Colonoscopy Friday A.M., please wish me luck!

Hi everyone,

I was able to bump up my colonoscopy by a few weeks because I accepted a job offer and will be moving soon!!! I have been flaring for more than 1 year, have been unemployed for 4 months, but now things are finally turning around!

I had a laparoscopy to remove endometriosis and went back to the higher dose of Colazal in April, and then I started mesalamine enemas a few days ago and I feel the best I've felt since my symptoms started! I was scared for awhile, the first 6 weeks after the laparoscopy I was in rough shape, my flare became worse, and I thought I'd made a mistake. But now it has been close to 8 weeks since and I am happy, have energy, and am ready to start a new job in a new city! Please wish me luck that on Friday the scope reflects how I feel.

I want to send a HUGE, heartfelt thank you to all of you! You have no idea how much I appreciate your suggestions, guidance and kind words. A special thank you to kazbern for suggesting rectal meds more than once. Being assertive with doctors is hard for me, and that's something I need to work on, but I talked to my doctor's nurse late last week and explained that I've been bleeding (sometimes a lot) for 14 months now and I'm concerned. I would really like to try rectal mesalamine a.s.a.p. to help with the bleeding and urgency. Well, they wrote a one-month rx for mesalamine enemas, and I started taking them Friday night. My Saturday morning BMs had only a tiny trace of blood on them. WOW! I had no idea the enemas would work so fast since the Colazal took 3 months for me to really notice improvement. They've been helping with the urgency too but the reduction in the bleeding has been amazing! My remaining symptoms are milder urgency, constipation and occasional rectal pain, which may be from the constipation. Other than that, I'm doing great!


Thank you again everyone!

Good Luck!

Its wonderful how things have changed so quickly for the better for you in many ways...best of luck to you!

Wishing you tons of luck...I hate colonoscopy prepping...have to do another one in August myself and not looking forward to it so I hope you have a great outcome with yours on Friday!!

"I wish we didn't have to do them so often."


you don't - it's your call on how often you do them - do what feels right, but try not to let your doc force them on you -