Redundant colon in athlete

Posted by trigojo @trigojo, Mar 5, 2020

Hi there! At my colonoscopy this past Monday I was Told I have A redundant colon. This explains a lot to me as a long course Ironman athlete that deals with diarrhea. I can take up to 3 Imodium during the course of a 13 hour race and still have loose stools while racing.
Can anyone relate or advise me on what I can do or stop doing? It’s hampering my racing and it’s just plain awful.
Thank you so much!

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kamommy | @kamommy | 5 days ago

My R-colon was identified a few years back at a colonoscopy. I had been having some concerns periodically behind my hipbone and extreme lower abdomen- sometimes individually, others at the same time. Intense pain, standing anywhere and working in the house especially. I feel it start and if I don’t remove the pressure from those areas it becomes more and more intense. I’ve lost opportunities with my grands when it happened while we were out and experienced at other social events. If I push to delay, I’m barely able to walk or even get onto my bed.
I use drinking a Lot of water regularly through the day as well as a dosage of prunes (rhubarb in season helps also). The number of prunes can be varied as needed.
Recently I’ve needed to incorporate a digestive enzyme at each meal. This seems to have been incredibly helpful as well.
A few drs have diagnosed other possibilities for the pain. None have been credible, as it doesn’t happen all the time or even regularly, unless standing, walking slowly, or sitting up extremely straight for a prolonged period of time. And I’m able to relieve the pain with body positioning. Those diagnoses would be pain maintained over time.
It appears it is different for many of us.
Have you tried digestive enzymes?