What Is She Looking For?

[Penni]

Hi everyone,

new to the forum. 51 year old female, went for my 1st colonoscopy two weeks ago. Dr. said I had a lumpy bumpy colon. biopsy from that came back yesterday, negative. Went for bloodwork - I am a carrier of the gene for celiac, which is no surprise since my 16 year old nephew was finally diagnosed (this kid is the poster child for failure to thrive). Had a small bowel follow through which was negative. had an endoscopy yesterday. now the doctor is ordering a ct scan of the chest, abdomen and pelvis. Today I was told my colon has follicular hyperplasia - anyone know what that is - I couldn't find a sensible definition online. Doctor is out of town for a week and I feel like I have more questions than answers. Why the ct scan?....wouldn't the biopsy from the endoscopy be enough? I have been pretty healthy, at least I thought so, until I started looking at possible symptoms...I just attributed them to other things. Anybody else go through the same testing?

[T.H.]

Not sure what she's looking for in the ct scan, but I can at least say that I was given one myself, after my celiac diagnosis. If I remember correctly, mine was to examine certain organs for damage that can be caused by malnutrition or vitamin deficiencies that result from Celiac disease.

Hi everyone,

new to the forum. 51 year old female, went for my 1st colonoscopy two weeks ago. Dr. said I had a lumpy bumpy colon. biopsy from that came back yesterday, negative. Went for bloodwork - I am a carrier of the gene for celiac, which is no surprise since my 16 year old nephew was finally diagnosed (this kid is the poster child for failure to thrive). Had a small bowel follow through which was negative. had an endoscopy yesterday. now the doctor is ordering a ct scan of the chest, abdomen and pelvis. Today I was told my colon has follicular hyperplasia - anyone know what that is - I couldn't find a sensible definition online. Doctor is out of town for a week and I feel like I have more questions than answers. Why the ct scan?....wouldn't the biopsy from the endoscopy be enough? I have been pretty healthy, at least I thought so, until I started looking at possible symptoms...I just attributed them to other things. Anybody else go through the same testing?

[ravenwoodglass]

She is being a good doctor and checking to make certain that there are no serious issues that could be related to the hyperplasia. While the hyperplasia could simply be related to a reaction from celiac it could also be a sign of other things going on. Go ahead and do the CT scan and try not to worry about it. Write down any questions you have for her so that you can ask her at your next appointment. Sometimes we forget a lot of what we want to find out when we are sitting across from the doctor.