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Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?
Digestive Health | Last Active: Jan 20 7:34am | Replies (1611)Comment receiving replies
@anniewee Thanks. I’ve been taking miralax but not consistently… if I take too close to bedtime I’m kept awake by whatever action it’s trying to make happen…! Sometimes I feel it makes me just gassy but again, I haven’t tried it every day!
Maybe once a day in morning or afternoon?
I was disappointed in my last G.I. visit, because he didn’t really suggest any testing. Have you done any? Like motiliy, etc?
For the last few days, I feel like the poop keeps ending up stuck in my rectum, and I’m bloated, uncomfortable, and it gives me weird insomnia…pain in gut, a feeling of being swollen almost? I resolve it in the morning with coffee and other things but then it just builds again! I can’t tell if it’s fast-transit constipation or what!
Just looked at my colonoscopy notes from last year and no mention of torturous colon… maybe I was wrong about that!!
Glad linzess helps you a bit…! Those meds have scared me but maybe time to check them out….
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@electracat Hi…I take the 1 dose of MiraLAX around 11 am with my last coffee of the day…it doesn’t bother me during the day like having to have a bm . As far as being bloated and gassy…that is me no matter what I drink or eat. The Senna-S is helpful as well. ( the extra -S means it also has stool softener. Sometimes I drink a Smooth Move tea….if you decide to try the tea…don’t take the Senna-S that day (only 1 type of Senna a day).
I found out about having a tortuous colon after my second colonoscopy…..I’ve had constipation problems my whole life and never had any idea my colon was extra long and twisty.
I am with you in your experiences….it is something I have to deal with daily as well.
I have not had any motility tests done. I am trying to work out things on my own. This Connect group is good because there are not many people we can talk to about our personal body-function problems.
Linzess did zero for me at the lower doses and it’s not any cure for me now either….but I feel better mentally taking it! Oh, well.
Keep in touch any time you wish.
You are not alone in your experiences…I am here too!