had a Colonoscopy But Still Have Unexplained Bleeding Posted: 07-14-07 17:08pm
I had a colonoscopy a week ago out of town
with my sisters doctor who is supposed to
be an "expert" at finding ibd and chrohns
disease. I had the colonoscopy due to
occasional bleeding while having a bm. The
doctor found 3 benign polyps and removed
them but other than that he found nothing
wrong other than hemhoroids and IBS.
Everything was ok untill today while
having a bm I had more bleeding and mucous
as well as what looked like a few blood
clots mixed in. I called his office and he
returned my call saying I should go to the
emergency room asap. I'm really hesitant
to go to the emergency room since the
colonoscopy turned out pretty normal with
no serious diagnosis. Could this bleeding
be from my hemhoroids? Wouldn't something
more serious have shown up during the
colonoscopy if there was something wrong
with me?
I also had an abdominal ultrasound the day
before the colonoscopy which showed a few
cysts on my kidneys which have been there
for years now and have been checked out a
couple of years ago and weren't a problem.
The doctor freaked out and ordered a CAT
scan that same day which also found a cyst
on my ovary. The report also called it a
"complex mass" that he is acting real
worried about as well as being worried
about the kidney cysts. I went to my obgyn
and he read the report and said not to
worry that ovarian cysts are normal at my
age and that is is too small to worry
about. He said he would do a ultrasound in
3 weeks to see if it's still there and
said that CAT scans commonly word things
as complex, and mass's even if they are a
normal cyst. It just seems like this
doctor overreacts a lot and scares me to
death.
I'm really scared and don't know what to
do now. I'm starting to hate going to the
doctor in fear of what they will find and
don't want to overreact if it's just my
hemhoriods bleeding. Help!
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sillyakchick
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Posted: 07-16-07 13:00pm
The bleeding could be from further up in
your GI tract, like in the ssmall
intestine or stomach. Your doctor is
covering his bases by having you go to the
ER. You might call back and ask about
further testing, such as an upper
endoscopy. I hope you get this figured
out!
