I would like to know if anyone has expierenced a colon which is double in length and had surgery?

Question

I will have half of my colon removed just because it is long and cause constipation and obstructions. Does any one know what this procedure is called. Three years ago I had surgery to turn my stomach over because it was flipped over and lying on my liver. Also my dad was expose to radiation 3 times by the time he was 21. Could this also be the cause of my odd insides? He was 29 when I was born. I have no known diseases.

Answer 1

I think I would get some more answere before I let them open you up. Yes anything affecting your mom or dad could be passed on to you, the problem is that it usually doesn't leave any identifying traces.

Answer 2

I have never heard of a colon being too long.
I have heard of it expanding in width. This is
known as megacolon and can cause problems.
Here is a link to understand this better:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megacolon

It you have part of the colon removed, this is known as a colostomy and the surgery is
also called this. They connect the remaining part of the colon to the opening through the abdomen wall and later you could have it reconnected to the rectum usually in a manner known as a J-pouch. The J-pouch is usually a separate surgery, but not always. Why?
because they wait till the swelling goes down
before they like to reconnect the colon.

If the complete colon is removed, then the
surgery and name is known as a ileostomy.
The patient will wear a stomy bag for the
rest of their life and the rectum is sewn closed.

If your colon is too long, this must be a genetic
problem. However, I believe the surgery
to do this operation would be the same as
the ones stated above.

Radiation has many side effects and ones that
people haven't studied long enough to be
absolutely sure of. So I cannot answer this
question.

Here is a link to different types of ostomies.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ostomy.html
If you are going to have an ostomy surgery done, this site is a good one to get to know how
to take care of a stoma, which is an opening in the skin through the abdomen....this site has a newsletter that I subscribe to that is free and a great help.
http://www.ostomy.evansville.net/

I hope this is of some help to you..