more bleeding and pain after Colonoscopy 2 weeks ago

[Bunnygirl1]

Hi all,

Wondering whether anyone else has experienced worse symptoms (particularly more bleeding) following colonoscopy?

it’s nearly 3 weeks later and bleeding worse than before the procedure.

Gastro refuses to acknowledge this - she says I’m just in a bad flare.

I can’t understand why it is worse? Only one small polyp removed.

Thanks if anyone can relate.

[Lyckan]

Some got their intestine punctured during colonoscopy. Contact the GI again. Hope you get the help you deserve

[Bunnygirl1 in reply to Lyckan]

thank you Lyckan, but I don't think it would be that (certainly hope not!), I think there would be more serious symptoms.

[Steve2357]

If there was only one polyp removed this should not cause any problems, I have had 2 or 3 removed under a number colonoscopy with no affect. As you were already bleeding, it could just be that the site of the bleeding has been disturbed by the procedure, if not necessarily by the camera, but the air they pumped in. The full procedure, what the camera see's, is recorded for diagnostic purposes, so can certainly be reviewed.

Regardless, if you are bleeding more they have to take action to counter this 'flare up'.

[Bunnygirl1 in reply to Steve2357]

Thanks for sharing your experience Steve, yes I've had 3 polyps removed previous scope and no bleeding. I didn't know the procedure is recorded - that is good to know (ie in that I wouldn't have to go back for another one anytime soon should something have gone amiss).

I had Zoom with gastro yesterday - I pushed her for why more bleeding, she reiterated that she saw "contact bleeding" and that this would have soon led to more visible bleeding in a week or two - regardless of the prep and colonoscopy "trauma". She said the biopsies showed "moderately active ulcerative colitis", whereas in the past I only had "mild".

She is kind person and is trying her hardest to help me to find meds I can tolerate (very sensitive to meds, plus have cataracts/high eye pressure so must be careful with steroids). At the same time she is drumming in to me that I HAVE to treat it - and to keep treating it as aggressively as I can - for 2 months at the very least - in order to curtail the inflammation so it doesn't progress. I've had weekly Zoom appts since the colonoscopy so I am getting good care from her.

I took 2 days off everything last weekend as was feeling like something was making me worse as in stomach ache and loud gurgling grumbling noises (suspect Mesalazine or Sulfasalazine as I had a bad reaction to 8 days of Mezavant that took 4 weeks to get over!).

I'm on Predsol suppository, re-introducing Salofalk suppository, and re-introducing ONE salazopyrin per day for a week and then try upping to TWO and hoping to be able to increase gradually from there up to 3 or 4 per day.

She would like me to swap out the Salofalk suppository for Pentasa liquid enema two or three times per week (as it reaches further up the colon).

I was unfortunately unable to master the Salofalk foam enema can with one hand. Would have much preferred to use foam enema - but just didn't have the strength in my right index finder to depress the dome one-handed. Such a shame! I used to use Colifoam many years ago - it had a very simple delivery system - you filled a plunger type applicator from the can, then inserted the plunger and pushed gently. Was so easy! Unfortunately Colifoam is no longer available, and from my research, I see that the other alternative - Budenofalk - has the same dome can delivery system as the Salofalk Foam.😔

Sorry for this long diatribe . . . but I'm sure you guys understand how sharing our woes with these illnesses can help get it off our chest!😀 Thanks all for your concern.

[Steve2357]

That is the problem we are all different and all have different reactions to procedures/drugs. It is just matter of having to put up with trying to fine what works for you.

I have had Crohn's for over 40 years and have been quite lucky in that I have only had 3 ops with at lease 10 years between each and each time they took out less than a foot of my small bowel each time, so still have a good part left. I know too many people who were fine, but the next time I saw them, they had had a flair up and they had taken out most of there bowel and they had a stoma bag.

I certainly started out with steroids, but you can only be on them for a limited time before they start to destroy the rest of your body. I certainly was on Sulfasalazine at the beginning 8 500mg tablets a day I think.

On mercaptopurine (6mp) and infusions of Infliximab every 8 weeks now and not had any flair ups. Just chronic pain from the adhesions from the previous ops.

Steve

[Yahtze]

I just posted about a bad colonoscopy I had horrible cramping, throwing up and explosive diarrhea. I was diagnosed with a cdiff infection which comes from hospitals or antibiotics which I was never on. So they probably knocked you or you have an infection. You need them to do a scope or treat you with antibiotics. They said mine always a flair to now I am on prednisone. Trying to figure out how to step down sooner. Good luck but I wouldn’t just necessarily agree with them you may want to seek another opinion.