal. They did biopsies during the colonoscopy not sure where maybe end part of small intestine. Biopsies came back as inflammation. GI dr then ordered a Upper GI and small bowel follow through barium x-rays and Prometheus IBD sgi Diagnostic. Barium xrays all came back good but the blood work was consistent with Crohn's. Now the GI dr want to do a capsule endoscopy but first we need to go over everything I've had so far.
I'm confused as to why one thing showed inflammation and the other didn't. Because I've got inflammation and the blood work is consistent with Crohn's does that mean I have it or does it mean I have a better chance of getting? Also is the capsule endoscopy something that is even worth doing?
I must add that I've never really considered myself having anything like this. Things I've experience have been blood in stool and pain when going at times which I chalked up to fissures, bloating or a lot of gassiness which I've figured had to do with being overweight. I've read about Crohn's but wouldn't have thought of it being me. So I'm just confused and hope to get more info at my next appt where we'll decided about the capsule endoscopy.
Back in May I went to the dr. because I thought I had a fistula developing where I had rectocele surgery 1.5 yrs ago. By OB/GYN thought it looked but sent me to a general surgeon. General Surgeon said everything looked but to make sure he sent me for a CT scan and colonoscopy. CT Scan came back normal. They did biopsies during the colonoscopy not sure where maybe end part of small intestine. Biopsies came back as inflammation. GI dr then ordered a Upper GI and small bowel follow through barium x-rays and Prometheus IBD sgi Diagnostic. Barium xrays all came back good but the blood work was consistent with Crohn's. Now the GI dr want to do a capsule endoscopy but first we need to go over everything I've had so far.
I'm confused as to why one thing showed inflammation and the other didn't. Because I've got inflammation and the blood work is consistent with Crohn's does that mean I have it or does it mean I have a better chance of getting? Also is the capsule endoscopy something that is even worth doing?
I must add that I've never really considered myself having anything like this. Things I've experience have been blood in stool and pain when going at times which I chalked up to fissures, bloating or a lot of gassiness which I've figured had to do with being overweight. I've read about Crohn's but wouldn't have thought of it being me. So I'm just confused and hope to get more info at my next appt where we'll decided about the capsule endoscopy.