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Colonoscopy and Scared!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, I went i nto have some blood tests done and all was fine............I have been on a health kick all this year (lost 40 pounds and brought down my cholesterol, triglycerides 55....basically pretty healthy.
I started having constipation, so upped my fiber...but sometimes straining to go to bathroom, belching and burping, white spots in stool and yesterday a little blood in the stool. At the time I met with the gastro doctor, was asked if I had blood in stool and I hadn't then. I spoke with someone in his office yesterday and told her about the blood and she said, oh that's not natural.......scared me to death as I had a friend who died of colon cancer six years ago...
Don't have a history of it in family, but keep feeling gassy all day and eat healthy and trying not to drink coffee.....which is my only vice.
I have my colonoscopy scheduled for the 19th of December and doctor wants to run a tube down my esophagus to see what else is going on in there right after that; should I do that test before the colonoscopy?
What else could it be and should I be doing anything else? I also had an abdominal ultrasound done last week and everything turned out normal.
I carry arounf 40-50 pounds of stenographer equipment everyday, so just wondering if I could have ruptured something.
Can someone shed some light on what might be going on?
I started having constipation, so upped my fiber...but sometimes straining to go to bathroom, belching and burping, white spots in stool and yesterday a little blood in the stool. At the time I met with the gastro doctor, was asked if I had blood in stool and I hadn't then. I spoke with someone in his office yesterday and told her about the blood and she said, oh that's not natural.......scared me to death as I had a friend who died of colon cancer six years ago...
Don't have a history of it in family, but keep feeling gassy all day and eat healthy and trying not to drink coffee.....which is my only vice.
I have my colonoscopy scheduled for the 19th of December and doctor wants to run a tube down my esophagus to see what else is going on in there right after that; should I do that test before the colonoscopy?
What else could it be and should I be doing anything else? I also had an abdominal ultrasound done last week and everything turned out normal.
I carry arounf 40-50 pounds of stenographer equipment everyday, so just wondering if I could have ruptured something.
Can someone shed some light on what might be going on?
Hi Smilie,
Yup, I'm still hanging out in the gastro department. I think it was April whom I emailed back and forth with for a short while when the ghost of Athleet reappeared last fall. When he vanished, it freaked me out. I was a part-timer on our thread, but I remember everyone.
GG
Yup, I'm still hanging out in the gastro department. I think it was April whom I emailed back and forth with for a short while when the ghost of Athleet reappeared last fall. When he vanished, it freaked me out. I was a part-timer on our thread, but I remember everyone.
GG
Hey, guys!!!!!!!! I'm back and have to apologize to you all for being absent so long. Lots to talk about.
But, Athleet has been on my mind and I sent him a pm ( a couple) and nothing yet. Where in the heck are you, Athleet?
And April, I've already sent you some PM's, and that's good.
EB, what have you been up to? How is life in your neck of the woods?
GG, how the heck are you? Would you also please answer me and accept my apologies as to my absence??????????
Guys, again, sorry for all the time that I haven't been on the site and interacted with you. there is really no excuse.
I hope to hear from each and every one of you soon. To me, medical reasons was only a small part of what God had in store for us meeting!!!!!!!!!!!!
But, Athleet has been on my mind and I sent him a pm ( a couple) and nothing yet. Where in the heck are you, Athleet?
And April, I've already sent you some PM's, and that's good.
EB, what have you been up to? How is life in your neck of the woods?
GG, how the heck are you? Would you also please answer me and accept my apologies as to my absence??????????
Guys, again, sorry for all the time that I haven't been on the site and interacted with you. there is really no excuse.
I hope to hear from each and every one of you soon. To me, medical reasons was only a small part of what God had in store for us meeting!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dear Athleet (and others),
Athleet, OMG, OH MY GOSH, is it really you????????? I just answered a private message from April, and decided to see if she also posted here, and lo and behold, she found this old thread with all of us on it, and posted here. And when I saw you, Athleet, had posted here in September, I about died. Hon, you do not realize how absolutely terrified I was of your absence, I started new posts every couple months, addressing you by saying, "Athleet, this is Earth, Come in, Please," and thou didst not respond. My heart broke and I STILL think of you to this day.
Oh, don't tell me we've lost you again, since it was waaaaay back in September that you visited us girls! Jump in ya'll, let's talk about Athleet, so this thread stays at the top. I shall think God is living amongst us if he brings us Athleet back. I thought surely he had passed away from a dreadful condition that we all, for the most part, tried to downplay. Altho one of us, I cannot recall who, had discussed Lyme disease with him for a while, and I remember her and me had talked in another thread about missing Athleet and feeling just awful about it. If I could remember her, I would PM her, so if any of you other do, let her know he's been here. My mind is a wasteland these days.
Friends always, GG
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Athleet, OMG, OH MY GOSH, is it really you????????? I just answered a private message from April, and decided to see if she also posted here, and lo and behold, she found this old thread with all of us on it, and posted here. And when I saw you, Athleet, had posted here in September, I about died. Hon, you do not realize how absolutely terrified I was of your absence, I started new posts every couple months, addressing you by saying, "Athleet, this is Earth, Come in, Please," and thou didst not respond. My heart broke and I STILL think of you to this day.
Oh, don't tell me we've lost you again, since it was waaaaay back in September that you visited us girls! Jump in ya'll, let's talk about Athleet, so this thread stays at the top. I shall think God is living amongst us if he brings us Athleet back. I thought surely he had passed away from a dreadful condition that we all, for the most part, tried to downplay. Altho one of us, I cannot recall who, had discussed Lyme disease with him for a while, and I remember her and me had talked in another thread about missing Athleet and feeling just awful about it. If I could remember her, I would PM her, so if any of you other do, let her know he's been here. My mind is a wasteland these days.
Friends always, GG
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Oh Athleet! I never even knew you posted something on here! I'm so sorry I didn't see it! I thought you had moved on long ago!
I will send you a pm and catch up.
Smilie, I got your pm. It surprised me. I had about given up on all of you guys. I was sure you all had moved on and forgot about all of us here.
I really missed you all; ebjb, Athleet, Smilie, all of you! Where in the world have you all been??? How are you guys? Please, let's try and keep in touch, ok? We went through so much together and I thought it was so sad that we all lost touch. I really hope I hear from you all again soon.
God bless you, my friends,
April
I will send you a pm and catch up.
Smilie, I got your pm. It surprised me. I had about given up on all of you guys. I was sure you all had moved on and forgot about all of us here.
I really missed you all; ebjb, Athleet, Smilie, all of you! Where in the world have you all been??? How are you guys? Please, let's try and keep in touch, ok? We went through so much together and I thought it was so sad that we all lost touch. I really hope I hear from you all again soon.
God bless you, my friends,
April
Hey, guys! I hope that you had a great Christmas. I'm really missing you....we went though so much together and I feel like I've abandoned you and I'm sorry for that.
I truly want to find out what's been going on with you two........
And yes, Athleet, I did survive Hurricane Ike! I will tell you that I will never, ever stay during a hurricane again. It was so scary. And we didn't have power for 17 days. What a nightmare. It was so hot and humid here....still dealing with the insurance adjustors after all this time, too.
Will you please let me hear from you, so i can know what you've been up to ...and how are you two doing healthwise?
Hope to hear from you soon!
I truly want to find out what's been going on with you two........
And yes, Athleet, I did survive Hurricane Ike! I will tell you that I will never, ever stay during a hurricane again. It was so scary. And we didn't have power for 17 days. What a nightmare. It was so hot and humid here....still dealing with the insurance adjustors after all this time, too.
Will you please let me hear from you, so i can know what you've been up to ...and how are you two doing healthwise?
Hope to hear from you soon!
So where are my sisters? I know its been a long time and we helped each other through our sicknesses, but I guess we all moved on, healed or not. Anyway, just thought to shout out to you in case you still log on. And Smilie, I sure hope you're ok and survived Hurricane Ike. April how is you and your daughter doing? And Eb what's new in your land far far away?
Athleet is ok. Still get an occassional stomach ache and have to put up with the runs every once in a while, but I guess that's my lot in life.
Well, I'll close and check back sometime to see if any of you bit.
Athleet is ok. Still get an occassional stomach ache and have to put up with the runs every once in a while, but I guess that's my lot in life.
Well, I'll close and check back sometime to see if any of you bit.
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