The small bowel follow through and the video capsule
endoscopy come back normal. Absolutely nothing abnormal is seen. At this point,
Dr. Frech is thinking that I may have what they call Bile Salt Diarrhea. This
condition happens sometimes in people after having their gallbladder removed.
You can take medicine that binds to the extra bile in your intestinal tract and
helps remove it from your system. However, he also wants to do more testing to
make sure nothing else too major is going on because the bile salt diarrhea
condition doesn’t match all the symptoms. It’s a good thing I have great
insurance.
The next test he orders is a Gastric Emptying Study and then
2 days later a CT scan with and without contrast. Once again, you have to fast
for 12 hours. I check into IMC Radiology Department at 8:00 in the morning.
When you are taken back, they take you into a small room and then proceed to
cook you “breakfast”. This lovely breakfast includes scrambled eggs, toast with
jam, and a glass of water. However, in the scrambled eggs they put a form of
radioactive dye/tracer so they can watch it move through your digestive system.
You are also required to eat everything on your plate. Once the food is gone,
they begin taking x-rays of your abdomen. They do this every 30 minutes for 2
hours.
All results for the gastric emptying study come back normal.
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