[tri-med] Re: cecal volvulus-Michelle

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> Wow Michelle.....how old was your Mom when this was discovered?

She was young, like 15 yrs old.

She also has a kinked colon (wrote kinky but that didn't sound too good!!!). 
She's always had issues with diarrhea and when they tried to do a 
colonoscopy the dr couldn't get the tube all the way up there as she was too 
kinked to let it pass.


Do you know
> if it can be hereditary?? Any chance you or Alex or Molly might have been 
> born
> with this?

I know I don't have it (from my Gall Bladder troubles and a later Kidney 
Stone and the visualizations done in testing didn't show any abnromal 
placements).

Jim and I were both tested genetically after Alex's diagnosis. Nothing 
showed up on mine (or his either) that was abnromal.

In the testing Alex has had done over the years (granted not a lot of it but 
renal ultrasound, x-rays) haven't shown any abnormal organ placements. 
Molly, who knows! She's not had any x-rays, ultrasounds....nothing!

> Just wondering if I should have Bri or Brandon checked  out?

That might be a question for your dr.
At the very least, if/when they pop an issue (like abdominal pain) it would 
certainly be pertinent for you to mention your condition and it might 
warrant more testing on them than the norm.

Michelle mom to Alex (18, partial trisomy 14 mosaic) and Molly (15)
MichiganUSA 

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