Hi,
I'm looking for some advice / confirmation. I am mid forties, diagnosed about 30. Have been taking Pentasa and 6MP. I recently took the Endoscopy Camera Pill. I had taken the Patency or test pill and it indicated that it passed through the system thus making the camera pill safe or so we thought. After a month or so I finally got around to the follow up xray and to my complete surprise the camera pill is lodged at the illeum. I continue to have no out of the ordinary symptoms, but now that I am aware the pill is stuck of course I feel every twinge and wonder if it is normal or the pill. Options given to me currently are a step by step approach. First we are hitting the prednisone in hopes that the passage opens. If that does not work, doing a prep next week to purge. I am not confident in either. Third option is as I'm told similar to a colonoscopy with the exception that you enter the small bowel and retrieve the pill. I have slightly more confidence there, but am unaware of anyone who has gone through it. Next option to double balloon with the oral snake. Next option surgery. I am scheduled to travel out of the country late November and if it comes down to the last option I would like to have it done when I return early December. I have read where these things have been lodged safely in the system for up to 2.5 years. Can anyone comment on the wisdom of this plan? What are the odds anything goes wrong etc... and will I be tripping up the TSA? If it does come down to the last option is this a laproscopic procedure or full blown out of commission for months? I've never had a surgery and am concerned to be mild that this will be my only option. Has anyone gone through this and if so, please give me your expereince as I'm obsessing on the path to take. Thanks.
I'm looking for some advice / confirmation. I am mid forties, diagnosed about 30. Have been taking Pentasa and 6MP. I recently took the Endoscopy Camera Pill. I had taken the Patency or test pill and it indicated that it passed through the system thus making the camera pill safe or so we thought. After a month or so I finally got around to the follow up xray and to my complete surprise the camera pill is lodged at the illeum. I continue to have no out of the ordinary symptoms, but now that I am aware the pill is stuck of course I feel every twinge and wonder if it is normal or the pill. Options given to me currently are a step by step approach. First we are hitting the prednisone in hopes that the passage opens. If that does not work, doing a prep next week to purge. I am not confident in either. Third option is as I'm told similar to a colonoscopy with the exception that you enter the small bowel and retrieve the pill. I have slightly more confidence there, but am unaware of anyone who has gone through it. Next option to double balloon with the oral snake. Next option surgery. I am scheduled to travel out of the country late November and if it comes down to the last option I would like to have it done when I return early December. I have read where these things have been lodged safely in the system for up to 2.5 years. Can anyone comment on the wisdom of this plan? What are the odds anything goes wrong etc... and will I be tripping up the TSA? If it does come down to the last option is this a laproscopic procedure or full blown out of commission for months? I've never had a surgery and am concerned to be mild that this will be my only option. Has anyone gone through this and if so, please give me your expereince as I'm obsessing on the path to take. Thanks.