Hubby's having a colonoscopy today

harvest_table · Post by **harvest_table** » Mon May 15, 2006 11:45 am

Hi friends,

I'm looking at an empty bottle of Nulytely Lemon Lime (yum) and thank goodness I wasn't the one who had to drink it!

Hubby did much better than I expected with the prep.

I'm taking him to the hospitial in an hour for a colonoscopy.

His Grandfather died of colon cancer at 65 and his older Brother recently had mass polups removed so we think it's important to have this well check done since he just hit the big 50.

My GI is also doing Alans procedure and I'll have an opportunity to catch a few minutes with him informally and remind him how well I'm doing with diet /no meds to control my CC symptoms. The last time I saw him a year ago he was poo-pooing Dr. Fine and insistent that I'm not gluten-intolerant because I tested negative for Celiac.
Yeah, right.

Sorry to have been MIA lately.

Just waking up from a long winters nap

and spring is taking it's sweet time arriving this year- our lake just opened up a few days ago over 2 weeks later than usual.Got lots of plants started in the greenhouse and life in general is as good as it can be. :flowersmiley:

Love to you all,
Joanna

artteacher · Post by **artteacher** » Mon May 15, 2006 11:55 am

Hi there,

Your greenhouse must be a lifesaver. I don't know how I'd do with the long dark months! But then I'd love long summer nights . . My best to your husband . . . Love, Marsha

Tessa · Post by **Tessa** » Mon May 15, 2006 11:56 am

Sorry for him to undergo the test, but it is really important. I hope everything goes on well and they do not find anything...

I am fully aware of your comments. My father has a terrible skin rash, for the second time in less than a year (I bet it is DH) but as blood tests were negative and a late biopsy only mentioned it was a rash... He refuses it can be DH...

(He does not want to hear about Dr. Fine´s tests. He just refuses admitting he can have problems with gluten and eats lots and lots of bread - with gluten - a day)...

Glad to hearing from you again, Joanna. :)

Love,
Tessa

celia · Post by **celia** » Mon May 15, 2006 1:38 pm

Welcome back Joanna!

What a coincidence...my hubby had a colonoscopy today as a follow up due to his previous problem with proctitis. His doctor says everything looks perfect and to keep doing whatever he's doing! She even gave us each a hug! (She's my GI doc too) We will see what the biopsy says, but so far,so good.

I hope it goes well for your husband too!!!!!

Celia

Post by **tex** » Mon May 15, 2006 1:40 pm

Hi Joanna,

It's good to see you back posting again. I hope the colonscopy exam goes well.

It will be interesting to see how your doctor handles the news you are giving him. I guess you'll find out how open minded he is.

Love,
Wayne

Post by **tex** » Mon May 15, 2006 1:46 pm

Wow, Tessa,

It sure does sound as though your father might have DH. I'm not surprised that he denies that he is gluten sensitive. No one ever wants to admit that they are gluten intolerant. I wish I knew of a way to convince him to try the diet.

Love,
Wayne

starfire · Post by **starfire** » Mon May 15, 2006 3:30 pm

Sure hope everything is just fine for your husband, Joanna, and I sure have missed your posts.

Love, Shirley

harvest_table · Post by **harvest_table** » Mon May 15, 2006 6:08 pm

Well, Alan sailed through the procedure with flying colors. I'm proud of him. Men are such babies sometimes, and I don't mean that in a bad way- I just think he's funny. At the moment he's in the kitchen hovering over the butcher block devouring sushi, split pea soup, ham and washing it down with volumes of milk. He's drinking straight out of the gallon jug and is still sort of out of it. It's hilarious.

Everything looked perfect so he will do it again in 5 years. Thank goodness! Celia, what a coincidence our husbands had this done on the same day. Glad things looked good for him.

Wayne, my GI's response was predictable, although I was hoping for a little more dialogue. He was most likely in shock

after performing this procedure on Alan who is a big, burly and bearded Alaskan type male that typically would not submit themselves to a form of torture such as this.

Anyway, we met afterwards to discuss how it went - he commented on how well I looked since our first meeting 2 years ago (remember, I'm down 50 pounds) and I mentioned again to him I'm symptom free as long as I eliminate gluten and dairy from my diet. He didn't ask any further questions or comment about diet but went on to say that he's diagnosing more MC patients than ever and finding that many just go into spontaneous remission.

But, of coarse he's right about that.

I typed up a little blurb about my diet experience and asked him to put it in my file. I fired him today ( in my mind) and won't see him again unless I decide I need to have a colonoscopy done in the future at some point.

I don't know what you guy's are refering to...what's DH?

Love,
Joanna

Post by **tex** » Mon May 15, 2006 6:52 pm

Joanna,

I'm glad the exam went so smoothly.

LOL. Sounds like your doc is maybe just a tennie tiny bit hard-headed about the gluten issue, all right. Yeah, I'm sure that a lot of his patients just go into spontaneous remission--he probably assumes that, when they get tired of paying him for nothing, and stop coming back.

DH stands for Dermatitis Herpetiformis, the rash that some celiacs get.

Love,
Wayne