March 13, 2015 - 3rd Colonoscopy and endoscopy

On March 13, 2015, I had to go to the hospital and check in as an out patient by 8:30am. My colonoscopy and endoscopy was supposed to start around 9:45am. They asked me lots of questions and had me change out of my clothes and into a hospital gown and some special no skid socks that were bright yellow.

Here is a photo of my boyfriend and I before I got taken away for my procedure:

From my understanding I was going to be given propofol sedation and NOT this versed sedation that they gave me. I was awake during the entire procedure and remember it and didn't want that to happen because of my PTSD. I am afraid of being awake and remembering the pain because of when I got my mirena put in, when that is due again, I'm going to be knocked out completely for it because of my PTSD.

May of 2013 they never knew what type of colitis I had, but they knew I had colitis from my findings of my 2nd colonoscopy and endoscopy.

As you all know from some of my blog posting, my pain is mainly constant on my lower left side of my stomach/colon, however starting in October of 2014 I have began having constant lower right sided stomach/colon pain. There are also times where I have black tarry stools and sometimes see blood in my stools.

Anyways, after my procedure, when I calmed down from being awake for it, I looked over my test results from the procedure and found out that everything looked normal, so my GI doctor didn't take any biopsies during the procedure, which he should have done considering my pain is worse and I still have signs of colitis, he should have taken biopsies to find out if my colitis changed to one that can only be seen under a microscope now. Not to mention, ever since I was a kid I have never liked to poop, because it makes me weak, sweating and causes my colon to be on fire.

I contacted my Primary doctor, to get a referral to a new GI doctor, because I don't appreciate the treatment I have been getting from my current GI doctor and feeling like he has been trying to push me away, since I have been seeing him, not to mention he lied to me about the medication I was given during my procedure and blamed it on the hospital for my being awake during it.

So, now I have to get a new GI doctor and go through another colonoscopy and endoscopy to get biopsies and find out what is going on with my colon and why my pain and symptoms are getting worse.

I'm very frustrated and pissed off and don't see me ever getting over this anytime soon.

*sighs* Was up all night in pain :-(

Not able to pass gas or have a BM even though I have eaten a couple small meals yesterday after my colonoscopy.
Never had this issue before after my colonoscopies, so very confused.
Pain is really high and has kep me up most of the night.
Going to keep drinking lots of liquid and try and see if my gas and BM will come out by Monday, if not I'll call my GI doctors office and find out what to do.
I am thinking of taking a few laxatives to get my gas and BM moving faster at some point today!
*sighs*

Update on my next colonoscopy and endoscopy date

My arm is bruised in a few places, because of where they tried to get to a couple of my veins yesterday. 

I ended up calling my GI doctor's office this afternoon, since I hadn't heard about when my procedure was going to be rescheduled for yet. 

My new colonoscopy and endoscopy date is set up for February 27, 2015 and I have to arrive at the hospital at 8:30 am. 

I'm hoping since, it is going to be at the hospital this time that they can find a vein on me, since they can use the help of a machine, if they need the extra help. Because if they can't find one and I have to redo the preparations again, I'm going to be really pissed off more, then I was yesterday.

I will keep you all updated on how things go this time from preparing for my procedure, to having it done and the results of it.

Colonoscopy and endoscopy failure day today :(

Well, I started yesterday (February 11, 2015), by having a liquid only diet all day and then at 6:00 pm I had to begin this new prep to clean me out called Surprep Bowel Prep. It didn't start working on me till 8:00 pm, so that kind of sucked, but it was quick work after it. The taste was ok for the most part, however, it made me really nauseated and feeling like I was going to be sick at any given minute. Luckily I didn't get sick. I was up and down all night, then had to wake up and drink the second half of my Surprep Bowel Prep at 7:30 am, I had to have it down and the extra liquid to follow it by 9:00 am and I was almost able to do that. I drank about half of it before I had to stop because if I continued, then it would be coming out the wrong end.

I got to my appointment and signed in by 12:00 pm, like I was supposed to and I was supposed to have been back for my colonoscopy and endoscopy at 1:00 pm, but that didn't happen, because even after 7 times of being poked to find a vein, they couldn't get one. They tried 5 times in my left arm/hand/wrist and 1 time on my right arm, then 1 time on my left foot.

Since, they couldn't get a vein, and they felt bad poking me so many times, they asked if I wanted to do the procedures awake and I told them no, because it would most likely cause me to have my PTSD act up and freak me out and I didn't need that, not to mention I was already dealing with pain and feeling like I was going to be sick at any given moment.

They allowed me to leave just before 2:00 pm and told me that I would get a call later and let me know when they rescheduled me at the hospital for another one. The hospital has a few machines to help find veins that like to hide and are deep, etc. So, hopefully when I go for my next one it will actually happen and I won't get stuck 7 times again and then have to leave frustrated again like today.

I felt bad because I feel like I wasted my time preparing for the procedures and my boyfriends time, not to mention their time. I also feel like I wasted money because the procedure didn't work out today. I guess my first two worked out better for me because they were done in the hospital where they have ways of finding veins that like to hide and especially so when you are dehydrated.

My GI doctor is finally working with me!!!

When I first started seeing him, he didn't seem like he was wanting to work with me or believe that I really have colitis, but now after going to the ER last year in October or November and him laughing it off and not wanting to do a follow up appointment for me, he seems to have changed since I was in the ER again yesterday for my current colitis flare up and I had a follow up appointment today with him, where he actually listened to what has been going on lately and realizing that stuff has changed since my last GI doctors in VA. So, he set me up a colonoscopy and endoscopy for the 12th of February to see what is going on himself instead of just going off of what my last GI doctors have in my chart about what they found out.

2/3/15 - ER visit