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I looked up tortuous redundant colon and it sounds a lot like Crohn's disease which my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1321447/

Discussion: IBS - mixed. Are there medications for this?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Jun 6, 2025

Hello! I just spent yet another whole day at the Emergency Room due to constipation. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1312160/

Discussion: Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: May 24, 2025

I should also add something else. I think most of my issues happen in the sigmoid...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1120112/

Discussion: Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Aug 8, 2024

I had a tortuous redundant colon. I had a partial colectomy where they took out the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1094370/

Discussion: Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Jun 26, 2024

I was recently diagnosed with tortuous or redundant colon and as a result, have had severe...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/909106/

Discussion: Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Aug 7, 2023

It’s so nice to know that I am not the only one who has been passed...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/753189/

Discussion: Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Sep 24, 2022

I was also diagnosed with IBS-C but none of the meds worked. I tried Motegrity, linzess,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/697254/

Discussion: Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Apr 8, 2022

I just signed up for this group on digestive wellness due to my redundant colon. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/687772/

Discussion: Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Mar 9, 2022

I am 70 years old and active and otherwise healthy, except for the tortuous intestine I've...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/673842/

Discussion: Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Jan 22, 2022

You described this (our) condition VERY well! And yes, I have suffered with this all my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/666967/

Discussion: Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Jan 1, 2022

Hi Joanne, suffered through many years, and many Gastro Dr's with chronic constipation. Finally found a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/643523/

Discussion: Anyone else have severe constipation?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Oct 9, 2021

Surgery? Anyone know any surgeons that will do surgery for tortuous colons?

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/636578/

Discussion: Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Sep 18, 2021

Thank you @amandaburnett for connecting us. @thellman I am in your exact same boat and I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/607952/

Discussion: Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Jun 9, 2021

Thanks for the nifty image of your colon! I have had esophagrams which seem to show...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/225165/

Discussion: Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Mar 26, 2021

@januaryjane Hello, so sorry to hear you aren't doing better. Would you mind sharing what surgery...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1453084/

Discussion: Anyone on or have taken Motegrity?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Dec 4, 2025

I take Trulance every AM and a VSL3 probiotic..actually ..God turned on my bowels Oct 15th...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1421462/

Discussion: Constipation: What helps you?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Oct 23, 2025

Yes!! and I tried everything... (I've even been hospitalized and almost died from constipation..really) then I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1362427/

Discussion: Anyone else have severe constipation?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Aug 2, 2025

I have a tortuous redundant colon with severe constipation. My gastro at John Hopkins, Baltimore indicated...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1136086/

Discussion: Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Sep 4, 2024

I have diverticulosis and redunant toruous colon. I take 2 heaping teaspoons in 2 glasses of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/225062/

Discussion: Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Jan 21, 2020

I’m so glad I’m not the only person frustrated by a Gastroenterologist who is dismissive. I’ve...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/224988/

Discussion: Anyone else have a Redundant / Tortuous Colon?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Aug 6, 2019

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