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So sorry miss Shelly! I don’t know what’s being recommended…but I do know that what you’re...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1144275/

Discussion: Colonic stricture

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Sep 19, 2024

Well I’m another you can add to your list…my colon, I’m quoting from colonoscopy from 2018;...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/730153/

Discussion: Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Jul 24, 2022

After 15 months of searching for an explanation I found your posting. I am so very...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/768627/

Discussion: Severe pain 1 yr after colon resection

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Nov 2, 2022

I had surgery to remove polyps. The removed my sigmoid colon and some lymph nodes. They...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1011780/

Discussion: Sigmoid colon resection: What to expect for recovery?

Support Group: Colorectal Cancer

Posted: Feb 8, 2024

I had recurrent diverticulitis going back to when I was 20 years old. I was never...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1242063/

Discussion: Surgery for recurrent diverticulitis

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Feb 21 9:18am

Hi there I"m in the confused stage. Never any digestive issues prior to this year, I've...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/903723/

Discussion: Diverticulosis throughout entire colon -anyone?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Jul 28, 2023

Yes, inactive ingredients were one of the reasons I stopped the pantoprazole. When I told my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1166438/

Discussion: Pantoprazole and Lorazepam discontinuation help

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Nov 1, 2024

Hello, my 3 year old has recently been diagnosed with a tortuous/redundant sigmoid colon, after suffering...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1208832/

Discussion: Redundant colon: Surgery or not?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Jan 11 7:50am

@jkarmazin i never liked over the counter "fiber". Found they absorbed all the water from my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/890364/

Discussion: Just diagnosed with tortuous colon

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Jul 5, 2023

I had my sigmoid colon resection 7 weeks ago. My experience is that the symptoms you...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/805301/

Discussion: Removal of sigmoid colon due to diverticulitis: How to deal with pain?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Feb 2, 2023

Mine was in the ascending colon. 1 foot removed . Never had nerve or incontinence issues...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/910178/

Discussion: Sigmoid colon resection: What to expect for recovery?

Support Group: Colorectal Cancer

Posted: Aug 9, 2023

Hi jules10. Sorry you’re suffering from this horrible disease. Maybe worth getting a second opinion regarding...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/816937/

Discussion: 60 yr old male-Diverticulitis with fistula passage to bladder

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Feb 25, 2023

Hi drgayle. Sorry to hear about your diagnosis. I too just found out that I have...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1269662/

Discussion: diagnosed with Mobile cecum and redundant colon

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Mar 29 8:16pm

So glad I found this group! I’m 2 months out from a sigmoid colectomy and am...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/891235/

Discussion: Sigmoid colon resection: What to expect for recovery?

Support Group: Colorectal Cancer

Posted: Jul 6, 2023

I so feel your pain and frustration. I have redundant tortuous colon, constipated all my life...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/695160/

Discussion: Problem with Chronic constipation

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Apr 1, 2022

Hello @countrygirlquilter and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect, My GI specialist and PCP both recommend Metamucil...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/284900/

Discussion: Sigmoid colon resection: What to expect for recovery?

Support Group: Colorectal Cancer

Posted: Oct 2, 2020

Hello, klk464, I am so sorry to hear of your severe constipation. I know first-hand how...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1179632/

Discussion: Severe Constipation

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Nov 25, 2024

I had Rectal Resection in 1986 which removed part of my Sigmoid Colon (I do not...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1341310/

Discussion: Sigmoid colon resection: What to expect for recovery?

Support Group: Colorectal Cancer

Posted: Jul 5 3:27am

Good morning fsh 124. Your description of the surgical procedure sounds identical to my laparoscopic sigmoid...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1054134/

Discussion: Surgery - robotic sigmoid colon resection - diverticulitis

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Apr 20, 2024

I have had UC since I was 25. I’m now 57. At 53, I had a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1025897/

Discussion: Anyone with Ulcerative colitis-PSC- and newly diagnosed dysplagia?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Mar 2, 2024

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