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Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?
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Sounds like you are a whole lot worse off than me. I've been dealing with this for four years. Just had another colonoscopy on Monday and had one back in January. I used to be able to go about 8-9 months without constipation aftetwards. In January it lasted 2 weeks. The one on Monday lasted a day. I've tried linzess, amitiza, and trulance, but they stop working after a week. The only thing that works is massive amounts of Miralax. Then I get dehydrated from the water loss and it affects my kidney function. It's a never ending cycle. Looking for a surgeon to cut out the link. I've been to two and they said I wasn't bad enough. Very frustrating.
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@thellman it IS so miserable and frustrating. I try to find a balance using fructoogliosaccharides in BioBoost powder in a morning hot drink first thing plus Bellway fiber and Miralax. Sometimes I only need one serving of the miralax every 4th day. For me I can't just go a day taking nothing. I have to have a daily regimen or it doesn't work and it takes a suppository to get it going again. It is a daily chronic condition. The goal is to find the right daily doses of these things so that we don't have diarrhea and get dehydrated. My colon is so slow that I don't have to worry too much about that, but if you are inducing very loose stools I would encourage you to tinker with the doses til you strike a balance.