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Oh boy, do I feel for you, Laurie😩 On this beautiful spring afternoon here , I'm currently horizontal in bed exhausted, nursing a bleeding bum, 10mgs of morphine in me and a hot water bottle on my side.
So just a quick reply with a little more food for thought and no need for a quick reply, Laurie.
A Bowel Transit Study this time last year revealed my tortuous colon and the rather large obstruction at the splenic flexure, in action. I have screenshots of the x-rays which I'll post in a new thread one day soon.
My second opinion surgeon referred me for it and when saw the results recommended I have a total colectomy! I want more investigation first. Have been requesting a colonoscopy for 11-12 yrs but no go. Twice in the last couple of years I've fallen off my loo with no warning.
Am booked for a colonoscopy on 2 Nov. at my hefty cost, at a private clinic.
Hope you get some answers soon.
Sending healing vibes your way💞
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Screenshot of my tortuous colon via a Colonography I had in Sept 2015. The Report only stated a collapsed area in descending Colon.
And a screenshot of the plain x-ray taken on day 7 of the Bowel Transit Study, I had in June 2021. The wee circles you see are radiopaque markers which come in lots of 10 sealed in gel capsules and taken one capsule per day. The last capsule has 6 rectangle shaped markers - 66 radiopaque markers in total.
Normal diet & no laxatives during study. Only '1' tiny marker made it through the obstruction that is at my splenic flexure. For years I'd been repeatedly told by the head colorectal surgeon at my local hospital that I did not have an obstruction and did not fit the criteria to have a colonoscopy.
I've never stopped looking for answers and had some private consults with some womens health physio's and it was the head lecturer of the School of Physio whom after a number of examinations suggested in 2018 I did indeed have an obstruction in my descending colon.
It causes me much pain & problems as you can imagine.
If anyone else has x-rays of their tortuous colon I'd love to see you share them.