Where exactly is 15cm?

pink1

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Posted 6/18/2014 11:35 PM (GMT 0)

Colonoscopy on Monday. Let's just say it was trying….doctor running 2 hours late. Nurse couldn't get a vein b/c I was dehydrated….

Anyway no polyps (yay I have always had polyps at previous scopes). I have "3 small ulcers at 15cm turn." That is low right? Explains urgency and mucous? I was severe to 25cm (same as last scope).

Everything past 25cm looked perfect. 9+ years of dealing w/ this and I have never had inflammation past that point. Frustrating nothing works.

NiceCupOfTea

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Posted 6/18/2014 11:59 PM (GMT 0)

15cm is 6 inches, which is about the length of the rectum, I think. There is a sharp turn between the rectum and the sigmoid. Does this diagram help?

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/oct/03/mapping-the-body-sigmoid-colon

kazbern

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Posted 6/19/2014 12:00 AM (GMT 0)

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pink1

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Posted 6/19/2014 12:02 AM (GMT 0)

Yes! Thank you! My husband just said "why didn't you ask me? your doctor always shows me a picture of the colon." now he tells me ;)

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