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Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?
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Hello, I have redundant colon. I am trying to figure out how to eat also. I’ve never had a problem with constipation before. I had 4 months of liquid stools with 5 pound weight loss. Adding Miralax finally turned it around and I was back to normal.
Last week I suddenly became very bloated with abdominal tenderness. Plus I fill up fast with a small meal. I think this may be my colon rather than anything I’ve eaten?
I’m very concerned, almost scared that my colon will twist causing an emergent situation.
I will be talking to a GI Nurse Practitioner in 10 days.
I want to avoid surgery.
Any advise/hints on preventing this? I’m all ears!
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I really feel everyone’s experiences are so different. I’ve not received a whole of information from my dr.
Mine “seems” to be affected by stress and consistency of material in the colon and body position There are times I can actually feel it externally just at my hipbone. Thought I had a hernia. Nope. Internally it will either press against my hipbone or something in my female parts, or….both. Often when standing between 10-30 minutes. It will get progressively worse if I don’t lay down or majorly scoot down in a chair to the point I cannot walk or even get onto my bed w/o very major pain. Of course, the sooner I take steps to minimize, the less time I need to mitigate it. If it goes too long, I need to be in position for a half hour.
Have missed a couple of significant occasions….
The only suggestion I can give is be sure to never be constipated. Lots of produce and water all throughout each day. I believe constipation is what got me here.