endoscope proceedures

What causes blockages in the bowels??

[Dtownstew]

Not always sure, can be many things.  Are you feeling any better yet?

[sgt_ike74]

I'm not hurting bad and since I can't call the VA today, guess I''ll just wait till Monday and call.  They were forcing it and it does hurt but conserns me is that the discharge paper states that I had a colonscopy done add that it's incomplete and I needed to finish all nessisary tests that Washington would require to get a transplant axiety and deppresion Ps me off.  I was a regular alcoholic but now recoving with three years of being sober.  They I had to have a driver there to take me home but I get there one & half hours earlier so I could be preped for the proceedure but then decided I was there for a stomach tap and thats bs because the **** I was mailed with directions salety p_ss 8 ozs every 5 to 10 mins.  Ah I'll stop and say I am POed US Veterans thats had enough.

Mark

[ggreg]

Sgt. Mark,
I know, red tape is hard to take these days.  If I understand you correctly, when they did the colonoscopy, they could not finish the procedure.  Could be you'll have to go through the prep and all that, all over again, and they'll mail you the instructions and the date to come back.  Or could be they'll schedule you for a CAT scan instead, to see what's going on with your bowels via pictures, I don't know.  You could ask a relative or minister to assist you with this whole thing.  I'm sorry that the wheels of health care turn so slowly and miscommunication is rampant, but there's SO many more people on earth than there was 50 years ago, population doubled last century.  

When you call the VA on Monday, I think up front you should maybe tell them it is urgent that you finish your tests with them because of the transplant.  If they hear that, really hear it, then they might try harder to get you answers, because you need to know exactly what you're supposed to do next.  Hopefully you won't be "put on hold" on the phone too long, get settled good before you make the call, have something to distract yourself while you're waiting for them to look up all your records, so you won't get frustrated all over again.  

You asked the question, "What causes blockages in the bowel?"  Well, several things do that.  One is constipation, which is when your waste won't come out regularly on account of you need to drink more water, eat really good and include fiber type foods in your diet like whole grains and salads, and also you need to be as active physically as you can stand it.  That's the "cure" for constipation.  Two is a benign growth in the intestine, or a twisting of the bowel, or a "sluggish" bowel.  Those problems are something that have to be determined by a gastroenterologist doc thru some tests and such.

I hope your call to the VA Monday goes as good as it can under the circumstances, and I hope they can hurry up and get you "cleared" over there, so you can move forward with your transplant.

God speed and keep us posted.  GG