Capsule Endoscopy done

Hi brit tuck,
I hope the test comes out good for you. It does take awhile for you to get all the prep out of you
system. Try drinking alot of water to flush out you system. It always worked for me.

sorry you had a bad evening. I had no prep with the pill cam...is that common?
how are you feeling today?

Thank you guys for all your kind thoughts. I'm pretty sure having prep is unusual for a pill cam. But my doctor was trying everything in his power to make sure it doesn't get stuck, especially since I've done two of the patency/disolvable capsules and both of them were shown to be stuck. So he wanted to try and clear everything out as much as possible... at least that was my interpretation of it. That's also why I was on a liquid diet for two days before swallowing the pill cam.

How long did it take your doctors to get back to you about the results? I'm thinking because it's a three day weekend it might take a while longer. I'm still having a ton of D. As gross as this might sound, I think because I'm having so much that I'm somehow actually running out of things to come out. But my body still acts like it has to and so a small amount does. It's kind of like at the end of prep and it's just getting the final amount out. So I thought I was close to being done. And then I had some toast today and it started all over again. It's really frustrating. And I can't take my Naproxen for the period cramps since my doctor said it makes the Crohn's worse. So I am not feeling well and am trying to somehow get caught back up on my reading for law school.

How long do you think I should wait to contact my doctor if I don't see the pill in the toilet? I haven't been able to see anything, but I thought I might hear it, because all I've been having is D. How long does it typically take to pass? Dragonfly37927, since you had a stricture, did it take longer to pass? How did you find out it was out?

My jabbing pains are still there, but they were there before the pill cam. It's not any worse than it was before, except for now it's really tender and sore to the touch in those places. I think I might wait until at least Tuesday before I call my doc. It's nothing worse than I've had before.. and I do want him to enjoy his three day weekend. I'm just trying to stay hydrated since everything is leaving my body as soon as I eat it seems.

Thanks again for responding. It means a lot that other people have gone through this.

So you didn't know for 10 months whether the pill came out or not? Wasn't your doctor concerned? I have a feeling mine will probably check before then to see if it's out.

I ended up calling my doc to find out if I could take an immodium. I just feel so weak right now since I've been having D almost constantly since Thursday night. That, and I haven't been able to eat much solid food since Tuesday night as well. So anything substantial comes right out. He sounded really preoccupied when he called back and he was just like yea, it's ok. Take an immodium. So I have and am really hoping it works. I just want to be able to get some reading done right now for class. I feel so lousy. Blah..

Hi Gail. They told me at the hospital where I took the pill that it wasn't necessary to look through my stool for the pill. That if I haven't seen it, and especially after my doc watches the recording and sees where it stopped, that I can just do the X-ray to see where it is. I figure that sounds a lot better than doing the stool catcher, especially since I've just been having D. Don't want to look through that! :)

The immodium did work. I was so thankful it did, since I was in so much pain and felt so weak that I was practically crying. I was even able to do a little reading, but I did get plenty of rest. Thank you for being so concerned. I'm feeling better today too. I think the immodium is still working and I was able to eat some toast with no issues. So I'm hoping it keeps getting better. My only concern now is that I won't hear back about the results before I have to go to class on Tuesday.. and it's a long day of class that day. I still feel pretty weak and my jabbing pains are also making it sore in those spots too. So I'm a bit concerned... but I will try and wait this out. I just want to know if I have to have surgery or not... and I want to know what that camera found. I'm getting anxious!

I'm trying my best to stick it out with class. My meds had been keeping my episodes of D under control, that is until I did that bowel prep Thursday night. Now it's back to how it used to be. So I'm going to really try this week. I don't have much of a choice though, since we're already in our third week of class. It's already getting to where I can't miss because of assignments and stuff. I have a quiz this week in my legal writing class. The lady in charge of disability services in the law school was really nice. They're supposed to give me double time on things, but the set up of the quizzes in my legal writing class doesn't seem like it's going to allow for that. So we'll see how it goes.. it is only 5% of my grade.

But yea, I will definitely be having my cell on vibrate tomorrow. I don't know if my doctor will have the results back that soon. How long does it typically take for a doctor to watch/view the recording? I really want to find out tomorrow. I still haven't seen anything in the toilet that would let me think it's out. So I'm guessing I'll probably go sometime this week or next and get an X-ray done. I'm just frustrated that I feel worse (because of having the D again) after this dang capsule. I'm dreading this week because I'm not sure if I'll be able to get through it.

Good luck with classes tomorrow Fitzy! :)

Hi Brit Things will work out, are you on pred.? Hope we"ll hear from you soon.My teen goes back to school Thursday so is that ever going to be different around here again still a bit in shock that it has come around so quickly. lol gail

So I decided that I am going to call in the morning to try and find something out.. or at least schedule an x-ray to see if the pill came out or not. I also got a message from my PCP today letting me know the results of my blood work in regard to my Vitamin D levels (because of the osteopenia). Turns out they are low.. so the message said they want me to go on 800 IUD of vitamin D. I'm going to have to call about it since I was already told before to take a calcium supplement.. so I was taking Viactiv. I'm not sure if it's the same thing, and if I'm supposed to take the 800 on top of the Viactiv.. or just stop the Viactiv and take the 800. Who knows. Has anyone had any issues with low Vitamin D along with a B12 deficiency? I'm guessing there's no real cause for concern about the vitamin D on top of everything else.. I was just curious. I will let you all know what I find out tomorrow.

Well you must be relieved about that, its one less complication.
take care,
TEss