Diverticulitis and colectomy

Posted by monicajones @monicajones, May 15, 2018

Has anyone had part of their intestine removed? I have diverticulitis and sometimes I still experience discomfort and constipation.

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@linda82

My first nut was not until 8mths! I had 2 almonds. LOL But, I still do not eat a lot of them. Some sunflower seeds, sliced almonds in my granola I put in yogurt.
I still sill does not eat much of them.

I had more discomfort than pain. You should check with the Dr. on the pain.
Are you able to exercise and stretch? I also, swim that had help too.
I have an infrared dry sauna, and it help tremendously with relaxing and mental.

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I mostly walk for exercise. I practiced restorative yoga almost every day which was mostly stretching but tore a hamstring in the fall so I stopped. I am going to start doing that again so we will see how it goes.
I mentioned the pain to my doctor at my 4 week check up and she thinks it’s pain from the stitches or from the incision itself. She said I was probably the thinnest person she’d done the surgery on so I guess that made a difference in sewing me back up. The extra thinness was because of the frequency of my episodes and lack of appetite, not to mention all the liquid dieting. I am not scheduled to see her again until July but will go before then if the pain persists. It is a come and go thing so I’m trying to figure out what might be triggering it.
Thank you for sharing your experiences with me. It helps.

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@foxj

I mostly walk for exercise. I practiced restorative yoga almost every day which was mostly stretching but tore a hamstring in the fall so I stopped. I am going to start doing that again so we will see how it goes.
I mentioned the pain to my doctor at my 4 week check up and she thinks it’s pain from the stitches or from the incision itself. She said I was probably the thinnest person she’d done the surgery on so I guess that made a difference in sewing me back up. The extra thinness was because of the frequency of my episodes and lack of appetite, not to mention all the liquid dieting. I am not scheduled to see her again until July but will go before then if the pain persists. It is a come and go thing so I’m trying to figure out what might be triggering it.
Thank you for sharing your experiences with me. It helps.

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I hope it goes away.

I did order a posture corrector because I was slouching so much after surgery.
I would wear in the mornings and seemed to help with side and back discomfort.
I still have discomfort on side sometimes but, not pain.

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@dpaul6576

I just had Butter pecan ice cream. Let’s see how this goes

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dpaul6576 - how did it go with the butter pecan ice cream?

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Has anyone had a sigmoid colectomy and had recurring diverticulitis years later? I recently have had a couple acute episodes and the infection is at the colonic to colonic connection.

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@pdemarce

Has anyone had a sigmoid colectomy and had recurring diverticulitis years later? I recently have had a couple acute episodes and the infection is at the colonic to colonic connection.

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Hi, @pdemarce - sorry to hear about your acute episodes of diverticulitis.

I wanted to clarify that you had diverticulitis, then had sigmoid colectomy to treat the diverticulitis, then later had diverticulitis once again? With the diverticulitis and the acute episodes, what symptoms have you experienced?

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@pdemarce

Has anyone had a sigmoid colectomy and had recurring diverticulitis years later? I recently have had a couple acute episodes and the infection is at the colonic to colonic connection.

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Hello,
Yes. I have severe diverticulitis years ago mistaking it for kidney stones. The pain was similar. So I just waited for the stone to pass. Obviously that never happened. I had a perforated colon. Surgery then was to remove my sigmoid colon. 7 years ago. I’ve had 3-4 episodes of diverticulitis in the last year and a half. The last being the most severe 4 weeks ago. My symptoms were severe pain in my lower left abdomen, chills, fever and severe body aches. So I went to the ER and they did a CT scan and verified it. Along with a blood test that indicated my white blood cell count was high. The infection and inflammation showed on the CT that it was at the location of my previous surgery. At the connection of where they attached my colon back together. I now have appointments set up in Rochester to see what happens next.

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@pdemarce

Hello,
Yes. I have severe diverticulitis years ago mistaking it for kidney stones. The pain was similar. So I just waited for the stone to pass. Obviously that never happened. I had a perforated colon. Surgery then was to remove my sigmoid colon. 7 years ago. I’ve had 3-4 episodes of diverticulitis in the last year and a half. The last being the most severe 4 weeks ago. My symptoms were severe pain in my lower left abdomen, chills, fever and severe body aches. So I went to the ER and they did a CT scan and verified it. Along with a blood test that indicated my white blood cell count was high. The infection and inflammation showed on the CT that it was at the location of my previous surgery. At the connection of where they attached my colon back together. I now have appointments set up in Rochester to see what happens next.

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Hi, @pdemarce - I wanted to let you know I moved your post here so that you can chat with other members talking about diverticulitis and colectomy:

- Diverticulitis and colectomy https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/diverticulitis-1/

Hoping members such as @isadora2021 @jfperrone @gwenrn74 and others will have some input for you on having surgery to remove your sigmoid colon to help your diverticulitis, and then having diverticulitis episodes years later.

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