Postby DarknessEmbraced » Sat Sep 03, 2022 7:20 am
Thank you sandkeeper! I'm glad your scan is clear. This bleeding is some bright red blood on my stool some of the time. I've been dealing with constipation more often lately. I'm going back to Linzess(Constella here) daily instead of every other day to see if it helps. This bleeding isn't like the bleeding I get during an ischemic colitis attack. That bleeding is much worse, I have diarrhea, severe pain, severe nausea(sometimes vomiting), dripping sweat, severe bloating. I can become dehydrate. My GI put me on a daily low dose coated aspirin in 2018 to try to prevent an ischemic colitis attack. Unfortunately, that didn't help. I only go to the hospital for an ischemic colitis attack if I have a lot of bleeding and become severely dehydrated. I stay at home when the bleeding isn't severe or isn't present and when I don't get dehydrated. At the hospital they just give me a lot of fluids, pain relief, and I go back to a liquid diet slowly building up to a low fiber diet. I get an abdominal CT, CRP blood tests, and a colonoscopy. I haven't found any way to prevent ischemic colitis. attacks. There is no medication for it. I agree that it's unlikely a recurrence in the original anastomosis site. I had my last yearly CT in 2019. I no longer get tumor marker blood tests. I get a colonoscopy every 2.5 years. I can have one sooner if I'm concerned.
Diagnosed 10/28/14, age 36
Colon Resection 11/20/14, LAR (no illeo)
Stage 2a colon cancer, T3NOMO
Lymph-vascular invasion undetermined
0/22 lymph nodes
No chemo, no radiation
Clear Colonoscopy 04/29/15
NED 10/20/15
Ischemic Colitis 01/21/16
NED 11/10/16
CT Scan moved up due to high CEA 08/21/17
NED 09/25/17
NED 12/21/18
Clear colonoscopy 09/23/19
Clear 5 year scans 11/21/19- Considered cured!