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Rabbit1977:
Hi all - I had a colonoscopy yesterday and they found a clear colon. Phew! But the consultant is insistent on me now having a capsule endoscopy done. Does anyone have any experience of one of these procedures please? I'm a bit worried by the risk that it can get stuck in the small intestine, albeit this is a risk of 1 in 1000. I have a fear of having to have any type of surgery done and the last thing I want is someone having to dig out a stuck capsule.

CLKD:
Did U attend the appt as a private patient 'cos I've found that 'they' will suggest future procedures.

Did the Consultant suggest a particular reason?

Rabbit1977:
This was the NHS.

On the paperwork for the colonoscopy of which I was given a copy, it says that this is the endoscopist's suggestion to the referring clinician as this colonoscopy was clear and so was my last colonoscopy in 2016. But they are convinced I have a bleed somewhere due to my FIT result of 14 and another case of anemia (my last case of anemia being picked up in 2016 when my ferritin levels had dropped to 7).

I know I should stay off Doctor Google but I can't help googling what the risks of procedures are and don't like the idea that the capsule can get stuck inside.

Taz2:
Hi Rabbit. Although it's worrying the risk of it getting stuck seems to be only if you have an obstruction in the intestine which I think you would have symptoms of beforehand? I feel that it's better to have the procedure done and any problem treated rather than risk a sudden bleed from a dodgy blood vessel. Easy for me to say I know.  :hug:

Taz x

Rabbit1977:
Well Taz, I've had a sharp pain on and off under the ribs on my left side for a year or so, but who knows where it is coming from and what the cause is, whether it is a twisted intestine somewhere or something else. I have managed in the past to reason that the pain is from gas trapped in the splenic flexure since it comes and goes and they did a normal colonoscopy yesterday.

I do know what you are saying, I just have a fear of medical procedures going bad and having to have an operation.

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