Had colonoscopy and upper endoscopy today this is what they saw

Today i had the cameras put down my throat and up my bottom, first may i say the  sedation didn't work even though they topped it up i believe 2/3 times. It hurt i was wide awake as i was gagging and wanting to be sick as the camera went down my throat the colonoscopy wasn't much better either.Anyways lol they found polyps and took biopsies....they also found ulcers....now they didn't say much but they sounded 'shocked' when they saw them.....is haveing ulcers in the bowl a really bad thing o.0 i'm confussed and didn't think to ask as i was in so much pain.....

[madmanatsea]

UC is bad since Noone knows how to stop the immune system from responding to attack.

You will have to familiarize yourself with this.......
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec02/ch018/ch018a.html?qt=crohns&alt=sh#sec02-ch018-ch018a-1154

Corticosteroids are FAST acting steroids to Reduce/control inflammation, but they have  
some really bad side-EFFECTS so don't take them if you don't need them.

Immunomodulating drugs take about 3 months to get the inflammation under contol, but I think these are most likely SAFER?

I got on Garlic(in bottle of water and phosphoric acid), and it took 6 months to get my proctitis under bearable/Liveable control of inflammation.   My proctitis is probably due to Crohn's since I didn't see any ulcers on the pictures they gave me from colonoscopy so I'm not sure if garlic will help you.......It increases IL10 and decreases TNF and IL6 which call for immune system to attack.  http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=garlic+il+10+IBD&btnG=Search
IF YOU LOOK AT THE MERCK manual you will see the Anticytokine drug class of which Garlic works the same way.  It will take longer like I said 6 months in my case.

Go to Wikipedia and Read UP on inflammation.....How cells near injury location call-cytokines-for immune system to attack.  The key is to get the attack to stop and Noone knows how appearantly.  

[lozzyroo]

thank you for your answer...but are you saying if there is ulcers in your colon....then you deffinetly have colitis....o.0 or could it be crohns or something else

[lovethebops]

Ulcers in your colon could mean UC, Crohn's or even bacteria or parasites. It all depends on where they were located. I was told that ulcers confined strictly to the colon or large intestine could indicate UC, but ulcers find in the small intestine or ilieum( SP?) could indicate Cronh's. I am guessing they did these procedures because they were looking for something based on your symptoms (which I don't know, you didn't mention). If they did a biopsy, they will (or should) contact you with the results and findings.

When I had my colonoscopy, before I even heard about the biopsy results, they let me know what they found and what it could mean. I am surprised no one explained any of this to you before you left.

I was out for the majority of my exam, and I told them ahead of time, it would take more sedative for me to be out completely, based on a previous ER trip (bad experience!). I was told afterwards I needed 3 times the amount normally given to patients who undergo the procedure. This is something you should take note of and let the Dr.'s know ahead of time for any future procedures.

[lozzyroo]

thank you for your reply and i DEFFINETLY tell the dr's/nurses that i need a higher dose of the sedative before hand.

Yeah i was also shocked that they didn't explain to me what they saw,i even asked the nurse what they saw and what it meant and she said unfortunatly due to our computers not working we can't tell you....which is **** as she was there throughout the procedure grrr.

I had the colonoscopy and the endoscopy as they were searching for crohns disease...i'm not sure where they found the ulcers to be honest.

annoyingly i'm just going to have to wait for the results lol yet again thank you for your reply

[lozzyroo]

Still no sign of my results,i have my MRI scan appointment on the 26/6/09

[lozzyroo]

Got my MRI scan this friday i wonder how it will go....hm

[lozzyroo]

had my MRI scan,now have to wait 3-4 weeks to see the consultant to get all my results..FINALY