Colonoscopy Results 1/30/12

On January 30^th Sheila went into Dr Flanders(resident Tanner Clinc) at Davis Hospital for a colonoscopy to determine the source of bleeding in the stool identified by Dr Hobbs.  The notes and results of this as I took them are below:

Dr. Flanders came into our recover room and told us there was a growth in Sheila’s colon.  He motioned that it was about 2 inches in size.  He took several biopsies and expected results by Friday.  They will be in the office on Friday and we could call and get the results.  He also mentioned that he had tattoo’ed the mass and that the effect of this could make Sheila a little sick for the next couple of hours from the dye used.

Dr. Flanders said that he had informed Dr. Hobbs of the initial findings of today’s colonoscopy and further that she had probably saved Sheila’s life.

Dr. Flanders told us to call the Tanner Clinic Scheduling Desk to get an appointment with a surgeon.  He said if we could not get one scheduled within a 2 week window to call him and he would attempt to intervene.  He appeared to be telling us we should not wait and to get the appointment soon.  He suggested the following surgeons:  Dr Jon Oberg,  Dr. Glen Morrell, and Dr Wade Larson.

Dr Flanders said that the surgeon would need to order some scans (probably CT Scan) of the pelvic and abdominal area, specifically looking for migration of any type of cancer into the lymph nodes or other masses.  He further said that his office or the surgeon’s offices could schedule the CT scan.