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Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

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Yes, and I'm scheduled for another Endoscopy and Colonoscopy of 08.28.23 if I can find someone to take me. The person who is supposed to take me might not be able as her brother just had a heart attack. I get pre-cancerous polyps and also have AVM's in my colon, and esophagus and don't know if they are anyplace else. I'm sick of feeling sick and I'll be 82, and have had to have these colonoscopies since I turned 44. Colon Cancer runs in the family. They get stuck in two places when doing colonoscopy and the last one I had in 2021 they couldn't get to the ilium don't know that is spelled right. I'm tired of trying to find out what is wrong with me.

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A normal colonoscopy takes about 20 minutes. I have a severely redundant colon and my gastro doctor took 60 minutes to do it. I also didn't clear out completely, even with an extra day of prep. Somehow it was dealth with.

Some folks in this discussion group have a longer prep procedure -- I will try that next time when I am due. With a history of colon cancer in your family, your doctor should be taking the extra time to navigate your colon.