Hi,
Sounds like the worst of your bowel prep is almost over. The color will not be completely water white, it may have a pale yellowish tint to it. However, it will be clear in the sense that you can see through it completely and there are no solids of any kind in it at all. Just keep on drinking as much as you can until it is clear. One day I hope all GI docs will move to pills instead of that vile liquid.
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Congratulations on a great report! Since you are having bowel problems, they want to biopsy a number of places to check for microscopic indications of IBD or colitis. They are just trying to do a very thorough job of getting you a diagnosis. Since bowel prep is such an unpleasant experience, they try to do as much as possible once they are in there. Neither IBD nor colitis is usually a cause of extreme sleepiness. It is more likely to be a side effect of your multiple medications. It can take a week to get the path report back.
Generally not. Both IBD and colitis can usually be managed with diet, and sometimes drugs. Only in severe recalcitrant cases would surgery be considered.
It could be either. It could also be allergies to certain foods that set the cascade in motion. Stress usually plays a role in any bowel motility problem. We know that from working with all sorts of patients with Crohn's and IBS. Folks with any IBD have to watch their diets scrupulously and try to learn to deal with stress as best they can.
Hello,
Welcome to Just Answer. I couldn't open the link you sent. Evidently something is misspelled. The first thing you need to know about ulcerative colitis is that it causes ulcers in the bowel and you've just had a colonoscopy that didn't find any. The diarrhea is also bloody and constipation isn't a feature of it. Fatigue is caused by a combination of anemia and electrolyte imbalance from all the diarrhea. Anti-inflammatories and immunomodulators are usually pretty effective at controlling it. It also is a disease that shows up for the first time in the teen years rather than the mid-30s.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/ulcerative-colitis/DS00598/DSECTION=1
http://www.gicare.com/pated/ecdgs15.htm
Here are some articles on inflammatory bowel diseases with symptoms and treatment information.
http://www.medicinenet.com/inflammatory_bowel_disease_intestinal_problems/article.htm
http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/common/digestive/disorders/252.html
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/inflammatory_bowel_disease/article_em.htm
I hope you haven't been worrying yourself uselessly over this report. ASA Class 2 refers to anesthesia risk. The classification goes from 1 to 5 and 2a is "mild to moderate systemic disease that may or may not be related to the disorder requiring surgery." It is a standard wording for any procedure that includes anesthesia, including twilight sleep. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the colonoscopy, just the anesthesia for it.