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Just going to do a little vent...and then I will ask some questions...

I did a Colonoscopy last June, I got to do the all day prep with the nasty stuff and the pills. After I went through all that drama, I had to change doctors because everytime I went in, the Dr. changed his mind on what I have. First, I had ulcers in my stomach and ulcerative colitis in my intestions with a hyatial heria and GERD. The next appt (a couple weeks later) he decided there were no ulcers anywhere (even though the nurse showed me pictures) and all I had was GERD, hyatal hernia and colitis. The next appt, he decided that I had GERD, hyatal hernia and IBS! When he tried to give me Zelnorm (my main symptom is D) I went to my primary care Dr and got referred to the closest GI dr 2 hours away.

So, I went to my old Dr's office and filled out the form to get ALL my records/pictures transferred to the new Dr. When I got there yesterday, they had rec'd NOTHING!!! So, they called and asked them to fax my whole file. What did they get??? A nice fat fax with all my papers??? NOPE!!! They got a 2 page doc of my test results from my endoscope! No Colonoscopy results or anything.

So, this new doctor (who seems awsome!) has to do a new Colonoscopy to determine what is wrong with me. Yipee twice in a 6 month period!!! Anyway - this new Dr. does the perscription for the gallon bottle of stuff the you start at 4 pm and it is done at 8 pm. Then you have D for a couple of hours and its over - has anyone done this one??? I did the all-day one last time. It wasn't awful, because it didn't hurt, but it sucked because it was all day. I guess my only concern is that I am going to have D all night and wont be able to sleep. Can anyone tell me how good this stuff is? Any reccomendations?

Anyway, hopefully, this doctor can figure out what is going on with me. Its sucks I have to redo the test. If only I had requested to go to this dr in the first place - but, nooooo, I had to choose the small town Dr. because he is closer!!!! Geez...

Anyway, done venting - any advice??

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