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@member8675309 Yes, I am one of those people that had to have emergency surgery for a “twisted bowel”. Also called a cecal volvulus. Funny thing is, I never had any symptoms until 6 hours before we decided it must be appendicitis and went to the er. They did a CT scan and prepped me for surgery immediately. If a ‘mobile cecum’ can indeed become twisted, which stops all movement in the colon and eventually kills you, I would think they would want to do something before it becomes critical. I had to have open surgery because the cecum had already become too large to remove laparoscopocally. And that was after only 6 hours of symptoms. I had never had any digestive problems before and had a normal bowel movement 2 days before. Hope this helps!
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Still waiting to see surgeon. appointment is May 20th. And havent heard anything back from the Cleveland Clinic yet either. Still diarrhea everyday. Thank you so much for asking!