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How to tell the difference: diverticulosis or IBS? Or both?

Digestive Health | Last Active: Feb 23 11:01am | Replies (17)
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@lizziel1

Thank you. 💕. I thought about getting my lower colon removed, as I’ve had about 8 cases of diverticulitis in the last 4 years. But my colonoscopy shows the disease affects my entire colon. 🙁

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danny5 | @danny5 | Feb 21 1:11am

if you have the lower colon removed, they take it from the rectum to how much? would you have to have a colostomy bag? i know what the whole procedure is. but right now i'm having brain freeze. drawing a blank. sorry, d

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hobbity | @hobbity | Feb 21 11:25am

Oh I'm so sorry , what a terrible thing this is . Surely you'd think that there would be better treatment for this considering how widespread it is now . Is no one doing research into this ?

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