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Colon Resection for Diverticulitis and Chronic Constipation
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...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Apr 19 9:04pm
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Bowel resection after adult Intussusception
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...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Jun 15, 2023
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Bowel Resection for Crohn’s
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...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Feb 4, 2022
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Seeking support for recovery from diverticulitis surgery
I hope I am posting in the right section! I am almost four weeks in recovery from surgery to resection my colon because I have...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: May 14 10:14am
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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...
Support Group: Colorectal Cancer
Last active: Mar 31 9:32pm
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Colon sectioning in a few days - fighting skin abscess
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...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Jul 6, 2024
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Diarrhea and weight loss after small bowel resection
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....
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: May 4, 2023
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Anemia after sigmoid resection for bowel volvulus
My husband, 62, 2 weeks ago had a surgery for a bowel volvulus. He s still in hospital because they found he has anemia. He...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Mar 17 3:35pm
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Narrowed stools 1.4 years after colon resection due to diverticulitis
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...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Jul 3, 2023
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60 yr old male-Diverticulitis with fistula passage to bladder
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,...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Apr 29, 2023