Hi everyone.

Just a couple of quick questions which might turn out to be a bit pointless.

I had a colonostomy today which the doc said was normal, but he toook some random biopsies with a routine review planned. -naturally I'm worried about the results. Has anyone had the same experience? I suppose I should have asked why he had taken them. Does anyone know if RA can cause inflammation in the colon?

Maria

Hi Maria,

My sister recently had a colonoscopy and they took biopsies even though they said everything looked normal. They told her they take them as routine just to make sure all is well, and at the follow up appointment said the results were normal.
Hope this helps to put your mind at rest, they did insist the biopsies were routine.
Hope your results are as good as hers were!

Love, Doreen xx

Hi Maria, I also had the tube up the bum and down the throat last summer to investigate the anemia, and they took a biopsy of a very tiny polyp they found, thinking back I think they notified my GP that eveything was fine but it was probably at least a couple of months later by which time I'd fogotton about it. So it sounds as if it is probably routine.
Best wishes
Sheila