New topic and waiting for the appointment with a surgeon to discuss the mobile cecum as the underlying cause of my symptoms. A Meckel's diverticulum, another embryologic abnormality, was surgically removed in September last year but unfortunately didn't have an effect on my symptoms.
"The mobile cecum is an embryologic abnormality and has been associated with functional colon disease (chronic constipation (CC) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)). However, unlike functional disease, the primary treatment is operative, using laparoscopic cecopexy. We compare the epidemiology and pathophysiology of mobile cecum syndrome and functional colon disease and propose diagnostic and treatment guidelines."
The 3rd of August I will have my appointment with the surgeon. Recent weeks I suffer from a lot of extra problems with my bowel. I hope the surgeon is willing to have a laparoscopic look in my right lower abdomen to see if there is a problem with a twisting cecum / ascending colon that's causing intermittent recurrent partial blockage.
Had my appointment with a surgeon this morning. He doesn't think that my bowel problems are being caused by a mobile cecum. And also because I already had abdominal surgery twice there is a chance that surgery will do more harm than good.
Because I never had a proper CT-scan of the abdomen he is planning one for me. The CT-scan I had was because of a Meckel's diverticulum and that is not a complete scan of my abdomen.
Last Saturday I had the CT-scan of my abdomen. Today I already will see the surgeon to discuss the results. I'll let you know what the radiologist has found, did see on the CT-scan. Hopefully they did find something that could explain all my IBS symptoms like a mobile cecum, restricted blood flow to my intestines or something else in my physiology.
So anatomically nothing wrong with my intestines, pipeline is approved by the surgeon 🙂 and that's the good news of the day. But functionality stays problematic.
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