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Redundant/Tortuous Colon & Severe Constipation

Digestive Health | Last Active: Mar 5 7:30am | Replies (81)

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@sheilagreen

It’s becoming a full time job dealing with a long and torturous colon ( redundant ).
Lifelong constipation, now age 73 it’s getting me down.
I saw a specialist yesterday and he suggested a combination of laxatives with occasional suppositories.
The laxatives of which I have tried many work for a few weeks and then stop 🤷‍♀️
I think the only way would be to cut a length of it out , but he said that’s a bit dramatic, we should try something that may work for me ???
I too think that it aggravates my backache, and bloating is like being pregnant!!!!!🥹🥹
I wish I had the answer……
Good luck everyone…

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I am 72 with the same problems for years. About 8 years ago my then doctor recommended that 14" of colon be removed and I had it removed. I was left with continued severe constipation and ultimately became enema dependent. I read on this site how a woman was experiencing with the same issues until she found OTC Prunelax. I purchased it from Amazon and have been using it daily. For me, 2 and 1/4tablets work combined with 1/2 ducolax. I had to cxperiment to find the right dosage for me. Good luck.