I went to the gastro doctor last week for the colonoscopy/endoscopy. I did the Lovenox shots (NO comment) and was ready for the procedure. I will start with this.......I was talking to the Doctor then I was trying to grab the hands of the person forcing something down my throat. I was awake. The next memory is of the Doctor asking me to lay on my back. After that I remember yelling in severe pain begging the Doctor to please stop. This was Sept 11th. On the 12th I felt worse. On the 13th I was getting scared. I called the gastro doctor and asked to come in and see him. They got me in to see him and he tells me I have irritable bowel syndrome. He says I only woke briefly during the procedure and was asleep most the time. It was my fault that I woke up due to the high anxiety I Have. It's MY fault for the abdominal pain as I have a tortuous colon thus making it harder for him. He also mentioned I had scar tissue. I still have no idea what he meant as I have never had any other surgery than open heart. Does that cause scaring in your colon?
He told me that I needed to take nexium and watch my fiber intake and just learn to live with it. Well for those of you who know me then you know that IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. I sat up and looking him in his eyes closely and said "I TRUSTED YOU AND YOU HURT ME REALLY REALLY BAD. I WAKE UP RMEMBERING BEING CHOKED DAILY NOW. Why are you not saying something like "I am sorry Mrs. Irwin that things went sour" OR Gee Mrs. Irwin that's terrible that you woke up and I'm sorry it didn't go so smooth. NO NO NOT THIS DOCTOR. HE COMES BACK WITH "Oh now your trying to say I am trying to hurt you" OK HANG ON FOLKS I HAVE TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND CALM MYSELF. I yelled at the Doctor that I am sick. I am not better and please acknowledge what I am saying. He looked at me and said nothing. My next words were ....and I quote.....'GET THE F**K OUT OF HERE. YOU ARE RUDE AND YOU HURT ME BAD. IM SICKER THAN A DOG AND YOU TELL ME TO JUST LIVE WITH IT AND WATCH MY FIBER INTAKE???? WTF!!!!!!!!!!! I SLAMED THE DOOR SO HARD I BROKE THE MOLDING. I called another GI place (I DIDNT SAY A SINGLE WORD ABOUT ANY OF THIS TO THE NEW DOC JUST THAT I WANTED A SECOND OPINION CUZ IM STILL SO SICK) and got in with Dr. Harrison. He took ONE YES ONE look at me and his reaction scared me. Here we go...... my jugular is bulging out of my neck so badly that he stopped EVERYTHING AND GOT ON THE PHONE WITH MY CARDIOLOGIST. Dignosis from new Dr........Congestive heart failure. Heterogenous perfusion of the liver.(which was already diagnosed by the cat scan I had days earlier in the emergency room and the first GI doc had this info.) He sent me off the the cardiologist. Repeat echo (as I just had my regular visit last week during all this insanity.) to see whats going on and 3 thousand dollars worth of lab work and cultures. I went for the results of the blood work and repeat echo friday. MY TRICUSPID VALVE IS LEAKING MOD-SEVERE. I HAVE GUT ADEMA THUS THE ABDOMINAL PAIN AND BLOATING. I HAVE PULMONARY HYPERTENSION. I am all bloaty and floaty. My cardiologist says they dont do surgery on this valve and gave me lasix and potassium. Re check in 6wks. I had to telll you all of this to give you the enitire senario. All I needed was Lasix?? I didnt need colonoscopy/endoscopy/lovenox injects/hundreds of dollars in labs/hundred and fifty dollar script for nexium? HOW MUCH MORE CAN I TAKE. ARE YOU KIDDING ME. THIS IS UNBELUCKINGFEAVABLE. ROSS ROSS AM I CRAZY OR IS THIS INSANE. OK DONT ANSWER THAT PLEASE. Am I ok? WHATS GANA HAPPEN TO ME NOW.? Im scared. Should I not be concerned with new leak. Do I need another surgery? Does this valve just fail now until I die? oh my
He told me that I needed to take nexium and watch my fiber intake and just learn to live with it. Well for those of you who know me then you know that IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. I sat up and looking him in his eyes closely and said "I TRUSTED YOU AND YOU HURT ME REALLY REALLY BAD. I WAKE UP RMEMBERING BEING CHOKED DAILY NOW. Why are you not saying something like "I am sorry Mrs. Irwin that things went sour" OR Gee Mrs. Irwin that's terrible that you woke up and I'm sorry it didn't go so smooth. NO NO NOT THIS DOCTOR. HE COMES BACK WITH "Oh now your trying to say I am trying to hurt you" OK HANG ON FOLKS I HAVE TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND CALM MYSELF. I yelled at the Doctor that I am sick. I am not better and please acknowledge what I am saying. He looked at me and said nothing. My next words were ....and I quote.....'GET THE F**K OUT OF HERE. YOU ARE RUDE AND YOU HURT ME BAD. IM SICKER THAN A DOG AND YOU TELL ME TO JUST LIVE WITH IT AND WATCH MY FIBER INTAKE???? WTF!!!!!!!!!!! I SLAMED THE DOOR SO HARD I BROKE THE MOLDING. I called another GI place (I DIDNT SAY A SINGLE WORD ABOUT ANY OF THIS TO THE NEW DOC JUST THAT I WANTED A SECOND OPINION CUZ IM STILL SO SICK) and got in with Dr. Harrison. He took ONE YES ONE look at me and his reaction scared me. Here we go...... my jugular is bulging out of my neck so badly that he stopped EVERYTHING AND GOT ON THE PHONE WITH MY CARDIOLOGIST. Dignosis from new Dr........Congestive heart failure. Heterogenous perfusion of the liver.(which was already diagnosed by the cat scan I had days earlier in the emergency room and the first GI doc had this info.) He sent me off the the cardiologist. Repeat echo (as I just had my regular visit last week during all this insanity.) to see whats going on and 3 thousand dollars worth of lab work and cultures. I went for the results of the blood work and repeat echo friday. MY TRICUSPID VALVE IS LEAKING MOD-SEVERE. I HAVE GUT ADEMA THUS THE ABDOMINAL PAIN AND BLOATING. I HAVE PULMONARY HYPERTENSION. I am all bloaty and floaty. My cardiologist says they dont do surgery on this valve and gave me lasix and potassium. Re check in 6wks. I had to telll you all of this to give you the enitire senario. All I needed was Lasix?? I didnt need colonoscopy/endoscopy/lovenox injects/hundreds of dollars in labs/hundred and fifty dollar script for nexium? HOW MUCH MORE CAN I TAKE. ARE YOU KIDDING ME. THIS IS UNBELUCKINGFEAVABLE. ROSS ROSS AM I CRAZY OR IS THIS INSANE. OK DONT ANSWER THAT PLEASE. Am I ok? WHATS GANA HAPPEN TO ME NOW.? Im scared. Should I not be concerned with new leak. Do I need another surgery? Does this valve just fail now until I die? oh my