Wish me luck

So Tues morning at 7:45 am I get an endoscopy and a colonoscopy at the same time, whee! I've been on a low fiber diet all week and now I'm power-drinking a lovely mix of electrolytes and "make sure you have a bathroom reserved for your private use" stuff from the pharmacy (that's literally what the specialist told me to do, heh). I haven't had solid food today, per the instructions, so pardon me if I sound a little loopy. And pardon me tomorrow if I say anything really weird after coming home given that I'll be knocked out for the procedure and so will get to experience my first ever "coming out of anesthetic" period.

They're hoping to find some sort of bleed that will explain my constantly low hemoglobin. Wish me luck that they do. I'd really like to be rid of this fatigue!

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I hope they find the problem (and that it's a quick-fix)!

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*sigh* I feel for ya, CW! I've been through similar situations...hope they get the answer soon (and without any more grief!)

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Too many of us are playing medical BINGO right now!

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I so feel for you. I had the same proceedure done back in February only mine included an esophageal dilation to remove a stricture. At least for me they said I would not need another scope for at least ten years since everything came back clear. Hopefully they'll tell you the same thing and they'll figure out what is causing your anemia soon.

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I'm sorry to hear about your brother and your own problems ...

In my case I've had the discussion with my primary physician, the specialist, and even my psychiatrist, on whether it could be "Female problems" and how you, uh, quantify that. (I'm a very literal person and it occurred to me to ask what they mean by "heavy.") They independently concluded that in my case that shouldn't be enough of a cause in and of itself -- man it's hard to have "delicate" discussion about this stuff, hehe.

I knew a woman who had Cron's disease and so everything was always blamed on that. It turned out that she also had 2 or 3 severe additional issues in and around the abdomen area (like a softball-sized tumor on an ovary!!!!!!) that were slowly hunted down and dealt with. Finally saved her from severe, constant, chronic pain. I'm not nearly at this depth of trouble. Phew. Just fatigue that makes it hard to really work up a head of steam and keep it going.

(ETA my father keeps telling me not to get old ... while I don't FEEL old, really, I keep telling him it's too late. )

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My problem ended up being rupturing ovarian cysts that were causing internal bleeding, but not dangerously so.

I made the mistake of starting with my general practitioner. If I had started with my OBGYN, the problem would have been identified and dealt with in a week instead of 4 months.

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Yikes Becky!

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My GP did send me to have an ultrasound done and confirmed that I have fibroids on the right ovary but he said they don't look serious or problematic. Did you have any extra bleeding because of yours?

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