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Tortuous colon. Surgery or not?

Digestive Health | Last Active: Oct 13 4:15pm | Replies (25)

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After my first visit to my gastroenterologist after my colonoscopy/endoscopy she was not concerned about the tortuous/redundant colon and I replied. You do not seem to be concerned, but I AM concerned. I have increased my food fiber, water and exercise. I presently am taking MiraLAX a night now adding a small amount of organic fiber which seems to be helping. I do not want to come to the place that I do not have control and want to find a more natural approach to living with this. I take to heart all your comments, because I know someday it could be me. It may be me now and I just am not acknowledging it but time will tell. She did mention bowel transit time tests.... so what was she really thinking but not saying? So if anyone has their "best" advice for things that seem to be working long term, I am all ears. In this journey together.... some days it feels like all we have is each other... not much out there that I could find by googling it.

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CT scan should show a lot. It is expensive for insurance to cover so not given freely. Ask for it.

I have found that doctors are not concerned about tortuous colons at all. One gi told me that probably most everyone who has had years of constipation has this from all the straining. Unless you get a twist or obstruction, no worries!