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Slow transit constipation and surgery
Digestive Health | Last Active: Jul 14, 2023 | Replies (140)Comment receiving replies
Hello @sheilagreen and welcome to the Digestive Health support group on Mayo Connect. I'm sorry to hear about your lifelong problem with a redundant colon. Like you said, it is "hard to believe." We can all attest to the difficulty in relying on laxatives on a long-term basis.
You asked about anyone having had surgery for this condition. I did find one discussion group dealing with this very topic. Here is the link for you to read (and feel free to respond to anyone in that group).
--Bowel Resection for Redundant Colon
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/bowel-resection-for-redundant-colon/?commentsorder=newest#chv4-comment-stream-header
Have you already contacted a surgeon about this surgery or are you just in the process of looking into it?
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Morning Teresa ,
My GP has referred me to a gastroenterologist first , l have to go private and still it’s a few weeks wait for an appointment….
New prescription to try in the meantime ( Fybogel ) because he say it works differently in that it stretches the colon open ?
My question was ,if the colon is bunched up into a small space and full of bends , where is it able to stretch to 🤷♀️ but I’m trying it …..
My biggest worry moving forward…. If I end up in a care home or with dementia? In my eighties say ?
No one else could manage my bowels …….🥹
Only recently I read of a case exactly in those circumstances where a poor lady died of feacal compact…..in a care home 🥲
This is why I don’t want to have to rely on laxatives anymore ….apart from all the other negatives that arise from this abnormality….
Best for now Sheila