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Redundant/sigmoid colon
Hello, my 3 year old has recently been diagnosed with a tortuous/redundant sigmoid colon, after suffering from abdominal pain and distention and pain when passing...
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Farting a lot after Sigmoid resection?
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....
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Sigmoid colon resection: What to expect for recovery?
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...
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Sigmoid colectomy for diverticulitis: What's the healing like?
4 weeks post sigmoid colectomy. And I don’t know how else to explain but it feels as if a broomstick is goi g up me...
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Sigmoid colon stricture due to diverticulosis/diverticulitis
Hi! I’m Marissa. I really appreciate this forum and learn so much from other’s experiences. So my question is this… has anyone ever had a...
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Surgery - robotic sigmoid colon resection - diverticulitis
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...
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Surprise Sigmoid Colon Abscess: Questions before my resection
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...
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Urgent help.. Sigmoid Volvolus, disabled adult daughter (autism)
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...
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Diverticulitis and now going to have a Sigmoid colon resection
I have had 4 occurrences this past year treated with antibiotics and Mesalamine ER and now getting ready for surgery. This last occurrence I ended...
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Removal of sigmoid colon due to diverticulitis: How to deal with pain?
Hello, i had a "take down" they call it, from removal of sigmoid colon in 2006. I was 49 years old, no cancer, luckily. Surgery...
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Hi @stanley23, No apology is needed! If you would like to read posts about sigmoid surgery...
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Hi @rdmishio, welcome to Connect. I think you might be interested in this discussion started by...