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Slow gi motility with severe constipation

Digestive Health | Last Active: Jan 19 1:17pm | Replies (67)
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@schreib69

Do I understand that surgery totally removed your approximate six feet of colon? Left you with ONLY the small intestine then?
What is IRA? thx

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tnmomof3 | @tnmomof3 | Mar 24, 2023

Hello. Yes, removed my entire colon except about 18in of rectum. IRA is a procedure where they attach your small intestine to the rectum so that you can have BM that way, with no bag. Google has some great drawn out images of what that looks like if that helps. 😊 Just Google, Colectomy with IRA. Hope this helps.

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