No surgery

[sunflower]

And I don't know if I am really excited about it. Doc thinks that I probably have scar tissue on the outside of the lining somewhere that is causing my intestine to not expand properly - rather than having a stricture on the inside. So that would explain why no one has ever seen anything - but I keep having the symptoms of a stricture. This doctor actually listens and finds a reason for my symptoms, rather than just blowing me off and saying that I don't really have that symptom. (Yay!!! I love that!!!)

Anyway, he said that I have a 10 cm section of my colon that has no normal tissue in it. He said he doesn't think it is a bad thing, but he is waiting for the pathology report. Then he will write me a letter and let me know what he recommends. I can't see that it is good to have "non normal" tissue sitting around. It isn't absorbing correctly, it isn't pushing the wast material correctly, and it is kind of messing me up. I also worry about it turning cancerous. Shouldn't I take it out just because it isn't normal???

So many questions, and I hate wating for the letter. I wish I could go in and we could talk face to face. But, this si what he likes.

 

[archie]

Hi those were exactly my thoughts when I was told I had a foot of fibrosed bowel. Although I was very reluctant for surgery initially, the meds didn't work at fixing the bowel it was too far gone. The choice for surgery was taken out of my hands as I suffered a perforation therefore I had to have it but so glad I did as having the inflamed bowel was making me feel tired and I always worried about it turning cancerous. In fact after it was removed the pathology report showed a very small carcinoid tumour on the appendix which hadn't shown on any of the scans so I'm so glad they did remove it. Chat to a colorectal surgeon about it theyll be able to advise u for the best. Good luck

 

[ameslouise]

Hi Sunflower - Any update from your doctor?

Hope you got the answer you were hoping for!

- Amy