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What changes will occur when someone have their left colon removed due to a large Polyp in the intestine?
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?
4 Answers
- Mike BLv 710 years agoFavorite Answer
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.
Source(s): 8 month colon cancer survivor, going strong, with no intention of slowing down. - arashiroLv 45 years ago
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)
- Anonymous10 years ago
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
- Anonymous10 years ago
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)
