Kevin now has a gastroenterologist here in Ohio. I was a little concerned when some of the Nurses and Medical Assistants actually warned me that the guy has a difficult personality. They characterized him as "a screamer" who doesn't listen to nurses or patients. Lovely. We didn't have any of that; he was all business which was fine with me. Got through a couple of sentences and said, "You seem calm about this; c'mon back and let me show you instead of trying to just tell you."
That works. And I got to see live action shots of Kev's reluctant insides.
There is scaring at the surgical site that had pretty much closed the passage. That constriction brought about everything that spiraled down so bad in the last week. It's possibly a combination of scaring from the August surgery and damage from radiation therapy this month.
The constriction has been cleared for now. It may or may not stay open. There is a lesion near the surgical site. The lesion was biopsied. The gastroenterologist is concerned it may be new cancer growth. He was pretty negative on that subject and gave the indication he thinks there's a good chance it's cancer. It's nasty looking but just as likely to be radiation damage or a blood flow problem as cancer.
Half full, half full.
Cancer or not, the gastroenterologist thinks the area will need to be resolved with another surgery.
Kevin said later that when the doctor decided to do a full colonoscopy instead of just the lesser sigmoidoscopy, he didn't wait for the additional sedative to kick in. Kev's gotten used to the invasions so it wasn't a traumatic event but it wasn't comfortable either.
Thankfully the encounters with the gastroenterologist should be few and far between for Kevin.
We're waiting to see what the surgeon says about the lesion and scaring.
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