Colectomy

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kimmoncrieff
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Colectomy

Postby kimmoncrieff » Wed Mar 18, 2009 7:32 pm

My husband had a history of Ulcerative Colitis when he contracted a virtulant strain of c-diff. He had 2 more re-occurances over the next 2 years and has now been told he needs a total colectomy (colon removal) due to thousands of polyps they blame on c-diff. Does anyone know how common this is, or any info post colectomy that they would like to pass along that might be helpful. Thanks
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Hua Kul
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Postby Hua Kul » Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:45 pm

Hello kimmoncrieff. I'm sorry to hear about your husband. I wonder if the doctors are just guessing that the polyps are a result of the cdiff, I had never heard of that connection. Let me ask you a rather off-the-wall question: Does your husband have a history of skin tags? About 20% of people with skin tags also develop colon polyps.

God Bless,
--Hua Kul
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