Repeat colonoscopy in 8 weeks?!??

It's not typical. Did they give a reason? Like results are inconclusive or something?

no no no - maybe they said 8 YEARS -

what were the results of your scope? are you on any meds ?

well you do get to ask at the 30 day visit why the re-scope is needed. hopefully the news will not be bad. you can decide when you get the facts.

Thanks for the feedback, everyone.

I think I'm going to call the practice and ask tomorrow--or bring it up with the scheduler, when they call. The doctor who did the scope and has already ordered th follow-up is not the doctor I've seen previously. So hopefully I can make an appointment with "my" doctor and, if not, then get some sort of explanation. If he won't give me one, or if he insists it's just how he does things, then I think I'll go elsewhere for another opinion.

Somehing is amiss with wording methinks. Not what you heard, what the person who called you misheard. Absolutely refuse a scope in 8 weeks...maybe in one year unless you have precancer or need removal of something.

Call who called you and ask her to clarify with the doctor. When do you get results?

q

I talked to the doctor's PA.

Apparently the biopsies confirmed UC and he wants the rescope in 8 weeks (which would be 9 weeks after my first) just "to see how things are healing."

Um . . . no?

It would be more reasonable to use flex-sig to assess response to medication. IMO, getting CRP levels now, and then using those to track healing would be best.

I strongly suggest you have this as a conversation with the GI. Getting what the PA says the doc says, or what the PA thinks the doc means is not efficient. You need to be able to ask if this is the procedure for all clients in the practice, or because of something in your case. You need to be able to ask about bloodwork alternatives.

If you are going to change docs, or refuse recommended procedures, it should be with full understanding and consultation. Because it is a big hassle.

It *sounds* a little soon and unnecessary, but we only have the brief description you gave of things people besides the doc told you. You get to go over all of this when you have the appointment.

IMO, focus on your health right now, and not so much worry over something the *might* happen a few weeks after your office appointment. You have heard opinions here. It sounds soon and unnecessary. You know you want to have the case made to you. You know you can decline.

Good luck

Post Edited (DBwithUC) : 5/24/2017 12:14:36 PM (GMT-6)

I would be less resistant/hesitant/recalcitrant . . . whatever you want to call it . . . if it were the doctor I'd previously seen. He's the one who ordered the colonoscopy, which happened to be scheduled, in the interest of time, with another doc in the practice.

New Doc (and, honestly, the entire surgical center) did not instill confidence. They wheeled me into the procedure room an hour late, which is not a big deal, but the reason they were running late is because they were wheeling the previous patient BACK into procedure, because the Dr. decided he wanted to look at something else. I don't know what he was having done, or if that was abnormal, but it seemed odd in the very least that the staff were obviously exasperated and sharing with another patient.

So as I sat there, for the hour, I listened FOR AN HOUR, as the staff repeatedly and calmly had discussions about how best to get the guy in the cubbie next to me to the hospital because his resting heart rate was 148 and they thought maybe ambulance . . . but he could have his wife drive him--but did they need him to sign a waiver? What did the doctor think? On and on. For an hour. When I came out of procedure he was only just being wheeled away by paramedics.

When they finally did wheel me into procedure, the doctor was on his cell and told the nurses he needed a few minutes. So they wheeled me back to my cubby.

Basically, the whole thing was a Monty Python skit. And I'm not sure that I want to do it repeatedly. ;)

I'm on Lialda 2.4g.

And talking and discussion.

I guarantee you will have rectal inflammation Oif you ondeed do have UC, for the Lialda will not treat that area.

Call me old fashioned, but in over 28 years of dealing with this and having an amazing GI.....I learned to communicate my symptoms because he was an actual diagnostician, he listed, asked questions, actually processed it all and never looked up my butt in office except 3x. Scopes were never pushed and I never had a sig-scope. I must add.....he prescribed rectal meds! He told me to be patient...let the meds do their thing. Has it paid off? Yes.

I don't understand how some docs today work!

Ask for the results asap, and go to your appt, ask for rectal meds, and at the END of it say you want to put off any scope for a year.

My opinion. Love your analogy of monty python. That's the stuff dark comedies are made from. Sheesh.

q

Just use the rowasa, they help a lot.

Tips for using meslamine/rowasa enemas:

• When you first start using enemas, use them in the bathroom very close to a toilet as they can come up very quick and unexpected. As you get better at them, and more confident, you can administer them in bed.
  
• Add extra Vaseline (petroleum jelly) to the tip of the enema.
  
• Warm the enema up to body temperature before administering. Put it in a pocket for a while before using, or warm it up under an armpit.
  
• Squeeze all of the air out of the bottle before administering. You do not want to inject any air into your bowel as it will both be uncomfortable and make it likely you will need to urgently evacuate the enema fluid.
  
• Lay an old towel down as any drips of the enema fluid can stain clothing, carpet, etc.
  
• Use one of the positions described in the instructions.
  
• Administer the enema slowly, too quickly and you will be less successful. If you wish, you can do one half the bottle first, wait a few minutes, and then administer the rest.
  
• Stay reclined on your left side for about 20 minutes to allow the enema fluid to be absorbed. Retire for the night.
  
• It takes practice to hold the enema in for 7 hours. Do not get discouraged, and keep trying. Even if you evacuate part of the enema, some will likely remain and heal you. As you heal, it will be easier to retain them for longer lengths of time.

Not as terrifying as another unneeded scope in 8 weeks.

q

Quincy -- this is truth. 😉

Beave-- moderate proctosigmoid.

You have all been super helpful. Thanks!