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Yucky question, lol, but have you thought about your colon lately?
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<blockquote data-quote="Marcie Mac" data-source="post: 548177" data-attributes="member: 47"><p>Well, sad to say, the very idea of a colonostpy put me off having one. I should not have waited till I was 61 for my first, and that came about only because last Sept I was diagnosed with Diverticulitis - something that I think maybe its 50% of the population has, but a lot never has a problem with it. It develops when you don't have enough fiber in your diet, then you develop pockets (aka holes) in your colon because food just sits there for a while. Pain started in the lower left part of my abdomen - I thought I had a kidney infection, or maybe a cyst on my overy. I was back and forth to the doctor as I did have a kidney infection but it was because I had a blockage in my colon that was blocking my kidney from functioning, When I finally had to go have the colonostpy, it blew out one of those holes which was still infected, and the infection went into my abdomen, hense my emergency surgery in January where they removed not just a blockage, but a mass that affected my kidney- I lost my overies, tubes, appendex, my small colon, part of my bowel -thankfully it wasn't cancerous, but I almost died from the infection. I had to have another colonostpy in May for my re-section and to get rid of the colonostphy bag, and had to be sedated over the very idea. It turned out ok - found one polup that wasn't cancerous, but will have to have an annual one for another couple of years.</p><p></p><p>Cancer runs in my family, my younger brother (54) and an aunt died from pancreatic cancer. I knew this but still blew it off as what DDD says, the very idea is "yucky" -but not having one is like playing russan roulette. I am on some diverticulitis boards, and am amazed by people in their late 20's early 30's that have this disease as well. </p><p></p><p>So yucky or not, would urge everyone to just donate a day fasting and drinking that horrible "stuff" and get this test done-the end result of not having it is not good</p><p></p><p>Marcie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marcie Mac, post: 548177, member: 47"] Well, sad to say, the very idea of a colonostpy put me off having one. I should not have waited till I was 61 for my first, and that came about only because last Sept I was diagnosed with Diverticulitis - something that I think maybe its 50% of the population has, but a lot never has a problem with it. It develops when you don't have enough fiber in your diet, then you develop pockets (aka holes) in your colon because food just sits there for a while. Pain started in the lower left part of my abdomen - I thought I had a kidney infection, or maybe a cyst on my overy. I was back and forth to the doctor as I did have a kidney infection but it was because I had a blockage in my colon that was blocking my kidney from functioning, When I finally had to go have the colonostpy, it blew out one of those holes which was still infected, and the infection went into my abdomen, hense my emergency surgery in January where they removed not just a blockage, but a mass that affected my kidney- I lost my overies, tubes, appendex, my small colon, part of my bowel -thankfully it wasn't cancerous, but I almost died from the infection. I had to have another colonostpy in May for my re-section and to get rid of the colonostphy bag, and had to be sedated over the very idea. It turned out ok - found one polup that wasn't cancerous, but will have to have an annual one for another couple of years. Cancer runs in my family, my younger brother (54) and an aunt died from pancreatic cancer. I knew this but still blew it off as what DDD says, the very idea is "yucky" -but not having one is like playing russan roulette. I am on some diverticulitis boards, and am amazed by people in their late 20's early 30's that have this disease as well. So yucky or not, would urge everyone to just donate a day fasting and drinking that horrible "stuff" and get this test done-the end result of not having it is not good Marcie [/QUOTE]
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