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Colonoscopy and Scared!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, I went i nto have some blood tests done and all was fine............I have been on a health kick all this year (lost 40 pounds and brought down my cholesterol, triglycerides 55....basically pretty healthy.
I started having constipation, so upped my fiber...but sometimes straining to go to bathroom, belching and burping, white spots in stool and yesterday a little blood in the stool. At the time I met with the gastro doctor, was asked if I had blood in stool and I hadn't then. I spoke with someone in his office yesterday and told her about the blood and she said, oh that's not natural.......scared me to death as I had a friend who died of colon cancer six years ago...
Don't have a history of it in family, but keep feeling gassy all day and eat healthy and trying not to drink coffee.....which is my only vice.

I have my colonoscopy scheduled for the 19th of December and doctor wants to run a tube down my esophagus to see what else is going on in there right after that; should I do that test before the colonoscopy?

What else could it be and should I be doing anything else?  I also had an abdominal ultrasound done last week and everything turned out normal.

I carry arounf 40-50 pounds of stenographer equipment everyday, so just wondering if I could have ruptured something.

Can someone shed some light on what might be going on?

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Lady,

  Welcome to the HOME of the HYPOCHONDRIACS! If you've read all of our posts since the beginning then you know we were all where you are now so don't feel foolish. These ladies on here are special. They got me through so many things and they are still forgiving of me and helping me. Keep coming back here and you'll see. It's a weird place to find a bond like this, but you know how they say God works!  Just look at how many and how fast everyone here responded to your post. What does that tell you? And it's not fake. These ladies are amazing.
  We all feared the worst with every test, procedure and operation. And guess what? No one wound up with anything fatal. We support each other, and when you are lying on that table we will be sending you strength and prayers. Just close your eyes just before they put you out and think of us and the next thing you know you will wake up and your results will be ok. I'll tell you how powerful it is and how much they've helped me. I freaked with every test, procedure and operation, but they gave me so much strength and helped me with my faith that when I went into my last operation which was a gallbladder removal, I wasn't worried at all. I knew God and these women were thinking of me.
   You're not foolish to reach out to us. Most of us have spouses, but unless you are going through this they can only do so much and they usually just tell you everything is going to be ok. They usually don't go as deep as these women do. I don't know your husband, so maybe he does, but it's been the trend here. I'm trying very hard to beat this guilt and depression. I take it one day at a time. I usually have 2 steps forward and 1 step back.

Eb, that website was awesome. I watched it last night while going through another depression and it brought a tear to my eye. I saved it and plan to watch it again from time to time. Thanks. Oh and I love the way you say Mum instead of Mom, or as I was growing up it was Ma.

April I hope you're doing ok. Hang in there girl. Remember everything you've taught me.

April and Smilie, I responded to your PMs so check them out.

I had another temptation come at me last night and even though I struggled and thought about it, I didn't do it. I beat it. And I feel so much better today! The devil lost that one.

Athleet
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Hi there! You are most welcome to join our blog. I think the reason it's held together so long and we've all grown so close it because of our belief and dependence on God. I've noticed there seems to be a special  bond between believers. I believe that's God's spirit joining us all. With that said...

Please don't worry. I can understand your fear with all that happened to your mother. Our minds seem to go with the worst case scenerio too.
It's good that you're keeping on top of this and getting everything checked out. If they were to see anything, it'd be in it's early stages where they could do something about it. Your mom probably never knew there was something wrong.
I've heard that people can have problems after getting their gallbladder out. I'm sure it's related to that. But maybe they can find something to help with the gas and pain and such.
Have you ever had a bone density test done? You might want to consider it if you break bones easily. Do you take calcium? See if you're deficient in any vitamins. I think they can do a blood test to determine that. You don't mention your age but if you're young you probably don't need to worry about that.
I'd get a complete physical with blood work and just stay on top of things. You'll be fine. I wish you well. Keep in touch and let us know how the colonoscopy goes. Take care & God bless.
April
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How are you both?  I'm praying for your situations and know that the Lord will be with you  in your times of trouble. Remember the 'Footprints' - in times of trouble, it is then that He carries you

Take care  and I hope you both will go to the website and feel the peace of our Lord as He speaks directly to YOU.

Take care

Love

EBJB x
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We all love you too - without  you starting this blog where would we all be?? We wouldn't have got to know each other so well, prayed for each other and shared our problems.

Glad you enjoyed the website - it really is so wonderful - I keep going back to it.

Lotsaluv

EBJB x
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Welcome to our blog!

You're not selfish, childish or a hypochondriac - you're scared - just like we all were!  You came to the right place.

Best thing you can do is pray - that's what we've all done - for each other and for ourselves - and then wait - wait for God, wait for your colonoscopy, and wait for the results.

Did you get an X Ray when you broke your rib? If there had been anything nasty there, I'm sure it would have shown up then.  Did you know you can break a rib just by coughing?

Obviously with your Mum dying of cancer so young, you are going to be scared, but please try not to worry too much - as you so rightly said everything will probably all turn out OK - we will all be praying for you from now and especially on the 7th.

Go to the website I gave - it's wonderful
http://www.dearallofyou.com/sacredheart/sacredheartafterpleasehelpkeep.html

Make sure you come back and let us know how you are.

Love and prayers

EBJB
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Hi, I'm new to this forum but it's about gastrointestinal issues and that's me.   I am having a colonoscopy on the 7th and I'm freaked out a bit.  I have had several surgerys in the past including a hysterectomy and gall bladder surgery.  I had a colonoscopy about 6 years ago which was clean.  My doctor ordered this one for me because of my family history of cancer.  since my GB surgery I have had a lot of gas,primarily on my right side under my ribs.  Sometimes it feels like I'm laying on a rock but I don't think there's anything there but gas.  I have also thought that it might be scar tissue around that area maybe attached to my ribs, cause I somehow broke one of my ribs last year on that side and hadn't done a thing!  So now with a new colonscopy order I am scared to death that there's something in there growing sometimes and I broke my rib formt he inside out!   Crazy huh?

Anyways, I have read this entire post from way back in December when two of you were having colonsocopies done.  I feel like I almost know you as well as you know each other.  You have all been great supporters of one another and forgive me for being selfish and childish, and a bit of a hypochondriac, but I would like to share in that.   My mother died at age 55 of liver cancer but it had spread from somewhere else but the docs didnt know where it came from.  So liver cancer is usually spread from the intestine and the kind she had had lain dormant for at least 10 years.  I'm scared.

I feel kind of foolish for even posting becasue I know that everything will probably all turn out ok, but sometimes I need someone other than my wonderful husband to tell me those same things.

I am very glad and happy for all of you that your situations turned out ok.  

Athleet, I hope you can start feeling better.  Depression is a horrible, cruel monster to have to deal with.  The only thing worse is guilt.  You sound like a man who can kick its *** if you want to.  


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