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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, 2025
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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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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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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: Digestive Health
Last active: Jan 23 10:36pm
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How Do You Manage Immunity and Blood Sugar Without a Colon?
I’m hoping to learn from people who have experience – personal or professional – with long-term life after a colon resection. A close family member...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Jan 27 3:14am
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Post-Sigmoidectomy Diverticulitis Recurrence Rates
If my data research posts are annoying, please scroll on. But, in a comment to my post about Diverticulitis Recurrence rates (for no-surgery or pre-surgery),...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Feb 3 10:06am
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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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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: Nov 12, 2025
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Urgent help ... sigmoid volvulus, 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...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Sep 4, 2024
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Colon Resection After Colonoscopy due to Perforated Bowel
Approximately, 2 yrs ago I had a resection at the junction of the large and small intestine (5” of the large intestine removed as well...
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Mar 3, 2022