Colonoscopy messed things up?

I was in the hospital for 10 days in December, then 3 months on Prednisone. After that, I still had to control my diet. When I did my stool was fine with some pain. Tests showed mild inflammation.

12 days ago (a month after Prednisone therapy) I had my second colonoscopy procedure.

Since then, I have D, once a day. Some of it is soft and some of it is liquid with undigested pieces (usually things made from wheat)! I never had blood and only a little bit of mucus. My UC is mild, but covers my entire bowel which sucks.

A week after the procedure, my GI was shocked to hear that I have D. He told me that, based on what he saw, my colon is healing and that I have "nervous bowels".

gizmo said...
may wish to try Kefir. There ARE drugs for IBS too. Seems like your GI doc and you need to discuss it more...but then, I'm not a doctor. Good luck

I drink Kefir EVERY day. Just not home made. Eventually I will make Kefir myself.

I don't think I have IBS. It's more of a sensitive GI tract. When I was sick (when I was a child), I had to be in horizontal position (laying in bed basically) in order not get nausea. 5 seconds of standing was enough for me to get sick and throw up. I couldn't go to the bathroom without getting sick.

iPoop said...
It's possible to have IBS-D in addition to uc. How many bms a day do you have? Are they all diarrhea or is just the first one?

It's difficult to tell. I would say that I have 1 BM a day, but I could have more.

I mean, I go the first time (there is some pain and being uncomfortable).

A couple of hours later there is some more pain, but it passes. I COULD have a BM, but I don't because that moves things around, this irritates my colon and causes me pain.

It's always diarrhea. The first piece of BM that comes out is more solid (but still soft), the rest is very soft or liquid.

It's like ... if there is some irritation, my colon starts hurting and excretes EVERYTHING. I don't know if I should have more BMs a day or just the one. I CAN choose, but I don't know the right decision.

The last colonoscopy I had made a mess of my stomach also. That was a number of years ago and I don't remember for sure how long it took to recover, but it was weeks if not months before I stopped being overly sick and nauseous.

With the mention with wheat, I've seen testimonials of those avoiding wheat and seeing their UC improve. I don't know how common it is, but if not already being done might be worth a try to avoid wheat and see what happens.

Jo-Lynne said...
Colonoscopy screwed things up for me too. Everyone thought i was crazy!

You are definitely not crazy... after all, the prep is drinking a laxative, I don't see how this couldn't mess things up.

Eucalyptus said...
The last colonoscopy I had made a mess of my stomach also. That was a number of years ago and I don't remember for sure how long it took to recover, but it was weeks if not months before I stopped being overly sick and nauseous.

With the mention with wheat, I've seen testimonials of those avoiding wheat and seeing their UC improve. I don't know how common it is, but if not already being done might be worth a try to avoid wheat and see what happens.

My mom hates it and gets frustrated by the fact that I refuse to eat bread. I know I am right.

Though from time to time, I do eat things that I can't resist, but bread isn't one of these things. Bread is just a filler 99% of the time.

I ate grissini a couple of days ago, and you can guess, I shat them out undigested the next day.

DBwithUC said...
there is possibly motility thing going on. maybe not IBS. If it dies doen it was just a motility reaction to the scoping.

The prep can also be hard on gut microbes. Try to find a probiotic that makes you feel good.

Yea, but it's too much. My colonoscopy was on April the 6th !

I actually take 2 pills of probiotics a day, even though the producer says you should only take one pill a day. I also take a couple of pills of Omega-3. While my stool was formed, I actually noticed that there was a difference between taking and not taking Omega-3.

To firm up your BM's you could add a fiber pill to your daily routine. Lots of people like psyllium (my gut hates it) but there are MANY fiber choices to try, hundreds really so it's something that many non-UC people need too. Don't take too many to start, one a day and if it helps maybe move to 2. You don't wan't to go from D to C in other words.

Since you don't mention urgency and have no blood you are one of the few people I won't say "use a mesalamine retention enema nightly" But you say you have pain, when does that happen-after eating?
Nausea and pain could be GERD.

Diet modification is the reason for my remission but we all have different food lists. Listen to your gut and see what it says about food, etc.

Good luck.