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Redundant / Tortuous Colon Colonoscopy Prep Problems

Posted by fuzzywuzzy1969 @fuzzywuzzy1969, Jun 13, 2022

I have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon with Diverticulosis, I am also a Short Bowel Patient. For the past few years when I go in for my Colonoscopy I am told that the prep was incomplete. When I ask what was incomplete he Dr.'s say the pockets of Diverticulosis were not visibly clean. On one Colonoscopy they checked me into the hospital to do the prep and I was given 4 jugs of 4000ml PEG , Nulytely over 48 hours and I was still not clean. Has anyone else had problems with Colonoscopy prep? Recommendations? I will be going in Northwestern Memorial in July for a Double Balloon Colonoscopy, they have also placed me on Miralax 2x day till the day of Prep starts.

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alexisyay1 | @alexisyay1 | Sep 5, 2023

Did anyone need tests to map out their colon prior to the colonoscopy with a tortuous colon?

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alexisyay1 | @alexisyay1 | Sep 5, 2023
In reply to @lskoehl62 "I suffer from this as well, my doctor had me on a clear diet for 2..." + (show)
@lskoehl62

I suffer from this as well, my doctor had me on a clear diet for 2 days. Then 2 laxatives and a gallon of Miralax the first day and then again the 2nd day. I was cleaned out. Due to the transverse colon revealed significantly excessive looping and a redundant colon the procedure was aborted. Having a redundant torturous colon causes problems with a colonoscopy. One of the risks is perforated bowel

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We’re they doing the barium enema to map out the colon to use as a map for a colonoscopy?

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alexisyay1 | @alexisyay1 | Sep 5, 2023
In reply to @deedeedavidson "I am 70 yrs old and just found und out I have a redundant colon after..." + (show)
@deedeedavidson

I am 70 yrs old and just found und out I have a redundant colon after my latest colonoscopy! Prep for colonoscopy has always been terrible for me, and this time was the worst. It took from 9pm until 6:30 am the next morning using Sutab. Needless to say, I was up all night and had bleeding lesions halfway through from all the clean-up. Spent most of the night in tears. Then during the colonoscopy (I was put to sleep) I had an acid reflux event which I aspirated. When I got home I was coughing up a ton and vomiting. My primary care doc did a chest xray and put me on a Z pack a few days later (coughing up gunk), and still coughing up a bit 3 weeks later. Thankfully my colonoscopy only showed some diverticulosis and this tortuous colon thing. Has anyone else had any of this trouble?

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Did you have a redundant colon on earlier colonoscopies? I had one reasonably that had to be stopped due to redundancy. We’re they able to finish the colonoscopy L

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deedeedavidson | @deedeedavidson | Sep 5, 2023
In reply to @alexisyay1 "Did you have a redundant colon on earlier colonoscopies? I had one reasonably that had to..." + (show)
@alexisyay1

Did you have a redundant colon on earlier colonoscopies? I had one reasonably that had to be stopped due to redundancy. We’re they able to finish the colonoscopy L

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I have never been told that before! But I also didn’t read the summary of the procedure before because it wasn’t online until now! I may not have been told. I have been told by the dr before that the prep wasn’t complete.
My Dr. said she did finish, but it was “difficult”. The prep was torture for me because I was up all night on the toilet. And by morning I was bleeding and crying in terrible pain from hours of that caustic stuff coming out and cleaning myself. ( Sorry, graphic). I think it’s because when you have a redundant colon it takes longer for everything to process through. My husband had a colonoscopy and was done and in bed asleep by 11 the night before. Not me- never slept AT ALL.
Since I don’t have any polyps, although I do have some diverticulosis, I can’t imagine going through this again. I think I’ll stick with Cologard.

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