Resa.. I can not say that I do not like sweets I love em!! especialy ice-cream however since the surgery I can not stand any kind of soda. I used to drink diet coke all the time (at least once a day)...
Hello everyone I hope you all are feeling well today. Dana... be sure to gain weight before you have this surgery and be in the best health possible this is not something to have done when you are...
Tyblossom... Welcome to the site. I love your sense of humor. I have to find humor in everything well almost everything. I did have high liver counts and it was not hepatitis. After 5 days in the...
gogently.. How far out from your surgery are you? I am 4 weeks out and last night I had the worst abdominal cramping i have ever experienced. I truly thought that I ate something poisened. My...
Jillibean.. I have a black labrador female her name is madison and a cat that i inherited when my oldest son came back from college and his apartment would not take pets. His name is jibbers and he...
Stuck42long... I have not thought about having the stomach flu after having this done. I know that now I will stay away from anyone that does have it. Hope you get to feeling better. As far as your...
Hello and welcome Tootsi. I too am allergic to morphine but I got anohter med called Dilodid and it was in a pump that I could push a button every 12 min. and get a dose. In my opinion it works just...
WOW sounds like everyone is feeling well and that is so good to hear. GOGENTLY.. I too would have faked sleep /community/emoticons/eyes.gif but now at least you can laugh about it and know that you...
Hi everyone /community/emoticons/smile.gif Hope all are feeling good or better today. I am doing MUCH better still some cramping and tenderness but much better than what I was. Savanared.. I can not...
Jillibean... Yes I did have open actually twice.. My problem was not chronic constipation although I did suffer from that but not as bad as some of the people here. I had recurrent diverticulitis and...
Resa.. Since mine was open surgery I did not even think about someone pulling 5-6 feet of colon through a small incision. I can not help but smile with the visual I get /community/emoticons/smile.gif...
k... its another day and I am feeling a bit better. I think that the walking is helping. Things have loosened up considerably! /community/emoticons/smile.gif I have read some of the other posts and...
Stuck42long... Thank you for the encouraging words. I know that this was MAJOR surgery and I too am no stranger to surgeries even had a bit of my colon removed 2 years ago hoping to save the rest and...
hi everyone.. I posted on the ostomie page but it seems everyone is here so I will post again.. i had surgery Feb 27 (subtotal) I had complications and had to stay in the hospital for 10 days half of...
I had a subtotal colectomy feb. 27. I guess I expected to be feeling pretty normal by now but am not. I had complications after surgery with my bowels not waking up and ended up staying 10 days and...
I just found this site and there is a wealth of information but I still have many questions.. After total colectomy is there a tendancy to gain or lose weight? Can a person have laparscopic even if...
I am sure that someone has asked this question before but is there a pat answer as to if the "norm" is to gain or lose weight after a total colectomy? I know that each person is different. i am to...