Hello to all, Hodaya, you asked about the pain management. In the hospital I had an epideral in for the 14 days I was in. Except for the early on unexplained pain on my right side the pain was...
Hello everyone, I am finally out of the hospital as of last week. Was in for two weeks. The colectomy went fine but the healing process was slow as in my 8th day I was still having pain on my right...
Hodaya, I go into surgery tomorrow. I am axious - as I am sure everyone is about surgery. I start the prep today (why I don't know - should have started much earlier as one day prep doesn't do a...
Lizzie, You have every right to vent and here is a great place! With sooo much going on in your world and alot of it not right; you have the extraordinary double right to vent!! Hodaya, I finally...
To everyone, Boy, I bumped up my prayer list to include all of you! You are such brave women in this time of your life. I am awed and inspired by your courage and your strenght! I ate normally for...
Hello Rhonda, Thank you for your time. Yes, we sure can gleen something good out of the bad and that is what we all need to focus on. When we control our minds on the possitive, the road is abit less...
Hodaya, Thank you so much for the information. I am learning sooo much in these chat rooms! I will take a look and if needed call my doctor and talk with him. We all need to ensure that we are...
Ronda, Thought I would just put out there the amazing thing that we call our bodies. To think that certain genetic problems run thru families is mind-altering! My mother had MS, her mother had RA, I...
Amanda, I will be thinking about you this week. Take care of yourself and let others take care of you. Prior to Gastric Paraysis (sp)that led to Colonic Inertia I was very ill for about 4 and 1/2...
Hodaya, Thank you for telling me about this site. Appreciate all the information you and others have given and it makes you feel that you are not alone in this rare condition! Tabitha, I think we all...
I know that the colonoscopy can be a tool but NOT a diagnosis only tool. That I need to make clear. I am scheduled to have the surgery in early January. Didn't want to mess up the holidays. I am...
Ref: Colonoscopy I was scheduled for my own colonoscopy which had to be delayed FOUR times due to my system not cleaning out. Once they believed that we could proceed, (I laugh now!!) the camera...
Thank you Rhondah for answering back. I also have heard that Zinc and Folic Acid can help in returning some taste and smell. In my case it has not but I have not given up hope! Heather...
Thank you, Buggnyou69. That helps with that question. Appreciate your quick response!!...
Hello to all. I have suffered from dysgusia(SP)- smell and taste disorder since Jan 03. This is an auto-immune disease. Usually after an individual has a rough viral flu or pnemoinia their...
I have been diagnosised with colonic inertia and am being scheduled for this test to confirm the diagnosis. Does anyone know what this test involves? I've tried several spellings of this test to no...