colonoscopies

limegreenc · 07-17-2013, 09:11 PM

My sis has to get a colonoscopy because she's had loose bowels for 6 months. Is this an automatic death sentence with cancer being the culprit?

busterb · 07-17-2013, 09:29 PM

NO! I've had 1 or 2. Just shows thingts that a ct scan doesn't. An boy the fun

limegreenc · 07-17-2013, 09:41 PM

txs, it's been on my mind since I found out,

Pete Zicato · 07-17-2013, 10:58 PM

I have to get them every other year due to having Crohn's disease. It could be any number of things.

How old is your sister?

Clodfobble · 07-18-2013, 07:52 AM

Me, my 7-year-old, and my 5-year-old have all had two colonoscopies apiece. It's an easy procedure, and she almost certainly doesn't have cancer.

On the other hand, she almost certainly does have something. Maybe Celiac, maybe Crohn's, maybe the ubiquitous "we can't figure out what else it is so let's just call it" IBD...

Anyway, all the regular dwellars know my family's saga with digestive disease, and how I'm a huge proponent of treating with diet. (I'm not against prescriptions, but I see them as a stopgap measure while you work your way into remission.) Feel free to PM me after your sister gets a diagnosis if you want to hear me yammer about it some more.

limegreenc · 07-18-2013, 08:01 AM

my sister will be 63 this year, is a RN with an addiction

Griff · 07-20-2013, 09:03 AM

I've had one as well, it isn't that big a deal. If your sister is game clod really knows the ins and outs of diet. could not resist

07-17-2013, 09:11 PM	#1
limegreenc shed door curio Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 406	colonoscopies My sis has to get a colonoscopy because she's had loose bowels for 6 months. Is this an automatic death sentence with cancer being the culprit?

07-17-2013, 09:29 PM	#2
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	NO! I've had 1 or 2. Just shows thingts that a ct scan doesn't. An boy the fun __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

07-17-2013, 10:58 PM	#4
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	I have to get them every other year due to having Crohn's disease. It could be any number of things. How old is your sister? __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

07-18-2013, 07:52 AM	#5
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Me, my 7-year-old, and my 5-year-old have all had two colonoscopies apiece. It's an easy procedure, and she almost certainly doesn't have cancer. On the other hand, she almost certainly does have something. Maybe Celiac, maybe Crohn's, maybe the ubiquitous "we can't figure out what else it is so let's just call it" IBD... Anyway, all the regular dwellars know my family's saga with digestive disease, and how I'm a huge proponent of treating with diet. (I'm not against prescriptions, but I see them as a stopgap measure while you work your way into remission.) Feel free to PM me after your sister gets a diagnosis if you want to hear me yammer about it some more. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-20-2013, 09:03 AM	#7
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I've had one as well, it isn't that big a deal. If your sister is game clod really knows the ins and outs of diet. could not resist __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-17-2013, 09:41 PM	#3
limegreenc shed door curio Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 406	txs, it's been on my mind since I found out,

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limegreenc shed door curio Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 406	my sister will be 63 this year, is a RN with an addiction

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