Hello all, Just checking to see if anyone remembers me, Kelly? I took a different job at work and I have been busy since then. I have occasionally read some posts, but didn't take the time to reply....
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sasha, I had my surgery done laproscopic. It went just fine. My surgeon did a great job and he has only 2 1/2 fingers on his right hand. There was no incision pain at all. I had 4 small openings on...
Has anyone heard from Kelly lately......... Here I am. I have gone back to my rotating 12 hour days. I have accepted a new position that will be 5/8 hour days, no weekends, freedom to go poo when I...
Hopeso, I do not have a j pouch and I have a rectum. I have about 6" of large intestine left in me has a "holding tank" per my surgeon. My surgeon does not to pouches but treats many that do. It...
I have news from Shelbs as well. Her husband left a message on my phone to say that the surgery went well and she was in recovery. I hope to talk to her in a couple days. Kelly...
I spoke with Shelbs yesterday. She was preparing for todays surgery and needed a pep talk. I wished her luck. I think her husband will call me and give me an update that I will pass on here. She is...
Hello Hopeso, I am one of the ladys from the total colectomy thread. We all go out our bottoms, not thru a bag. I had a general surgeon do my laprascopic surgery in June. He did a great job. I did...
Buon Fortuna Cheryl!!! Good luck in Italian. I hope everything goes well and it will be worthwhile. Remember that when you have a bad day(I hope you don't have any). Get out of the hospital soon and...
Cheryl, Congrats !! Your clear out in Maryland, sorry I won't be able to visit. Kelly...
Annie- What kind of foods do you eat?. I thought I was was being careful, maybe not. I am a carbaholic, chocolate loving, grazing cow. I will open a cake mix just to have a few bite of the mix, dry....
The pain had been getting worse. During the night on Tuesday it woke me up. I had my dr. appt for 3 on Wed. I called them and told I was not doing very well, but could not make it till 3. I doubled...
I am going back to the surgeon tomorrow to ask about my slow system. Will get back with you all later. Kelly...
I need to clarify that I was told I had nerve damage in my rectum, not in the small intestine. I will check with the surgeon on the slow transit and see what he says. Emma - I have both docusate...
Emma - I had the same surgery you all had. I would only want a segment of the small removed to increase the time of transit. Maybe I should give it more time, but it seems that every 5-7 days I am in...
Emma - I was thinking of having a small amount of the small removed. After reading from Gardespatient it could be possible. I will plan on making an appointment with my surgeon to see if this can or...
Wow, you can tell we all are busy with other things, we don't get on very much. Cathy - do you remember me calling you? You sounded really sleepy when we spoke. Question - I am real carbaholic. I eat...
Hello all, I tried to call Cathy only to discover she had checked out an hour before. She must be doing very well to be out with in 3 /2 days. I would hope we hear from her soon. While I was on pain...
Poop stories - I will try the carrot juice, but I have yet to have any effects from the grilled onions I made special yesterday and ate last night. Dang something is wrong with me. Wonder if they...
Amira - My family has a sore throat also. I am going to my GP right now, son went this past tuesday. Going to try to get drugs for the husband as well. Kelly...
Hello to all - Emma and Zoe - I have been drinking water, but have not had time to go. I have not had a grand explosion and I am having cramps. I think it is my nerves. Like I said at work it gets...
Hello all, I have been working evenings and have not had time to post. I still have the pain in the back near the kidney area. I have put in a call to the surgeon, have yet to hear back. I am...
Amira - I had heard of those excersises before. But, never really paid any attention to them. Now, I have discovered the site, but have not taken the time to read it. I promise to do that in the next...
Cathy - Like you I was very nervous. The first thing I did after checking in was to ask for the surgeon. I had more questions. He came in and we spoke, he wanted to cancel the surgery. After asking...
Amira - Thanks for the info. If I need a good flushing out I know what to have. I love grilled and sauteed onions. Was planning on fixing them tonight with steak. I ate lettuce yesterday. Not much,...
Made it thru the day ok. I did not have to go and I can hold my "water" pretty good if I have to. It was dirty, dusty, hot and too many people with strollers that were driving them on "unfriendly"...
Wish me luck - going to the Midwestern Old Threshers. It is a big to do about old tractors and such. Lots of walking around and my biggest worry ..... they only have port a potties. I hope to be able...
Cathy - I work in a shipping/recieving office. I coordinated the flow of traffic of in and outgoing shipments and product coming of the line to be loaded. There are times, like now, because we are on...
EMMA - Don't use that color again, very hard on the eyes !!!! I drove a forklift for the first time today since my release. It was a bone jarring and inside jumping ordeal. But, I got over my fear of...
Shelbs - I am 3 hours north of St. Louis. I will be out of town that weekend after your surgery. I my work goes back to normal schedule I will have days off in that next week. Give me a call or...
Amira - Yes, it has been 2 months since my surgery and no, I have not seen any blood. Two days after I got home I thought it was but realized it was watermelon. I use catcher at times because I am...
Cathy and Shelbs - I had the lap and it was great. No painful incision. I have 2 small incisions on the left, 1 in the navel, 1 on the right and about an 1" vertical incision right at my pubic line...
Amira - I have a similar bump between my navel and public line. I was told in time it will go down. I started out as a huge bump. Poop catcher thing is a "hat" that fits between the stool and the lid...
Here it is - the medical term for my surgery Laparoscopic subtotal colectomy with ileorectostomy. Kelly...
Cathy - have them leave a "holding tank" area, about 4-6" like me. I have NOT had any runny diarrhea. I have always been able to hold it till I can get to a toilet. I held it today for 40 minutes...
Ok - I had the 2 month check. I am not on any restrictions for work. I found out that I don't have 12" of large intestine more like 6". He left that in for a holding tank basically. I described what...
Things really go green when you don't drink enough....... I was at an auction for 3 1/2 hours yesterday and I still can't remember to take a bottled water with me. Not a habit I have formed yet....
Here we go again, another round of that darn pain in my right side. I had a BM this morning it was not very much. I have the pain in the right side again, between my navel and pubic(not public) area....
WOW, I am blown away. You all have just proved to me that I don't know anything about myself, my body and tests that I have had done over the past 15 years. To be quite honest, I never in my life...
Shelbs - A flex sig is where they put a lighted scope in your butt and move it all the way around to your right side down to look at where it connnects to your small intestine. It is probably a...
Emma - I am feeling a little better. I have had some relief. I will ask Monday, but I think that my small intestine motility is bad as well. I have had a lot of stuff pass that I know was sitting in...
Cathy, Hi, welcome. You will not overstay your visit. Thanks for reading all the way back to part 1. I joined in during part 4. To answer your question. A total colectomy is the entire removal of the...
Emma aka HAPPY GIRL - Bravissimo !!! for your post op visit. FIBER - I am so afraid of fiber, so afraid. When I ate my raisin bran, it seemed like it just got stuck there and did not move. Same for...
VEGAS !!! Sounds good, but I have never flown. I am afraid. IF and IF is a big one. I will need someone to meet me at the airport, because I will have taken 2 valium before take off....
Shelbs, glad you found this site. I found it after my surgery. Lucky for you, you found it before. All of us that will reply to your questions will have different answers. We are in different stages...
Soon after I posted the previous message. I had some relief, but not much. It was very hard and formed. I had a glycerin suppository in for over an hour. I had been drinking coffee all morning Emma,...
Hello - I think I OD'd on stool softener. I have not had a BM yet today even after I ate about 3 tomatos last night. I remember one of the former quacks I went to telling me that too much softener...
ALL - I still have a pain as well. In my right side and in the bottom area. I sit down and get in gingerly. Usually, I have pain around the middle as well, but it works itself out. I feel the same...
Emma - that is cool, your own fridge. Maybe you could put some yogurt, cottage cheese or pudding in there. What about popsicles. Or, I found these really good low fat ice cream sandwiches call...
Sorry, I did not know the process. Last night I started freaking out thinking I would not be in contact with any of you anymore. /community/emoticons/sad.gif I am backed up again. I ate grilled...