Digestive Health Support Group

Recently I was told I needed to have this surgery and am terrified about it. Would love to hear some personal experiences from people who...

Hello Mayo Clinic Connect Community, I am interested in research, links, clinical notes, personal incidences re: segmental colon resection surgery effects on serum lipid levels,...

I have had diverticular problems for years. This year I was diagnosed with IBS – see. I have had SIBO testing, numerous x-rays and ultrasounds...

Hi there-I've been referred for liver resection surgery. I've had all the workups; MRI, MRCI, bloodwork, liver biopsy...no conclusive results as to why there is...

I have been referred to mayo for a giant liver hemangioma to discuss liver resection surgery. Has anyone had a liver resection? Just curious how...

I wanted to share my recent experience of a robotic sigmoid colon resection. I am now 5 weeks post-surgery and think this is a good...

I’m three months out from non cancer Colin resection surgery. 18 staples and it wasn’t a walk in the park- anyone else have urinary track...

Hello.... my story has a few spin offs, kinda related, so I'll try hard and make it concise. It started with a right hip replacement...

Has anyone had any luck healing the small intestines that has multiple fistula’s without surgery? My daughter was diagnosed with Crohns a year ago and...

I had colon resection for diverticulitis in December 2022. Four weeks after the surgery, I started having pain the very same area where the surgeon...

Hey everyone, About 9 months ago I had 14cm of my sigmoid removed due to Diverticulitis. In almost every respect my QoL has improved drastically....

Hi All, My name is Tracy. I had sigmoid colon resection just about 7 weeks ago for diverticulitis. Before surgery, I could count on one...

Eight months ago I start having a lot of pain in my abdominal area had an MRI was told I had an adult intussusception and...

I have been scheduled for a bowel resection but I am very hesitant because there’s a good chance I will end up with an ileostomy...

I have resectioning surgery in a couple of days. I now have an abscess (under my skin, not in my bowels) that I'm fighting to...

Nonverbal, 48 yr daughter hospitalized with sigmoid volvolus yesterday, a decompression procedure done, now surgeons want to do resection..She is having behaviors in hospital but...

It’s been 4+weeks since my resection. Found a cancerous polyp during a routine screening. Some frustration over the lack of information given by the surgeon...

My son suffered abdominal trauma that required small bowel resection 3 weeks ago. This was his 4th abdominal surgery over the course of several years....

Hello, I'm a 60 year old, and what I thought was a very healthy male all of my life. No smoking, drinking, on no meds,...

My stools were great following the surgery. Everything seemed better than before however in the last six months, stools have been flat and hard to...