Of all the organs I could have removed (and still live), the colon has to certainly be at the bottom. Good luck with the non-surgical treatments and keep in touch Stacy.

If I had my colon removed, I'd have no place to put my head.

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But seriously, Stacy, I wish you well. It must be scary to have this problem. I was just kidding around.

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Those two posts could have been on one, Ms. I'm gonna hit 3000 soon.

Daphne. What was your observation of a couple days ago, that none of PDs plethora of posts was self-serving or trite? Clearly, he's now operating under a different set of rules, rules designed to overtake you by December.

LJ, Daphne will always be in front of me. That way I can keep my eye on Herbie.

My Gawd NOT being able to take a DUMP? Thats pretty horrible but I hope the surgery helps you.....sheesh.
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Daphne, you made me laugh aand I certainly need to laugh because Stacie and I have something in common. I was told I need the total radical colectomy in 2/07 and 1/08. Not a partial because it doesn't work. No bag, a direct small intestine connection to the anus. I don't know what the stats are in regaining bowel continence post-op, butt I do know that as long as I drink at least 2-4 glasses of Miralax EVERYDAY I am emptying at least enough of my andaconda sigmoid colon to be comfortable. I able to work in the afternoon some almost every day. I am continent TOTALLY with exception to stinky yellow post colonoscopy prep slime.
Stacy, if you are not sure, get a second opinion and ask the second opinion doc about trying these medications if you haven't already. Are you being followed by a Gatroenterologist every 3 months.
As long as my doctor can keep my colon functioning, I'm keeping it. My chances are high that I might not live through another surgery anyway. My mother needs to not lose another daughter. That's just me. I'm not saying to do what I do. I'm just saying make sure that it is your very last option because there is no turning back.

Sittingpretty. Jesus you've been through a lot. And I must tell you that I love the words you string together, like "stinky yellow post colonoscopy prep slime." I'm looking forward to reading your front page story and hope it has plenty of filled-to-the-gills-and-dripping-with-ooze sentences.

And rest assured sittingpretty, he will be counting them.

You're beginning to sound like that patient. Are you he?

Stacy, I checked out several articles on Pubmed and it appears that the results for the colonic resection are generally quite good. The colonic resection is essentially, for want of a better comparative, similar to a gastric bypass. It's a relatively common procedure that doesn't often result in commplications.

I don't even want to think of life without being able to shit. Then again, with the way people have been acting the last two days on the road, it seems there are a lot of people with this problem.

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Ha! Either that or the opposite - they were all racing home to use their toilets.

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Stacy, damn thats nasty! I hoe you get your shit together soon. I've said it before though, and I'll say it again... A vigorous horizontal hip shuffle always wakes up my dormant teddy bears arms.

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like a constipated accountant- I worked it out with a pencil.