I'm sitting at the 4 week after colonoscopy diagnosed with severe tortuous colon and sent home. In constant discomfort but I've got the screaming and fainting pain under control since they did a major clean out when they found stool stuck in the walls of my ascending and in the cecum having to force it out. I got home and was still pooping. I saw the top surgeon in the area and was told there was nothing they can do but remove the colon completely because they can't take out just the twisted almost closed section. I'm down to eating mushed up food as I found solid food is the enemy. But I am miserable. And scared. I am scheduled for rectocele surgery April 4.. That was a terrifying moment when I did that, I made the mistake of pushing. I usually can only get any out if i push it out with my thumb but even that wasn't working. I was diagnosed years ago with hemorrhagic gastritis and gastroparesis by colonoscopy after I luckily cleared out my impacted colon. I had drunk too much water n not enough food and was severely deficient of potassium. I was ok for years except for a lot of bouts of symptoms here n there. I'm on lifetime potassium replacement therapy. I found that magnesium was to help better than M. O. M. so I picked up a cheap bottle n had decent results so I searched extensively for the best out there n came across Synergetic Magnesium Complex... Extra strength 500mg. It worked perfect till I did one of the bipolar no no's n stopped taking them without realizing or understanding why. I am back on it and now I'm going quite a bit every day but that leaves me with the feeling of a constant period cramp. I'm so glad I found this group cause the GI only recommended a virtual colonoscopy in 3 years and return to previous diet... That's it! Same with the surgeon, he basically refused to help because I'm still so young... 48... n he'd have to take it all and I'd be on a bag. Nothing else. WHY don't they tell you ANYTHING? SOMETHING? With it being rare and not easy to find info on it, ya'd think they'd recommend something... Even if just referring them to a website that can offer info. Well, thanks for existing, nice to know I'm not alone but sorry you have to have it too. I'll be following along n will comment when I have ANY changes or can offer a suggestion.