katesa
20-01-14, 15:02
Couldn't resist the title, since I am sure Fishmanpa will love to see me do a poo thread.
Anyway, following my hospitalisation for what turned out to be kidney stones a week ago, my doctor wanted to see me for follow up.
My own doctor was off sick so I saw another guy. He asked me questions about some of my notes from when I was in hospital, bowel related things that I had been assuming were not related after I was diagnosed with the stones.
He asked me whether those issues had gone away. I told him no. So he questioned me a lot more and then said he needed to get it checked out.
I had an abdominal x ray and a non-contrast CT at the hospital which was clear except for the kidney stones. I asked him, wouldn't something awful have shown up on that? (as I was told at the hospital). He said "If it was big".
He then proceeded to look at the blood tests that came back - they did lots and they were all perfect. He told me that since my inflammation marker (CRP) came back normal, that it effectively ruled out IBD, crohns etc. Great, so the list of benign causes is going down!
He wants me to have a blood test for celiac disease to see if that is causing my issues (which he doubts) and if that is clear, to do further investigations like a colonoscopy.
I can't get an appointment for that blood test for over 2 weeks and then I'll have to wait for the results, then wait for them to organise further testing etc. I'm not sure whether I should go ahead and wait or go back when my own GP is there and say that I'd rather they just go ahead and arrange the other things rather than waiting.
What would you all suggest guys?
PS: I haven't listed my symptoms because a) I don't want to trigger anyone and b) I understand that you can't all e-diagnose me anyway. So I'm sorry to mislead, but I'm not talking about my poo (although it is involved)
Anyway, following my hospitalisation for what turned out to be kidney stones a week ago, my doctor wanted to see me for follow up.
My own doctor was off sick so I saw another guy. He asked me questions about some of my notes from when I was in hospital, bowel related things that I had been assuming were not related after I was diagnosed with the stones.
He asked me whether those issues had gone away. I told him no. So he questioned me a lot more and then said he needed to get it checked out.
I had an abdominal x ray and a non-contrast CT at the hospital which was clear except for the kidney stones. I asked him, wouldn't something awful have shown up on that? (as I was told at the hospital). He said "If it was big".
He then proceeded to look at the blood tests that came back - they did lots and they were all perfect. He told me that since my inflammation marker (CRP) came back normal, that it effectively ruled out IBD, crohns etc. Great, so the list of benign causes is going down!
He wants me to have a blood test for celiac disease to see if that is causing my issues (which he doubts) and if that is clear, to do further investigations like a colonoscopy.
I can't get an appointment for that blood test for over 2 weeks and then I'll have to wait for the results, then wait for them to organise further testing etc. I'm not sure whether I should go ahead and wait or go back when my own GP is there and say that I'd rather they just go ahead and arrange the other things rather than waiting.
What would you all suggest guys?
PS: I haven't listed my symptoms because a) I don't want to trigger anyone and b) I understand that you can't all e-diagnose me anyway. So I'm sorry to mislead, but I'm not talking about my poo (although it is involved)