I finally have some answers from my recent MRI. I'm not sure what to think about the results and I have to admit they caught me off guard. It's been one week since I've actually learned the results, and I'm still trying to process it. Mostly because I'm in a total brain fog lately and can't process anything.
Final verdict is I have two small abscesses in my abdomen near my pouch. My GI is not sure what is causing them, but believes it is a fistula that could not be seen on the MRI (they can be really tiny). After googling the symptomsof abdominal abscesses I found that I met 5 out of 6 of the symptoms. Abscesses never even crossed my mind.
I was prescribed Cipro & Flagyl, two antibiotics in the hopes that antibiotics alone will treat the abscesses. Since starting the antibiotics a week ago I have noticed some improvements. I am no longer bleeding. I don't have any more spasms. The fevers are gone. And the pain has gotten much better. I'm still not where I would like to be after a week on antibiotics. I still have diarrhea. I'm really weak and fatigued. And I'm nauseous.
I am now playing the waiting game once again as my GI is consulting with my surgeon to see what the next step is. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that a consult with the surgeon doesn't lead to another surgery. My hopeful self just says the my GI needs to consult someone who knows more about the j-pouch and not the possibility of surgery. We will wait and see!
Wow, how big are they? Could they do something like drain them without opening you up? I had a big abcess under my incision and during the takedown they cut it out and I had to pack it as it healed close, yuk. I hope you don't need this type of procedure!
ReplyDeleteThey are about 1 cm each, so pretty small. That's why the GI believes there is a fistula letting them drain instead of growing. Hoping the antibiotics clear up the abscesses. It's just whats causing them that worries me.
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ReplyDeleteThanks Paul!
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