Short gut syndrome

I only have 2ft feet of my small intestine left but I still have my large intestine and colon.
In 2019 I had a bowel obstruction surgery and the surgeon didn't do it right so I had to have another surgery 8 days later.

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SStarfish ·

Ah that sucks.. but at least you are alive.. i know a girl who's dad died of stomach cancer .. he went to the doctors but they did nothing for him ..

Is there anything they can to to fix it?

Petsitter23 · F

@SStarfish Nothing can be done to repair the small intestines. But all of the doctors are saying that I am doing better than they thought I would. Most people that have short gut syndrome are not able to eat real food, I am able to eat real food but it's limited.

SStarfish ·

Ah ok ☺️@Petsitter23

TexChik · F

Yikes . Doing ok now I hope

Petsitter23 · F

@TexChik Still having problems. I have a feeding tube and a port a cath. I only absorb 40% of what I eat.

PhoenixPhail · M

That's really terrible. I'm so sorry.

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