Follow up

Follow up with GP after hospital discharge --- why couldn't I have had this doctor when I experienced my very first symptoms way back in the fall of 2011??

Dr. Pugh is the best. I got in quickly to see him. He listened, he read my chart and suggested a meeting this week with a GI specialist. His assistant had an appointment arranged with someone before I left the office.

Saw the GI Specialist. He was great too. Much better than my experience with the GI practice/practitioners who tossed me back and forth to the GYN during my initial diagnosis. He suggested a closer look at the small bowl partial obstruction area through a specific CT Scan. I got the results and took them to CTCA with me.

I was scheduled for another chemo treatment for this CTCA trip Sept 19. I pushed for "NO chemo" until we found out what the intestinal/bowel issue was. BECAUSE the chemo was only going to exasperate any bowel problem. So the onc team agreed. We quickly met with Dr. K, the GI specialist at CTCA to go over the recent CT Scan in SLC. He was suspicious that whatever the blockages were were not just scar tissue but disease spreading. He suggested a colonoscopy and endoscopy to gather more information.

Laura and I returned to CTCA the following week and I had the procedures done. Something was pushing in on the small intestine and he saw a partial obstruction in the lower bowel and then could not see past the 18cm point. He did not see any disease penetrating or growing on the inside of intestinal walls or stomach.

I believe I had a round of chemo.

I saw my GYN ONC Monday and discussed with her all the recent events and results and thought maybe a stint for the partial obstruction could be in the future.