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Diagnosed with Long Colon after colonoscopy

Digestive Health | Last Active: Apr 6 12:17pm | Replies (28)
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I had a several impacted bowels before my colonoscopy in March 2023 and had to go to emergency because of the extreme pain. I then had my colonoscopy in March 2023 and about 10 days after that I started having obstructed bowels (3 times last year). I was hospitalized each of those times.

It seems very strange that my impacted bowels changed to obstructed just after have the colonoscopy but the GI specialists do not have an answer to that.

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bborth | @bborth | Mar 15 9:53am

For me I became worse 24 hours post colonoscopy/endoscopy. Worse as in very plugged up/bloated, and pain upper R abdomen that then radiates into my lower back. Just feel more sickly when this happens, and basically cannot eat any solids. Am going in today for a blood draw to check enzyme levels (live/pancrease). The doc who did this procedure mentioned as you get older it is more common to have a redundant colon. So what to do about it now the question, I really don't care if this is more common as one ages (is that really true?), how I feel now at age 60 isn't acceptable for however many more years I have to live.

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