Hello all, This is my first time going to a GI doctor. I would like to know what to expect. Can anyone give me an idea on what to expect? Write Back Soon Leah...
Hey Leah, Going to the GI is no worse than going to your regular doc. Make sure you tell him/her all of your symptoms. Don't be embarrassed about talking to...
I don't know if all GI doctors do this but mine does the fecal sample each time.....ooooh fun! They also like to press on your stomach a lot. But seriously,...
Hello all, I got in an apt with the GI on sept 21st at 9:30am. They put me on the cancellation list. I hope I don't end up in the hospital. Hope everyone here...
I have been on Pentasa, Reglan, Librax, Prevacid, and Prozac for three years now. Now with a flare up, the doctor wants to change the Librax (which says it is...
Hello all, I keep having loose stools for the last couple of days. I can't keep anything down. I was wondering if it was part of what I have wrong with me?...
Hi Leah, I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis 2 years ago. It began with loose bowel movements with bad cramps and it just got worse from there. At my...
Hi Silka, Did you have a colonoscopy done? Were you put in the hospital by your GI doctor? How did it get the pains get better? Write Back Soon, Leah ...
Hello all, I'm in pain I have been in pain since 7PM and now it is 10:30PM I think it is worse then before. I hope I able to sleep tonight. Write Back Soon, ...
hi Cathy, I've taken most things for crohn's and the only thing I've found that works is surgery and 6-MP i only have 1 other choice after this and thats...
hi Leah, don't know if you have crohn's or UC but i have crohn's and its not unusual for me to be in pain for days even weeks but i do use many pain meds and...
I am so sorry to hear of your accident, are you okay? My thoughts are with you. My doctor says I have it from my esophagus all the way down to my large part ...
Hello all, I think my GI will want to do a colonoscopy to find out why I'm in such pain all the time. He probably will do an endoscopy also. Write Back Soon, ...
Hey Eddie, I'm so sorry to hear about your accident. I hope you weren't hurt to bad. I hope this doesn't interfere with your crohn's recovery. Take care of...
Hey Leah, First off, you have to stop worrying so much. I have had crohn's for 20+ years and have found the more I worry about something the worse my stomache...
Hello all, I am in college it is about a hour away from where I live. If I do get sick and go into the hospital. What will I tell my work and college? I don't...
My daughter has uncerative colitis now for 2 years and it has reached the point where her doctor is telling her to have her colon removed. Nothing has totally...
Yeah the colonoscopy is nothing,i was awake for mine but they still gave me some of the old 'Happy Juice'. I was really nervous having had a sigmoidoscopy...
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I'm having such problems too my stomach hurts all the time and my low back is hurting as well. My first GI apt is on sept 21st. My mom and I went shopping at...
hi terry, done something to my shoulder there not sure what, my doctor is sending me for a MRI Tuesday if i don't get the full range of movement back. Had just...
all i know is that with surgery on a crohn's patient does not work even though at times it has to be done as it will just come back somewhere else not sure on...
removal of the colon gets rid of the disease with colitis. ... even though at times it has to be done as it will just come back somewhere else not sure on UC i...
Hello all, I have a question. I wear hearing aids. If I need to have a colonoscopy test done will I be able to wear them? I can't hear anything without them. I...
Hey Eddie, I'm so sorry. Doesn't it aways seem like things just get going in the right direction and BOOM you get kicked in the gut and knocked back down. It...
Hi Leah, I feel so bad for you, too be in so much pain. If it hurts that much that you cant function, go to the hospital. They will get all the testing done...
Hi, I have had UC for 3 years now, and a year ago I had an infusion of Remicade as a last resort before surgery. It worked, I still have my colon! But after my...
Your GI will probably and hopefully do one or the other. The colonoscopy will show more than the endoscopy. I hope you get some answers. It is more scary...
In the US you don't get pain meds for the sigmoid. Depending on the doctor you either get general anestesia or tranquilizers for the colonoscopy. I was...
This may be true, but when the surgeon suggested this, my specialist laughed because cancer can develop at the parts places the colon has been removed. Plus he...
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