I know I should call my surgeon and ask but I thought I would ask here first. I had the colectomy (yay!!) and everything was going great right after surgery. At first I was going like 10 times a day...
Thank you for your advice! I have my surgery set for April 25th. The doctors I work for are now confusing me! They were supporting me at first but now they're saying I should put it off. I don't see...
In case anyone is still interested I felt the need to post an update. It helps to write here since my only friends that know of my issue are my friends at work (since I work for doctors they're...
Ok, last update for today: I talked to my Dr and he said that I am the most challenging patient hes ever had and he doesn't know what else to do to cleanse me. I feel I deserve an award, perhaps a...
Well, I've been playing phone tag with my doctor all day. He said something in a message about doing it tomorrow but... I've eaten today, I still haven't had a BM and I have to work tomorrow. I'm...
No colonoscopy today :(...
No motion :( I called the doctors office to see what I'm supposed to do. I figure a colonoscopy without being cleared out wouldn't be very effective lol. He's not in yet so now I'm just waiting for a...
Tomorrow is colonoscopy day, exciting I know, but the medicine isn't working!!! It's 10:30pm and I have yet to have a bm!! This sucks! How needed is this colonoscopy?! Rectal bleeding isn't THAT...
Hi Kyle :) I think last weekend was just testing to see if the medicine would work, or perhaps loosen me up, but I have the colonoscopy on Monday. I'm a little nervous but I know it will be fine. I...
I feel ridiculous... I'm 24 years old and I'm trying to trick myself into drinking the bowel prep kit......
Hello Everyone!!! Here's my update of my doctors appointment: I informed him that laxatives don't work and my goal this year is to get this situation fixed so I want to start doing tests. We talked a...
Thank you everyone for posting!! I have copy and pasted a lot of this information and printed it! I moved my Dr appointment to tomorrow, I can't wait until Monday, so I'm going to go through things I...
Thanks Ceclilia!! Having diarrhea 20+ a day sounds pretty bad as well. I'm glad you're healthier now and that the surgery helped improve your life!! I will definitely keep an eye out for 2BColonFree,...
Thank you so much for the reply Sarah! I'm so excited for you that you are running a marathon!! I wanna be able to exercise but I can't ever breath. I was diagnosed with asthma a while back but...
So, I'm 24 and I have had this constipation problem for as long as I can remember. I remember having to stay home from school a few times when I was little until I had a BM. Laxatives don't work,...