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My gastro doctor has recommended I have a bowel resection due to chronic bouts of diverticulitis...
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@dfloyd1133 I'm w GES re stomach emptying super slow. I'm w redundant torturous colon. My chart...
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Morning diver126. Have you had a colonoscopy or ct colonography to determine the extent of the...
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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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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....
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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,...
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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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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...
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Best laxatives post colectomy
Had a colectomy a week ago. Have to admit I was taken aback by its difficulties. Hardest surgery I have ever had of many. I...
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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...
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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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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...
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Change in BP and iron post op resection
I have had two bowel ruptures w peritonitis, two ostomies (colostomy and ileostomy), and two reversals in less than 2 years.Five in all. It's been...