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Posted 12/22/2013 5:05 PM (GMT 0)
Hello,

Was away for awhile, trying to keep myself busy to stop stressing myself out thinking about my past surgery failure. My reversal surgery is tomorrow evening! I can't wait. Hope this time everything goes well. *fingers crossed*
Posted 12/22/2013 5:22 PM (GMT 0)
Thinking positive for you! only one more day :)

Please let me know how you're doing.
Posted 12/22/2013 7:01 PM (GMT 0)
Oh my goodness! That's exciting! Everything will be ok.
Posted 12/22/2013 9:54 PM (GMT 0)
Wow! Good luck hope everything goes smoothly for you. x
Posted 12/22/2013 11:44 PM (GMT 0)
Hope all goes very smoothly. Thinking of you.
Posted 12/23/2013 1:11 AM (GMT 0)
on my way to the hospital now!! oh gosh i am so excited...
Posted 12/23/2013 5:17 AM (GMT 0)
blood taken!! hope everything goes well!
Posted 12/23/2013 12:56 PM (GMT 0)
Good luck!
Posted 12/25/2013 6:06 PM (GMT 0)
Thinking of you and hope everything is going well!!!!
Posted 12/26/2013 12:06 AM (GMT 0)
Hello All! Is the 4th day after my surgery! I am progressing! have some solid BM that cracked my skin and cause bleeding. But overall is fine :) I have like 8-9 BM a day but thank goodness I still can control and manage it without adult diapers. Walking does help on the gas and pain, I have been walking alot these few days! Hope they will discharge me soon!
Posted 12/26/2013 1:34 AM (GMT 0)
Glad it's going well.
Posted 12/27/2013 9:47 AM (GMT 0)
Discharged today!!! :D
Posted 12/27/2013 10:54 AM (GMT 0)
Brilliant news! you will recover even better being in your own surroundings. Glad the surgery is all behind you now. Wishing you all the very best for the future.

Bev x
Posted 12/27/2013 11:32 AM (GMT 0)
Just arrived home! I would like to thank all of you for your wonderful wishes, god must've received your wishes and make my surgery goes well till today.. kisses from Malaysia!
Posted 12/27/2013 5:56 PM (GMT 0)
You have been through so much, I am very thrilled to hear your progress! Wishing you well and continued daily progression!
Posted 12/28/2013 5:47 AM (GMT 0)
Happy to hear you're home healing.
Posted 12/29/2013 3:13 PM (GMT 0)
Is time for update again. My BM reduces a whole lot after taking fybogel! From 10+ BM to 4-5BM a day. All I do is take half a sachet of fybogel whenever my BM is too frequent and watery. Since I am on soft diet, I ate a lot of soft vegetable cooked in soup. It did help to slow down my BM frequency a little but not enough to harden my BM.

But my stitched surgical wound develop a little infection two days ago. Since I have a very bad past experience after my 3rd surgery, I rushed to the hospital at 9pm to do a check by the ER doc, I dont want to go thru another round of pain staking wound dressing session. Luckily the infection is minor and the doc said he do not need to open up the wound. I still have pus flowing out from that small opening, so I was wondering if any of you face similar situation and have good recovery without opening the wound?

And also, does removing stitches hurt? First surgery I had my wound staple, then is internal stitches and that one hurts because the nurse have to pull my skin open to cut the inside thread and I have SUPER bad infection.

What do you think?
Posted 12/30/2013 5:55 PM (GMT 0)
usually as I've had in the past the internal stitches are usually dissolvable and will go away on their own, is that not your case?
Posted 12/31/2013 12:22 AM (GMT 0)
nope... i had those dissolvable internal stitches during my 3rd surgery and i got very bad infection where they have to stretch open my skin and cut the internal stitches. It was pure hell at that time... So this 4th surgery, my surgeon did external stitches instead that are easy to remove if i have infections.
Posted 12/31/2013 3:51 AM (GMT 0)
I had an infection with my first surgery. It opened a hole by itself. The dr made me keep it packed to keep the hole open, so it could drain while it healed from the inside out. So if it's draining on its own that's good. Just make sure that hole stays open. If it closes and stays inside, that's when they may open it.

Sounds like your doing great on staying on top of it.
Posted 12/31/2013 5:30 AM (GMT 0)
Oh.. definitely it is draining... especially when I am sleeping. The hole is pretty tiny lol.. Hope it drains enough before closing. :)
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