A little surprised at no replies but possibly this is an afflection of people more in their senior age.

I find as stated an earler post that this combined with diverticulosis is becoming a bit stressful and restrictive so far as activities.

However see my family physician thursday

I discovered I have a redundant colon when I had a diverticulitis burst close to my appendix. (my descending colon starts on the right side, "flops" over to the right side then down)

the doctor is going to remove a bit of this "floppy" colon as soon as I am completley recovered.

I had bloating/constipation & gas until I was put on a very restrictive diet to help my perforated colon recover.

I'm not looking forward to the surgery, but am definitely looking forward to having a normal digestive tract - heh.

Thanks for reply.

At this time for me anyway an operation is not recommended unless I were to get bleeding or severe diverticulitis. This type of surgery is not as common in canada,

i think my colon may have got moved around a bit after gall bladder surgery.

Good luck to you. I have yet to figure out a diet that works. Of course I do take a fibre supplement daily.

To finish up my story - I had the colon resection - 5 hours on the table for the doctor to undo all of the adhesions that happened because of the burst diverticulitis I had in november.

No more bloating, cramps, or constapation. (the high fibre diet finally works for me :))

i feel better now than I have in years - it's so weird to feel "normal" as far as my digestive system goes.

Good luck to you and hope your solution is less painful than mine was - heh.