Redundant colon and surgery?

Thank you soo much!! I sure will!!! God bless you!! Continued prayers for you!!

I'd venture to say your problem was caused by the nicked during hysterectomy. I have tortuous sigmoid which causes difficulty when a surgeon performs colonoscopy but luckily for me, she's a wonderful surgeon & manages to get through. Don't sit & suffer...get things done!

I too have a tortuous colon. The pain I experience seems a lot like diverticulitis, which I have experienced a few times. My surgeon thinks the symptoms I report are atypical of diverticulitis, but she accepts that I certainly did have a bout of it just a few months back. The pain I experience comes just prior to finishing breakfast. I'm guessing the sigmoid is pushing the stools through the colon...& that's what is causing the pain. Once the bowel movement takes place, no more pain. I do not suffer diarrhea, or constipation, nor do I suffer rectal bleeding. Lucky me! I will not go months on end suffering though...I'm at wit's end with it all, & very likely will push for some sort of surgery after a while. I detest taking pharmaceuticals of any kind however; I do believe they can help...to an extent. I just want to live my life as happy as I can.

@standinginfaith hello dear heart, I'm just looking for answers too & I know you know the One who has all the answers. I said awe, c'mon Lord you put everything in their. We are uniquely & intricately made. Please, just but everything back, You know where it's supposed to go.
I'm Shawn & I have a long, redundant torturous colon too. I could not have another dinner date to expect pain & stomach to pelvic distensions. How are you? & I wanna know what your eating? I'm eating carrots, sweet potatoes, squash, beets. Hardly nuthin, but I learned last night I can't eat spinach & that was in w foods listed. My intestines tell me. They dictate my life. I also take vitamins. Drink 30g protein drinks all day. I've found that & activity, even going up & down stairs, has helped me w the slow, slow go. I'm regular officially today after depleting so much food. Told my grandson today, not living on much, I'm grateful I can eat & peep own food! But, if I get sick, game over. I will not be able to maintain hydration. Drinking gatorade zero all day too. I'm at 85#'s I feel better than when I was 80#'s. Too light for this 66yy kid

Hello to you dear heart!!! Oh I wish I had all the answers.. but I do know the one who does!! And I know you do too!! Praise HIM!! Weel Shawn.. I've been doing this for almost 5 years now.. after an antibiotic blew a hemorrhage in my stomach.. but have battled constipation all my life.. so anyway.. I have gone thru several phases of eating.. I have to laugh.. it changes as my symptoms change.. but.. I have been to a nutritionist (for leaky gut..6 months of that).. and had my gall bladder out.. ohh.. 16 trips to ER one year.. however..the very worst was using the ducloax.. but Jesus "turned the you know what on"!!! just in time.. so here's what I do.. I take Trulance..in the morning.. eat applesauce..I also try to drink 2 vanilla plant based Ensures a day.. you can get them on Amazon.. they have really helped with my vitamin and mineral levels.. and I drink Kinderlyte..8 oz glass a day.. it does not have sucralose.. oh sucralose will kill your good gut bacteria... and it hides in everything .. even English muffins!! I have trouble staying hydrated and Kinderlyte really helps (childrens section).. I also eat one Thomas multigrain English muffin for fiber a day.. with plant butter.. lately I've stretched myself out and begun eating Marie Calendars microwave Swedish meat ball dinners.. and Bob Evans mashed potatoes...and Miralax.. and alot of antinausea meds for pyloric stenosis...I have alot of health issues.. but Jesus has them all covered.. just waiting on complete manifestation!! I am delighted to hear you are regular!! Regular is the best way to be!! Praise the Lord!! My intestines dictate my life too..I'm 70 .. and not much of a life ...did you say you weigh 85..?? I got down to 98 to 104 for about 3 years and then.. I have ballooned up to 154.. too fat now..lol!! I never thought that would happen.. but I'm working on that too.. I think that the sweet potatoes are excellent (and wish I could stand them..ugh!!ohhh!!) ..they are very good for you!! And I think you are a winner!! You keep on keeping on and loving on that grandson!! I'm gonna pray for you and stand with you in faith.. for by His stripes we are healed!!!

Hello, did you ever go ahead with the procedure? My three year old suffers daily with abdo pain. Surgery is an option but need advice. Has anyone on here ever had surgery for a redundant colon???

Hello, my 3 year old has recently been diagnosed with a tortuous/redundant sigmoid colon, after suffering from abdominal pain and distention and pain when passing stools for over a year.
Has anyone had surgery for this (partial colectomy) and was the surgery successful? We need to do something (possibly surgery) as she is suffering daily and it's affecting her quality of life. From what I can see on this adults that have it suffer their whole lives. She has had an ng tube for over a year to increase her fluid intake and give laxatives (which don't really seem to help. Any advice is greatly appreciated 🙏

Hello fayeg87 -- I may not have anything to add, but here goes:

1. a study where a child with something that may or may not be similar had a successful surgery:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8320571/
2. Slides which showing what to consider/decision tree from a pediatric gastro:
https://www.uclahealth.org/sites/default/files/documents/Cooperman%20-%20Constipation%20in%20Children%209.9.20.pdf
3. Consider getting a second opinion, if you haven't already. Each Mayo Clinic site has its own specialties. Also, in NYC there is a the HSS, Hospital for Specality Surgery; consider checking them out too. Cross check anyone you find with Castle and Connolly - they truly list some/most of the best MDs; it is not an advertising platform. I use this resource.
4. Surgery would make sense if it were my young child, but I would want to jump through hoops to find a specialist MD that had done a lot of the same surgeries on young children successfully.

I'm a little late to this but has anyone tried acacia Senegal fiber and peppermint oil capsules? My initial doctor told me all my blood work was normal and it's IBS. I found organic acacia Senegal (soluble) fiber and the peppermint oil (enteric coated) as natural IBS treatment and it reduced my stomach pain drastically and made me more regular. I had stomach pain daily prior and any time I would eat. After I went to a gastroenterologist, he did a colonoscopy and diagnosed redundant colon and advised to keep taking the fiber+peppermint and add magnesium.
For brands, Heather's Tummy Care is great.

I was born with tortous colon. I weigh 120-135. My irregular feces is not daily. More like every other day. Depending on how much or how little I eat. I can gain 7lbs in one day, and loose it in two days. I did alot of research on my issue years ago, and found Slippery Elm, to be a life, long, consistent, bowel movements since I started the pills. About 15yrs ago. They really work for me.