Thanks for your replys, its been 4 weeks now since the surgery and im not on any pain meds, so i think i will get back driving this week, just need to get the flat tyre on my car fixed now and im...
Hi everyone, just wondering how long after colectomy surgery was it before you were able to drive again, i havent been given any specific time frame by the nurse, so just wanted to find out when...
Thanks, i seen the disease control nurse today at the hospital and their solution is to just do nothing, and they think it will probably go away by itself!!! I found this a bit odd, as surely they...
Hi everyone, I had a hemi colectomy done 3 weeks ago, and i have a colostomy bag. I wa transferred from the hospital in the capital city back to my local hospital after the surgery and discharged...
Hi Joe, I kinda understand how your feling right now, ive just been told last week that i have to have surgery, so i dont have any option in the matter now. I have crohns disease, at present its only...
Hi all, im pretty new here, i was only told last month that surgery might be the only treatment left for my crohns disease, which is only in the large intestine. Spoke to the consultant surgeon today...
hi riderfan, im being sent to see a surgeon now to discuss surgery as the medical GI team think thats the only option left for me, just wondering, did you ever take remicade before? Ive had remicade...
I had been having terrible back pain for a month there in may and i ended up being taken into hospital, it turns out my large intestine was so swollen and inflammed that it was squashing the ureter...