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Just diagnosed with tortuous colon
Digestive Health | Last Active: Sep 11, 2023 | Replies (42)Comment receiving replies
I too have redundant and tortuous colon and IBS-C. I used Miralax for 10 years and added Citrecil for 5 years during that time. Don’t like Miralax as I have a weak sphincter. After my last colonoscopy had several months of issues with not being able to eat, nausea, loose stools. Staying away for Dairy helped. But started trying Magnesium. Magnesium Citrate was to harsh for me so my Dr. Recommended SLO- Mag. That is working better for me. Now I am adding some fiber, trying benefiber but not sure it is helping either. Also taking nortriptolyn for the the IBS symptoms and the gut brain issue. Not perfect yet, but an improvement. Gaining some weight again.
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@jkarmazin i never liked over the counter "fiber". Found they absorbed all the water from my system instead of helping and adding it. I take magnesium aspartate at bedtime for overnight cramping. I also actually found that eating an apple a day added fiber!! Also dried apricots and prunes. I also occasionally take Betaine HCL with Pepsin to help my food metabolize since my sigmoid colon was taken during colostomy resect surgery and thyroid gone, I believe 2 out of the 3 mechanisms of metabolism, and a diagnosed rectal issue as well. Maybe you are not metabolizing your food and therefore not only hard to pass stool, not getting the nutrients you need from your food.