Hello all- I know I've posted numerous concerns, questions, fears, etc. I've received more valuable information from this site than many other drs, internet searches and more. So...I'm keeping my...
You guys are lifesavers--seriously. I don't know why I'm not able to handle this. I've been through some really, really rough tough stuff in my life, but nothing has messed with me more than this!...
Ha! Kinda like a car appointment (won't make that noise, huh?), hair appointment, or washing the car (umbrella anyone?). It's just so nerve wracking, like "has this all been in my head, and now that...
Today at church: are you having it removed or moved? Where do they move it to?...
Me again! Has anyone with colonic inertia experienced a few "good" days, with loose BMs after minimal laxatives (say 2 capfuls of Miralax for a couple of days)? Sometimes nothing works for me, but...
Oh wow, I totally understand you!! I've had major problems with pain meds all my life, i.e. a seizure on Vicodan, ER and subsequent hospitilization after Dilaudid last summer from violent vomiting...
Hello all- I've been posting and reading alot about the BM patterns and meds/diets used for colonic inertia--pre surgery--but I haven't seen anything posted about a consistent pain in the lower left...
I'm currently taking the Miralax part of this whole ordeal as two capfuls a.m. and then two p.m., but the bloating/gas/and NOISE is really lousy. I do get nauseous (sp?) from it. The mag citrate is...
Hi- I was diagnosed with colonic intertia and scheduled for a total colostomy on Oct. 10. I'm just wondering what everyone has tried as far as daily laxatives, enemas, diet, etc--in other words, I...
Thank you, all for such quick replies, it seems the more I look into this the more confused I get, and it helps to get the real answers from people with personal experiences. I feel clear tonight,...
Hi- I've been searching for more information about an upcoming colectomy, and there are so many conflicting definitions out there! --I'm not sure if I'm having a total, or subtotal colectomy. Of...
Hello all! A quick background: 42 year old female, have always had pretty extreme constipation, i.e. as a kid, maybe once a week, progressing to the last two-ish years where I don't have any bm...
thanks, run4. Diagnosis was colonic inertia or slow transit colon. Oct 12, I will have a Colectomy (I think complete...dr. did say that they will try to connect small intestine to rectum). I didn't...
thanks for the responses...I seem to have so many more worries about this surgery than many on the forum, it helps just to read your answers!...
Ali, you were so helpful to me in that last post! For years, and for many different things, I've told other people that they should treat the root cause, not the symptoms--yet didn't even think of...
Hi all- Thanks for the feedback in my previous posts. I just have so many worries, yet I keep getting so many signals that the colectomy on Oct 10 is the thing to do, especially from this forum....
For what it's worth....the seconde opinion surgeon saw my disc and all of the physical papers. From the Sitzmark test, I guess I have a "classic" case. There was a little bit of time where I gave him...
Hi all- After getting another opinion today, I decided to book the surgery for Oct. 10. Dr will remove all of colon and attach the small intestine to the rectum (hopefully!). Also, hopefully, will do...
Thanks for the welcome, I'm glad to have the support. I had the 5 day Sitz Mark test with "text book" results for colonic inertia. The disc was a DVD that had Xrays, notes, ultrasound, etc so that I...
Hi all- Thanks for the help with my question about my allergy to pain meds, I will speak with dr.s again this week. New question: Is there any possiblility that I may have been mis-diagnosed? I got a...
wow, everyone! All replies have been helpful, even if only to show that I'm not the only one out there. This diagnosis and prognosis was something I had never heard of before this week, and at the...
I am seriously allergic to narcotic pain meds (seizure and vomiting), including synthetics like Ultram. I have been advised by three different doctors that it is time to get surgery, removing the...