Susan in Tennessee
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I had an appointment 1-18 with my PCP, only to find her last day was 1-17! Sooo, I saw a doctor who was filling in (he was the supervisor over three offices so I knew I was in trouble!). Surprisingly, he was nice and it went ok. We talked of my surgery a little but since my doctor was gone I had mentally decided to find a new place so I didn't waste much effort trying to educate this boss man I'd never see again.
He told me he didn't feel the hemoccult tests were of much value that a colonoscopy was the way to go and he also said the cologuard tests, or whatever they are called, were beneficial. He didn't give me a hemoccult kit. Later that day his nurse called and said he wanted me to come pick the cards up and do the tests. Growl, growl, ok. I did.
Today, I get a call summoning me in rather than mailing the labs to me as boss man also said was a much better way to do it. I went in, and of course a difference Dr. went over results with me. My B12 was high, as if I didn't know, my D was high which about made me faint! It was 134 with a lab range of 40-100.
His real concern was that all three of my hemoccult tests showed positive for blood. I immediately asked if my Bariatric surgery and the fact that I ate lots of red meat and our malabsorption component, etc but he said no. I was rather shaken and he proceeded to say I needed a colonoscopy and if that was good then a GI scope, etc. To see where blood was coming from. I glazed over at that point and told him I needed to research who I wanted to be referred to and I'd call them with my choice.
Of course I was really thinking, I've got to talk to "my people" about this, that's y'all by the way
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Ok, they gave me no instructions on not eating certain things before the hemoccult so I just did them. I can't remember what I was eating those days but it for sure was lots of red meat. I was trying to read up on what could give false positives and I read of red meat, some fruits and veggies, and then I also read that heme iron polypeptide such as Proferrin is that I've been taking 3 and sometimes 4 a day of, might cause a false positive.
Please, if anyone has any information either firsthand or ideas I'd love to hear it.
I'm sure I'll be having a colonoscopy and for some reason this freaks me out. My SIL had one a few years ago and she swears she was in excruciating pain the whole time but was unable to tell them so.
It seems I remember reading (either here or in a FB group) that some DSer s have trouble getting cleaned out and contrary to it taking less time it takes some people longer!
Oh, I forgot, other labs that would point to blood loss or anemia did not do so he said. I have a copy of what they ran, it is just the basics.
Thanks,
Susan
He told me he didn't feel the hemoccult tests were of much value that a colonoscopy was the way to go and he also said the cologuard tests, or whatever they are called, were beneficial. He didn't give me a hemoccult kit. Later that day his nurse called and said he wanted me to come pick the cards up and do the tests. Growl, growl, ok. I did.
Today, I get a call summoning me in rather than mailing the labs to me as boss man also said was a much better way to do it. I went in, and of course a difference Dr. went over results with me. My B12 was high, as if I didn't know, my D was high which about made me faint! It was 134 with a lab range of 40-100.
His real concern was that all three of my hemoccult tests showed positive for blood. I immediately asked if my Bariatric surgery and the fact that I ate lots of red meat and our malabsorption component, etc but he said no. I was rather shaken and he proceeded to say I needed a colonoscopy and if that was good then a GI scope, etc. To see where blood was coming from. I glazed over at that point and told him I needed to research who I wanted to be referred to and I'd call them with my choice.
Of course I was really thinking, I've got to talk to "my people" about this, that's y'all by the way
. Ok, they gave me no instructions on not eating certain things before the hemoccult so I just did them. I can't remember what I was eating those days but it for sure was lots of red meat. I was trying to read up on what could give false positives and I read of red meat, some fruits and veggies, and then I also read that heme iron polypeptide such as Proferrin is that I've been taking 3 and sometimes 4 a day of, might cause a false positive.
Please, if anyone has any information either firsthand or ideas I'd love to hear it.
I'm sure I'll be having a colonoscopy and for some reason this freaks me out. My SIL had one a few years ago and she swears she was in excruciating pain the whole time but was unable to tell them so.
It seems I remember reading (either here or in a FB group) that some DSer s have trouble getting cleaned out and contrary to it taking less time it takes some people longer!
Oh, I forgot, other labs that would point to blood loss or anemia did not do so he said. I have a copy of what they ran, it is just the basics.
Thanks,
Susan
