A Family member whom I love had the left colon removed during surgery, because of a large polyp. I am very concern about the changes my love one may experience, because of this. What will occur since my love one had to have this done?
Mike B
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Loose stools, due to less colon to reabsorb liquids, is my main problem after having the left 50% of the transverse and the upper 50% of the descending colon removed due to colon cancer.
Appetite is good and am gaining weight back.
arashiro
Doctors have tested and named his polyps: polyp a million Donald Rumsfeld polyp two George Senior Bush polyp three Alberto Gonzales polyp four Condi Rice polyp five John Edwards (sorry I might now not face up to)
Anonymous
well, if the colon was removed completely, for example, then they have no mechanism to poop anymore, so what happens is they have a hole in their stomach, and then a plastic bag is attached. poop goes into the bag. this means that the person has to walk around with a bag to collect their poop.
pretty horrifying
Anonymous
I'm not sure, but since it get's smaller... the person will probably need to poop more often (because the space is reduced, lol)