Hello Midnat, I have had subtotal colectomy with ileorectal anastomosis on june 10, 2010 so I am now 7 weeks out and I am doing very well. I was in the hospital for 7 days because I had to wait for...
Hi Barbeezee, My name is Dianna and Iam 14 days post surgery for my total colectomy for colonic inertia and I am feeling very well. The surgery part was hard because I had a few complications with...
Hi Renee, I had a total colectomy and had my small intestine connected to my rectum so no ostomy. I have colonic inertia. When my doctor did the surgery he said my colon was twisted behind my...
Hey Everyone I am finally out of the hospital after 7 days in the hospital I came home on 6-18. My surgery was a success. I had a few problems. My surgery lasted 4.5 hours and they did it lap and...
Hey Tracy, My Prep is not going to well I have been on a clear liquid diet for 2 days and started at 2:00 today with 4 laxitives and at 4:00 it was a large bottle of miralax and 64 oz of gatarade I...
Hey Leslie, 2 MORE DAYS UNTIL MY NEW LIFE BEGINS !!! I will stay in touch and let you know how I am doing. Dianna Tracy, My prep is miralx a large bottle mixed with 64 oz of gatorade I drink 8 oz...
Hi Leslie, I hope that you are feeling better. Hopefully you got some fluids. I am ready to get this show on the road. Had my preop today, that went well. I am very happy with my surgeon, he has done...
Hey Leslie, Thank you for the kind words. I will be hooked back up so no bag. I will be havin it done abdominally not laprosopy. I know that I will be much better off once I get through all the...
summerstorm, here are several questions I have:+ 1. How much pain did you have right after surgery? 2. What type of pain control did you have? 3. Any weight loss or gain? 4. what type of diet normal...
Hi Everyone! I just wanted to give a update. I will be having my total colectomy on june 10 finally. I am so ready but I am also nervous also. i am hoping that everything will go well. I will have my...
Rox, I am also finally having a total colectomy on june 10. I can not wait. this has been a very long process at least 10 years worth., but I finally found a really good GI doctor at the Borland...
Lizzy, I will be keeping you in my prayers. You have been through so much. I hope that you have a speedy recovery. What type of recovery time do you have? Dianna...
Hi everyone! Thanks so much for the well wishing. I found out today my surgery will be on june 10th. I am so happy to finally have this done, after 10 years of hearing there is nothing wrong it...
open because I have a lot of adhesions that need to be cleared out. I will be in the hospital for 5-7 days and I will have a NG tube for 3 days and a cath for 4 days. For pain control I will have a...
Hey Judy, Thanks for all of the good questions to ask my surgeon they will be very useful. I am determined to do whatever I have to do to get the best outcome from surgery because I am just miserable...
Hey Leslie, I'm glad went out with your friend, hopefully you had a good time. I know how it is having a friend who forgets to stay in touch with you after you become ill. I was looking at my picture...
Hey Leslie, Thank you so much for all of your support. You have been my angel. All your support has keep me strong and not giving up on finally finding my answers (I'm not crazy) as many doctors...
Hey Judy , Thanks so much for the information. I will be ssing the colon/rectal surgeon on 4-23. I am so ready. Along with the CI I think I also have adhesions that are pulling and are painful from...
Hey everyone! I am so happy to say I have finally have a CI diagnosis. No more wondering what is wrong. I Saw my GI doctor today and he said that I failed the Sitz marker test and that I needed a...
Leslie, You poor thing. I hope they figure out what is going on. It's not good to keep passing out like that. Do you have someone that can stay with you to help watch over you. I hate to think of...
Hey Leslie, Just checking on you. How are you feeling. I finally stopped being bloated and was able to have a bm after 10 laxitives since my sitz marker test. I weighed myself before the bm and I was...
Hey Leslie, I had my xray today and I will not know anything until next week. I heard the xray tech tell the other tech that the rings were stiil in there but I don't know where, and then she told me...
Hey thanks for responding. I'm glad that I am not the only one who has this problem. I have tried gallons of miralax and lactolose no help at all. So I am waiting until tomorrow for my xray for day 5...
Hi everyone. I am in the process of finding out if I have CI. I am on day 3 going on to the 4th day of my sitz test and I had a MRI of my abdomen last week. I was wondering if anyone has been...
:rolleyes: Hey Leslie, I'll let you know my results I go back for results on april 7. I will probably have some questions. Talk to you later DIANNA...
Hey Leslie, I'm back from orlando. We had a great time. Our condo was beautiful. The only thing was my stomach. Since I'm on day3 of my sitz marker test I can't take any laxitives until wed. I look...
:turn: Hey Leslie, My xray will be 5 days after I take the pills, so next wed I will Have the xray and then I see the doctor on April 7. I can't wait. If he tells me I need to have my colon removed I...
Hey Leslie, I just got home from work and I am so happy I'll be in orlando tomorrow for my vacation. In the morning I have to go get my pills for the stitz marker test. I am so ready. I was wondering...
Hey Leslie. thanks for the info on the valium believe me if I need to do it again I will make sure to get valium. When they scheduled this appt. they never said it was a closed mri . I should have...
Hey Leslie, I had my mri of my abdomen today that was not fun . I don't like the casket feeling. I had to talk myself out of freaking out. But, I made it through. Friday i start my stitz marker test,...
Lesli, Thankyou so much for the information. It is very helpful. I will email you again after my test with my result. I hope you continue to do well. I will keep you in my prayers. Dianna...
leslie, thankyou for responding. As I said I'm new to this. I'm so glad that this site is available. I have felt for a long time that i was going crazy because every doctor i saw told me that nothing...
hello. I am new to this site. I have been reading these post for the last several days. I have to say that I am so happy to find out that I am not alone . I have been dealing with severe constipation...
Hello, I am new to this site and I to have beeen suffering from severe constipation for 10 years ever since I had my gallbladder removed. i have been to 4 or 5 different GI doctors and have had at...