My 1 year colonoscopy is scheduled for June 1st and now I have salmonella and amoeba bacteria poisoning..

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CatzinDJ
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My 1 year colonoscopy is scheduled for June 1st and now I have salmonella and amoeba bacteria poisoning..

Postby CatzinDJ » Wed May 24, 2017 5:02 am

I live in Africa and became ill with both salmonella and an amoeba in the beginning of May. This was the first time that I got sick with this kind of bacteria. I saw my employers medical doctor there and he gave me medications to both kill the bacterias as well as the eggs.

A week ago, I started having more frequent bathroom trips. I flew back to America yesterday and I started getting diarrhea on the plane. The stewards gave me two Imodium tablets which made the 13 hour flight across the ocean tolerable. I won't take any more Imodium tablets now that I back in the US. I am going to try to find a doctor in the US who specializes in tropical diseases and how to treat them.


My 1 year colonoscopy is scheduled for June 1st. Will the salmonella and amoeba possible reoccurrence interfere with the colonoscopy?
53 & Female
DX: Rectal Cancer (RC) diagnosed in Thailand
Tumor Location: Rectum
Tumor type: invasive adenocarcinoma
Tumor size: 4 mm
Tumor grade: low grade
Baseline CEA value (4.46) 5/2016
CEA 6/2/2016 4.8
Lynch- Negative.
LAR 7/13/2016 in Seatle, Wa
Home 7/18/2016.
CEA 12/9/2016 2.8
CEA 6/8/2017 5.6
Colonoscopy and Cat scan June 2017 NED
CEA 3/2018 2.9
TB latent recently diagnosed.

Lee
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Re: My 1 year colonoscopy is scheduled for June 1st and now I have salmonella and amoeba bacteria poisoning..

Postby Lee » Fri May 26, 2017 5:24 pm

Sorry no one has answered your question yet.

Hi and welcome

I believe only your Dr can answer these questions. Definitely tell the Dr doing your scope prior to scope day. They might want to postpone your scope.

Good luck, hope you are feeling better soon.

Lee
rectal cancer - April 2004
46 yrs old at diagnoses
stage III C - 6/13 lymph positive
radiation - 6 weeks
surgery - August 2004/hernia repair 2014
permanent colostomy
chemo - FOLFOX
NED - 16 years and counting!

CatzinDJ
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Re: My 1 year colonoscopy is scheduled for June 1st and now I have salmonella and amoeba bacteria poisoning..

Postby CatzinDJ » Sat May 27, 2017 5:07 am

Thank you, Lee, for answering. I will let them know. I don't want it postponed if I can avoid it as I flew in from Africa for this test.
53 & Female
DX: Rectal Cancer (RC) diagnosed in Thailand
Tumor Location: Rectum
Tumor type: invasive adenocarcinoma
Tumor size: 4 mm
Tumor grade: low grade
Baseline CEA value (4.46) 5/2016
CEA 6/2/2016 4.8
Lynch- Negative.
LAR 7/13/2016 in Seatle, Wa
Home 7/18/2016.
CEA 12/9/2016 2.8
CEA 6/8/2017 5.6
Colonoscopy and Cat scan June 2017 NED
CEA 3/2018 2.9
TB latent recently diagnosed.


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