I have never posted in here before so hello! But I just had to post after I read your comment. For over 15 years I have suffered with colonic inertia that progressively got worse. Last summer, my colon finally stopped working and I couldn't have a BM on my own anymore so I had to start doing high volume enemas every other day. I finally found a GI doctor who would listen and take me seriously. She referred me to an awesome colorectal surgeon and we decided to do a total colectomy with IRA. I had that done on January 26 and am now 5 weeks post op. The decision to have that surgery was not an overnight decision. Lots of thought and prayers went into it. But I can say now that even though it was a very rough surgery and rough recovery, I am glad that I finally had it done. I can now have BMs on my own! I had no major complications after surgery and so far my recovery has been routine here at home. Anyway, just had to share. I know the pain of having a slow and non working colon. Pathology report came back on mine as non diseased and looked normal. It was just pretty much dead, non working. Hope this can help someone. 💗 And I hope that you can get the help you need as well.