Second colonoscopy necessary?

My daughter is due for a second colonoscopy. The dr doesn't know why she's not responding to treatment and kind of mused "I just want to see what's going on" so I said that her deductible was paid so sooner was better than later. Well now I realize her deductible makes no difference and wonder if we can wait. My poor daughter has been through so much but I really don't see that a second colonoscopy is going to show much so soon-

She was diagnosed in the middle of August with a biopsy and recently had the Promethius test to verify UC. Her bloodwork has come back normal 3 times. The dr. has prescribed steroids, lumina, asacol and now she's on pentasa, Vsl probiotic, and Cipero(antibiotic). Since using suppositories she has not been bleeding anymore.

She has pain on about the level of a 2-3 daily and about every 3rd day it's a 7 out of 10 for hours. She's gone 5 days with level 2 pain and no bleeding three weeks now- yay

We eat a low residue diet. She's a vegetarian btw.

Any thoughts anyone? Should we get a second opinion?

ya, i agree with joanna - i would ask very specific questions first - why a second one so soon - did the first one not provide all the info needed to make the original dx - if the promethus test showed uc, what else is she looking for - if she is doing better, why the need to poke her again -

second opinion - probably not
second doc - definite maybe

I agree-- too soon. The last colonoscopy was hard on my colon and while I'm not terrible, I have not been able to get back to where I was prior to it. It is hard on our colons, unpleasant during the prep and he just looked at her recently enough. I'm curious what he is looking for--he knows UC is in there. If he sees it- it is not going to tell him why the meds aren't working.

Forget the look see IMO-- treat the symptoms and that's that.

Oh gosh thanks. My gut, no pun intended, is telling me that this is too soon. Thank you, I'd certainly not want to rock the boat.

Gary: my daughter eats only cooked vegetables with no skins. Juiced fruits, no high fiber, low residue diet. We are all quite sick of it. She's been dairy free and meat free for two years or else this whole diagnosis would've been much harder to swallow diet-wise.

it's a colonoscopy without someone looking up your hooter -

meaning a colon cleanse - for most ucer's it's a bit redundant -

Good point, thanks. It's scheduled for thurs so ill talk to dr. And decide tomorrow. I'm so uncertain at this point, I'll have to be convinced its neccessary.

My last colonoscopy has thrown me into a flare. It has been 8 months now and still can't get it under control. I think the prep is all kinds of evil. It is too soon. Not sure how much of her colon is affected, but could they just do an endoscope with no prep to see what is going on? I have left sided UC and my doc likes to do those-only prep is an enema, and it isn't so hard on us.