Hi, Ardith...

AH> Relax the bowel??  I also have some doubt about this idea

  While I have IBS, diverticulitis, and hemorrhoids (with moderate to
severe rectal bleeding...they did blood work to make sure I wasn't becoming
anemic), recent colonoscopies have shown no polyps...although they did find
some benign ones several years ago. Now that I'm over 50, I have both a
colonoscopy and an EGD (upper GI) done 13 months apart (or Medicare won't
pay for them...go figure).

  I've got to go in for an IVP in late September, to find out WHY I've been
producing kidney stones like mad. My first stone was discovered in April,
2010, and removed 2 months later. My second stone was discovered in early
July, 2012...but not 10 days after they removed it, they found a second
one!!

  However, before the IVP, I have to prep as if I was having a colonoscopy,
so there's nothing in the bowel to block the tracking of the dye they'll
inject into me, to view the urinary tract from the kidneys, through the
ureters, to the bladder, to the urethra, and out the penis. If there is a
blockage of some sort, or more stones, I'm going back under the knife, as
it were.

  The irritating thing (besides the burning, and a bad case of
prostatitis), is that it was originally scheduled for August 31. I
should've realized it'd likely be cancelled, as it's the Friday before
Labor Day Weekend. Sure enough, it got postponed until the end of
September!!

  I had been drinking flavored water daily, but the urologist advised me to
switch to Gatorade, because it'll replenish the electrolytes. I've heard of
people with "kidney cancer", but I doubt I'm to that point...and
hope I never get there. But, drinking 3 liters of liquid a day to keep
flushed out keeps me on close contact with the bathroom!!

  On a lighter note, I recently had to switch FIDONet hubs, so it's good to
be back in here.

Daryl

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