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Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

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@sallyw133

I know this isn’t exactly the same, but.. my gi did a colonoscopy because he wanted to see how redundant my colon was and to do biopsies of my terminal ileum to rule out IBD. He was unable to get all the way there bc the prep wasn’t complete(despite my best efforts!). He did, however, learn that my colon is “like a roller coaster”. I was scheduled for surgery the following week to have my ovaries and tubes removed with a possible full open hysterectomy depending on biopsy results of the cyst on my ovary during surgery. So he called my surgeon and asked if she could look at the area while in there. She already planned to
Do an exploratory to look for a reason for my abdominal pain. So she actually took pictures for him. I didn’t have cancer so only the tubes and ovaries needed to come out, but she also confirmed the extreme tortuous colon. It in no way would have impeded, at least in my case, her ability to do the hysterectomy had it been needed. Not sure if this answers your question fully but hope it helps some.

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I had a complete hysterectomy five years after surgery for my twisted and redundant colon. This was back in 1989, so there was no laproscopic surgery then. For the hysterectomy, they cut me open through the same incision used to "untwist" my colon. Everything went fine, including recovery. However, as with any surgery, I did develop adhesions from both the surgeries, which now complicates the loopy colon and constipation. I take Linzess for that now. Best of luck to you!

@sallyw133 thank you, it does help. I guess I am scared of what anesthesia and if needed abdominal surgery will do to my bowel habits. I think I will ask if they can tell if surgery, my colon is bloated or if it's cancer or just fat.
Hope and pray they can get this done soon after biopsy this Tuesday. Having lot of tummy pain.
Thank you.... 😊