Hi Brenda:
This might sound really weird to you, but I am almost wishing this would
happen. The suspense of not knowing what is going on is starting to get
to me. When I have these "attacks" that I have I'm always wondering if
it's the "real thing" and if not, will I know its the real thing before
I am really a mess. I suppose I will.
>From the results of the last lap, it seems my problem is in the sigmoid
colon. From what I've read, obstruction of this area does not cause the
same symptoms as obstruction of the small bowel. I worry more about the
obstruction causing the bowel to twist. Yet the "attacks" I have sound
more like it is the small bowel. I guess its possible there could be a
loop of small bowel involved. This is what I'm hoping the colo-rectal
surgeon will have some ideas about or suggest something to do (besides
surgery).
Can you understand how they could do a colonoscopy without noticing that
the sigmoid colon was pulled to the right and stuck on the right pelvic
wall? Couldn't they tell it was going in the direction opposite than
what was expected?
>
Chris S.