Dr. Stricker was kind enough to agree to take pictures of my colon ex corpus, and in the next day or two I’ll update this post with those photos.
They’re not pretty. Caveat lector.
He went a step further, actually, and took pictures of the colon both immediately after excision and after slicing it open to show the diseased interior. The results speak heavily in favor of this final decision to have the colectomy: what a mess!
Update: here they are. The top two pics are of the colon intact; the gross-looking stuff is just fat. Glare from the lighting makes it difficult to clearly discern the subtler signs of colitis in the bottom pair of photos, but those black spots are definitely worth a shudder.
Good riddance, Joe the Colon! (That’s what I called him back when he was making me go to the bathroom 20+ times a day. A true pain in the ass.)
