Re: Colonoscopy & Pancreatitis

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>I am scheduled for a colonoscopy on Monday after seeing my PCP and telling

>him that I am constipated (always have been) unless I take natural Herbs on

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>daily basis. So now he orders a Colonoscopy and puts down abdominal pain on

>my check out sheet. I don't have abdominal pain - I have the strange

>epigastric pain that comes and goes in and around the pancreas. Well, I

>started the prep today but after reading what happened to and her

>colonoscopy - I told my husband that I don't want it - now I am scared that

>it will trigger more pain for me and right now the pain hasn't gotten bad

>enough to take pain meds. Has anyone else had a colonoscopy trigger severe

>pain like had? I think I will have my husband call in on Monday that

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>am sick and forget it - I don't think I need it anyway.

>Thanks so much!

>Debbie in Mich

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