Hello, I would go right to your regular doctor, there is no reason to sit there and suffer when you could be getting help. I did not push the subject with my doctor and suffered for 7 years before...
KayKay, I also suffered from cronic constipation for 8 years before they started doing tests and found out that my colon on the left side was non-funcionable. They said I needed to have the partial...
Mom, I don't drink any water at all, I drink gatorade all day long. I don't drink nearly as much as I should a day and sometimes I can really tell. I am just the type of person that doesn't get...
Annette, I still have some pain when I go to the bathroom in my lower abdomen area. It is not as bad as it was when I first had the surgery. That pain is minimal compared to the pain I was...
Hey Everyone, I totally know how you two feel. I get so bloated I can barely move. I woke up this morning total bloated and my stomache just doesn't feel great today. I have been going a lot this...
Ashley, It does get better after time. I was going constantly after my surgery and I couldn't hold it at all. I wore pads for 3 weeks just to make sure I didn't have any accidents. It has almost been...
Hey everyone, How is everyone feeling today? I was feeling a little bit bloated myself earlier today but I seem to be ok right now. I sometimes feel like I'm pregnant again too after I eat and get...
Mom, My last surgery for my total colectomy was July 7th of last year. It took me a while to figure out what to eat and what not too. For around the first two weeks all I really ate was toast, jello...
Mom, I'm not sure what they would do if your small intestine had slow mobility. I never had my small intestine tested either prior to surgery. My doctor figured that my whole problem was in the...
Hey Mom, I didn't have any problems like that right off but after a couple of months down the road I was constipated for a few days. I ended up actually having a hard stool which I didn't think was...
Hello, I had a total colectomy almost 1 year ago and I know it can be very rough for the first few months but it does get better. I really regreted having it done for a while because I had diarehha...
I had the surgery done because I suffered from cronic constipation for 8 years. One year before this last surgery they did a partial colectomy where they just took out 2 feet . They said it was...
Hey everyone, It has been almost a year since I had my surgery and I must say for me it was so worth it. Last time I came here to chat was right after I got home from surgery and believe me that was...
Hi Zoe, I had my surgery laproscopic, I have 5 small scars. Three of them are really small and then I have 2 that are bigger. They don't hurt too much anymore, I haven't even taken any pain...
Hi Amira, I have been out from surgery for almost 3 weeks. I am doing pretty good. I still get really tired. I am only working half days this week and when I get home all I want to do is sleep. I am...
Hey everyone, I just started working 1/2 days again yesterday. I am starting to feel better. I am not going to the bathroom as much but I do still like to stay close to the bathroom. I saw my doctor...
Hey everyone, just got home yesterday. Had a couple of really rough days!! NG tube was in 3 times in one day. Still not feeling so great but hopefully it won't be long. The doctor has put me on...
Hey everyone. I am finally got home from the hospital yesterday. What an experiance. I am not feeling great today but was definuetly worse in the hospital. I had a couple of really rough days. They...
Hey everyone. Well tomorrow is the day of my surgery!! I am starting to get really nervous about it. I just found out that it is going to be the first one of the day. I have to be at the hospital for...
Gingy, I am having my surgery in Burlington, Vermont. They did my last surgery lap last time and they said they would have no problem doing it lap again. Last time I had 4 small scars and that was...
I am having a total colectomy and I have read on another chat that you will have a tube up your nose and down your throat, I have not been told about that. My surgeon didn't really give me too much...
When I had the left side of my colon removed last year, my surgeon said the whole left side was twisted and floppy, completely dead tissue. He said because the left side had been shut down for so...
Cheryl, My surgeon told me the same thing. I asked what would happen if I didn't go through with the surgery right now and he said I could wait it all depended on how much longer I could take being...
Hey Everyone, I had my pre-op phone call from the hospital today, they said everythings fine for my surgery next week. I called my surgeons office also to see if they had a set time yet for my...
I'm not sure about most insurance companies but I have never had a problem with my insurance company paying for any of my surgeries (I have had a few) not only for this problem. I did have part of my...
Susan, I am going in for surgery on July 7th. Thanks for all of your insight. I know I am doing the right thing and I can't wait to feel better. Reading all of the messages from everyone here has...
Hello Christina, I am having it done laproscopic again, that is how the surgeon did my last surgery last year. At that point I wasn't working so recovery time didn't matter as much but I am now and...
Hi, I am new here and it has been very nice to read about other people with simular problems as me. I haven't known any one that knows what I am going through. I am having a total colectomy next...