Guest guest Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 Judy, I'm so glad that everything went well. What is pancolonic? My son was sick after his colonoscopy too. I know he will not want to drink the same prep next time. Can you tell me what this prep is? Lee Mother of Bill (21) UC/PSC 04 > 's colonosopcy went fine at IU Medical Center. The UC is still > mild, even if it is pancolonic, and he was NOT sick afterwards as he > was last August at Mayo. So I think the Asacol has helped. The biopsy > results will take a little while. > > The biggest improvement was the prep, which we learned from this > group. We intended to make it visicol, but somehow signals got crossed > and he ended up just using ducolax, a lot of it [i dare not confess > how much! This ranks right up there with the time I dropped him on his > head as a baby!] which he tolerated quite well and resulted in a very > clean prep according to the doctor. Beforehand, the doctor was > skeptical, and told him if he was not cleaned out enough they would > give him a quickie enema. Well, the look my 19 yr old son gave me was, > well... It prompted him to announce he would now be taking a lot more > control about his medical care including communication with doctors. > Yes! > > So now we have a few more weeks before he starts his sophomore year at > college. We will all sleep well tonight. > > Judy (Mom of , dx PSC 7/03, dx UCX 8/03) > > > <image.tiff> > > <image.tiff> > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 Lee, The way I understand it, pancolonic means throughout the large intestine.There are people here who have a lot of experience with UC and Crohn's - please chime in! In my son's case, the small intestine is fine and the connector between the small and large intestine looks normal. There was quite a discussion here - sometime last year? or earlier? about visicol vs golytely and all sorts of colonscopy preps.Does someone else remember where it is? The way it turned out last year, getting the liquid stuff down was almost as bad as the aftermath. We have learned so much from this group. As far as him being sick, he developed chills and fever and vomiting about 1.5- 2 hours after the procedure while he was eating lunch. He was taken to xray to check for a bowel perforation. There was none. He became very weak, platelets fell. So this time was totally different both before and after! Judy (Mom of , 19 yr. - dx 7/03 PSC, dx UC 8/03) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 Lee, Let me repeat: WE MADE A MISTAKE. Ask you doctor about using VISICOL for the prep. Judy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 Thanks Judy, my son's large intestine is also all mildly involved in the UC but I hadn't heard it called pancolonic, My son only had the vomiting after the procedure but I know what will make him dread having another colonoscopy will be more the prep than getting sick. Exactly how did you do 's prep? How much ducolax? Ducolax is a pill form laxative , isn't it? I want to find a better prep for Bill before next time. I'm really glad that things went better for this time. I wish him well. Lee Mom Of Bill,21 yrs. UC/PSC 6/04 > Lee, > The way I understand it, pancolonic means throughout the large > intestine.There are people here who have a lot of experience with UC > and Crohn's - please chime in! In my son's case, the small intestine > is fine and the connector between the small and large intestine looks > normal. > > There was quite a discussion here - sometime last year? or earlier? > about visicol vs golytely and all sorts of colonscopy preps.Does > someone else remember where it is? The way it turned out last year, > getting the liquid stuff down was almost as bad as the aftermath. We > have learned so much from this group. > > As far as him being sick, he developed chills and fever and vomiting > about 1.5- 2 hours after the procedure while he was eating lunch. He > was taken to xray to check for a bowel perforation. There was none. > He became very weak, platelets fell. > > So this time was totally different both before and after! > > Judy (Mom of , 19 yr. - dx 7/03 PSC, dx UC 8/03) > > > > > > > > <image.tiff> > > <image.tiff> > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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