4 years after reversal and still can't control my bowel movements successfully.

blueglass said...
Somedude, they had cancer not UC.

But I have to say, lifescar and judway, that what you have now sounds a lot like what those of us who have Crohn's and Ulcerative colitis lived with with our diseases. I had an ostomy to stop running to the bathroom all the time (along w/a host of other symptoms I had).... so, I think Somedude has a point, in that there are also surgeries that can give you relief from these symptoms. But I can also see where you might prefer the status quo to more surgery.

Wayne, the peeing thing sounds awful. I hope it's only temporary after the colonoscopy.

Yes, Im aware they both had cancer, and I read they had surgeries. But if your going to have "UC symptoms" after just removing parts, might as well go the whole way to try to get some relief.

judway said...
Before the last colonoscopy I had both the peeing and bowel movement controlled so that it was a very small problem. I had enough time to get to the bathroom, so the underwear was dry all day. The Bowel movement is still OK unless I have diarrhea. This happens rarely and usually only lasts for one movement.

I believe that when they had all of my colon out removing the cancer and then put everything back in, there was not much care taken to get everything back in the same place. They probably got my bladder too close to the rectum which causes a relationship between the pair. The Vesicare helped the peeing problem somewhat and everything was OK. When he ran the probe in to perform the colonoscopy the colon got moved and the relationship was back to too close. I hope it gets better with a little more time. Things have to get a lot worse before I will let them cut me again.

Wow, that's scary, not putting stuff back in the right place. Ohk boys, let's stitch her up... zip zip zip...WAIT, we forgot to put the bladder in (Homer simpson: DUH! )