Thickening of my right colon
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Get a second opinion ASAP. Ask your GP for a referral to a new GI, because it sounds like your current GI is clueless! You're obviously in pain and distress and can't go on much longer like this, you need someone to figure out what's going on and fast. Good luck, please keep us updated. And please go back to the ER if things start to get worse again.
Thickening of the colon is not normal. In a previous thread you said you had ulcers, they're not normal either! I agree, get a second opinion.
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I'm with Rebecca, thickening and ulcers is NOT normal. I would be getting a second opinion ASAP. I really hope you find some answers and relief soon.
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i had to drink the stuff and they also did the iv when i went in. he still has no idea what to do. i'm still having the weird symptoms of something being "blocked" when i eat and so therefore i have to throw up. this stinks. i thought they went to medical school for a reason? :\
2 + 2 = 22?
Hi Ava,
I know it can be maddening to have thickening and ulcers, and at the same
time be told tests results are 'normal'.
That's just bad math!
My GI told me I had thickening as well.
I find that choice of terms particularly disappointing.
I find it much more meaningful to think of it as narrowing.
(which will obviously affect digestion which is really just a tube)
The stuff we drink for CT scan is a newer form of barium.
The IV is marker dye, often referred to as contrast.
Like the others, I agree that clearly you'd be wise to seek a fresh voice in this most important of puzzles.
One thing I do, is get my own copies of all my test results, which I carry to all my appts.
Start your own file, which you gather and control.
I no longer ask 'them' for my test results, nope, they can ask me if they need something!
This is not a game nor a paycheck for us, this is our one and only life, play for keeps.
Good luck on your quest for better answers,
and your quest to feel better too.
hang in there,
Walt
ps all this can make you want to scream!
Hi Ava,
I know it can be maddening to have thickening and ulcers, and at the same
time be told tests results are 'normal'.
That's just bad math!
My GI told me I had thickening as well.
I find that choice of terms particularly disappointing.
I find it much more meaningful to think of it as narrowing.
(which will obviously affect digestion which is really just a tube)
The stuff we drink for CT scan is a newer form of barium.
The IV is marker dye, often referred to as contrast.
Like the others, I agree that clearly you'd be wise to seek a fresh voice in this most important of puzzles.
One thing I do, is get my own copies of all my test results, which I carry to all my appts.
Start your own file, which you gather and control.
I no longer ask 'them' for my test results, nope, they can ask me if they need something!
This is not a game nor a paycheck for us, this is our one and only life, play for keeps.
Good luck on your quest for better answers,
and your quest to feel better too.
hang in there,
Walt
ps all this can make you want to scream!
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