Carlybryn, I am so very sorry to have read what you are going through. First, sounds like you have a little more than colon inertia, I suggest you also see a urologist for your bladder, sounds like...
I have had all these studies, the purpose of colectomy,sitzmark study alone after 6 days still had 23 of the 24 markers throughout the small bowel and colon, repeated after colectomy, same results....
one thing i have learned in the past decade with doctors/surgeans is they can be the most arreggant people in this world, once you've had surgery and problems still exist or re-accur another doctor...
severe diarreha could be Chron's disease, second opinions can be an answer when it comes to interpitation of colonoscopys, xrays, films, etc. I've certainly had my share of misdiagnosed conditions....
you must also avoided wheat, which is in so many breads, flours, cereals and other foods. another name for celiac disease is wheats disease, I was diagnosed with wheats disease in 2000 didnt know it...
Dont let these docs fool you, i have the same motility problem IC with small bowel as i did colon and i had total colectomy, rectum reattached to ilium, u can not live without a small bowel like a...
I had a total colectomy June of 2009, here it is July 2010 and since surgery I have had four small bowel obstructions, now the colon surgeon says im constipated with impaction., he avoids my...