they will probably have you do a couple enamas after the xray and before your other tests. have you done a sitz marker before? when I recently did mine I was surprised by the results. i quit doing...
Alibee, when do you start your Sitz test and when are you scheduled to go back in for the next appt? With the way you are doing the Sitz test will you just have to do 1 Xray (on the day you go in for...
calypso, after the leakage why couldn't they have just done a subtotal colectomy and re-attached the ends of the colon? why did they have to do the Hartmann procedure?...
I don't know if there is a motility center in my area. What other kinds of testing would they do there? I had the pelvic floor testing and all that came back fine....
Hischildvalda (and all others whom could add insight), How were your sitz marker transit times? If you read my initial post I discussed mine. I don't have my follow up appt for a few weeks so I am...
I tried reading through the "total colectomy parts 1-37" threads but I didn't read much stuff on the Sub-total Colectomy procedure. From what I've read they would just be reconnecting the colon but...
Hi, I just had the sitz marker test performed by my Gastro. At day 3 they were in my descending colon and at day 5 90% were in my sigmoid colon (the xray people showed me). I have a follow up appt...
Ride-a-bike, I had some questions if you don’t mind answering them: How long did you deal with CI before you had this procedure and were you able to somewhat control the CI through use of laxatives,...
It looks like Dr. Lowry is a surgeon, so I think I would have to go see a gastro and then get referred in to her if the gastro would deem surgery an option? I'll have to check if they see patients...
ride-a-bike, do you mind me asking what you had the surgery performed for? I'm hoping to find a gastro that recognizes that chronic constipation is a pretty debilitating condition, especially when...
if so, what clinic and Dr. did you see and how did the procedure go? I have been an chronic constipation sufferer for over a decade, but have always dealt with it through laxatives. I feel like it is...