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Ashley's Reversal Story

Ashley's story of an ileostomy reversal after Ulcerative Colitis

Edited on 2006-07-19 00:51:21 by KathyFromEngland

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I'm back and feeling pritty good!!

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Im back and feeling pritty good!!

Edited on 2006-07-19 00:50:58 by KathyFromEngland

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Im back and feeling pritty good!! I had my reversal last thurseday, and everything so far is great, my stomach still hurts a little bit, (I wont take any pain meds due to awful withdrawl from the last time!) anyway this is a bit of what happend........
Thurseday October 27th!
Was at the hospilte for 11:30, and was weeled into the OR shortly after! After many atempts at putting the IV in, the anastetic flowed threw and put me to sleep.
when i woke up in the recovery i was in no pain because i had the PCA pump to give me pain meds, i did have a small anzity atack when they tooke the oxygen off me LOL stupied me!! :) after a few hours of waiting for a room (can you belive they tried to put me in a room with 4 people, when my familys coverage pays for a room with only 2) i went to my room lay there for all night cause i could not sleep no water only a swab stick/sponge thing to wet my mouth.
Friday October 29th
Damd adult hospiltes are boring!!, i was alowd water, and that was pritty much it! Oh i did throw up some prtty green liquid!! LOL!!! I got a new room mate (the other went home) and my i did not realize how awful a stomach pump can sound, speachly when the person is also throwing up and swearing!! LOL my room mate had some sort of blockage!! (wierd enough i did sleep that night!! :)
Saterday October 30th
The i stoped using my pain meds cause i did not need them, nurses werent happy but what the heck do they know!! :) (I Sereously wasent in pain!) i'm now alowed clear liquides!! So jello, ginger ale and more Jello!! (Hospilte broth is disgusting and could not drink it) cathiter is thankfuly taken out!! (peed every Damd hour!! Stupied IV's!! :)
Sunday October 30th
Last night was awful, i sleept weel but had to get up every two hours to pee!! AHHH!! IV's!! My IV was taken out because i was drinking and peeing and complaining (just a little complaining! LOL :)) I felt pritty good, watched some tv, (paied an arm and a leg for the TV though $10 a day!!) my stomach hurts every once and a while mostly gass that makes it hurt! sleepd very weel this night!! exsept for my room mate that talks and screems in her sleep!! ;) very nice women though!! my Grandma bought me a mask for my eys so i could block out the light from the halls!! LOL i cant sleep with the lights on!! :) Oh and i passed stole (Yeah)
Monday October 31st
It's Halloween and i'm stuck here!!!! Days going great, my only problem is that my doctor told me i could eat soft food, but theres still a slight chance i could get a leak, (on the inside)(it's a matter of bad luck!!)
so everytime my stomach hurts i get worried that it's something bad!! :( other then that everything is great, i feel pritty good, although very bored and sad that it's my first Halloween away from home and candy!! LOL the childrens hospilte next door gets gift bags with candy and stuff!! LOL i watched it on the news that night, boy did that make me upset! (i only graduated to the adult Hospitle a few months ago!! :( )
Tuesday November 1st
Homeward bound!! Yeah time to go home finaly!!I feel good, still very worried about internal leaks (not so worried about leaks on the ouside, i did my clenching exersizes the whole 7 months i had the stoma!!)
My family comes to pick me up at 2:30pm we stop at the wendys drive threw for fries and a milkshake! (LOL i could not eat any of the hospitle food cause it tasted horrible) I'm soo careful about what i'm eating right now, while my insides are healing!! i dont want to have a leak!! (Knock On Wood)
I'm realy glad my friends and family came to visit me everyday, and made the boredom seem not so bad!! :)
November 4th
You know i was soooo woried that i would be laid up at home going to the bathroom 20 times a day.....but to my surprise those exersizes i did and the mass amount of mucus i had to hold on to (LOL) my muscles work normaly and i have no bathroom problems!! I'm actualy going to the movies tonight with my friends!! LOL No need for the Depends my Grandma gave me!! however i'm still woried about my bowl leaking from the inside, i'm still eating soft food cause i want my insides to heal before testing the waters on what i can/cant eat!!
My surgeon said theres realy no way to tell if thres a leak, witch is why i'm a little worried! but he said that if i start vomiting or have major pain, then that means theres an infection (Due to a leak) but that could be days, of having a leak with out knowing!
Ashley

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I'm a 52-yo man from Atlanta, GA and had an ileostomy on 8-11-05 resulting from rectal cancer surgery. At that time my surgeon created a j-pouch, but because I was undergoing chemo until late December 2005, just had a reversal performed last Monday, 4-10-06. I am still recovering.
I read a few posts on ostomy reversal before going into surgery and there was quite a variation in experiences. Specifically, I was concerned that I might be going as often as 10-15 times per day, which concerned me (as did the possibility of incontinence). Happily, neither have been the case, and I thought I'd share my experience, for those of you about to undergo this procedure.
Mon 4-10: surgery starts at 1:00 pm, was under for approx. 90 minutes, total. All goes well. I sleep all through the rest of the day, and night, comfortably.
Tue 4-11: wake up feeling good. Some discomfort in the abdomen, but not so much that I need pain medication. Start walking, and sleep some! Clear liquids are the order of the day (ok, little appetite anyway).
Wed 4-12: feeling even better. This is so different than the original surgery last August (physically as well as emotionally)! On full liquids - food is digusting and even if I had an appetite (I didn't) the food would have killed it! More walking, and starting to generate some gas (yea) in the evening, and a little bit of "leakage" when on the can - but no real movement. Drawback to the gas is that it generates some very significant pain in the abdomen at the surgery site when it's released from the stomach. But I'm happy anyway because I know this waking up of the digestive system is my ticket out. Tomorrow should be better.
Thu 4-13: More progress - decent solid food, lots of walking, still some surgical discomfort, and - no obvious stomach activity. Gas production has gone down significantly from yesterday evening, with less leakage, too. This is a little discouraging. Physically I feel very good other than the discomfort, but will I be released tomorrow if I don't start producing?
Fri 4-14: Doctor comes in early am - not concerned about lack of "production"....and I can go home! No diet restrictions! By noon I'm home, relaxing, enjoying a beautiful spring day in Atlanta. Start eating real food (reasonably so) but still no movement.
Sat 4-15 Morning - start passing some stool. Boy that hurts! Kind of watery, and it burns. Have about 4 total movements like this in the am and afternoon. It's very messy and
did I say it burns? Still, it's a relief that things are finally happening. I run some errands with my daughter, as the recovery is progressing nicely. In my best dreams I never thought the recovery would go this quickly.
Easter Sun 4-16 - weather this whole week has been beautiful and today is no exception. Have a friend and his children over for dinner, with my daughter who's home from college for the weekend - and am feeling very well. No movement today.
Mon 4-17 - nice day, start working from home. Accomplish alot. I've done this whole thing with no outside help other than friends driving me to/from hospital! Still some abdominal discomfort, but getting better. In the evening I finally have a couple of pretty solid (but also soft) movements, and they don't burn nearly as much. This is beginning to look very promising!
Tues 4-18 - worked all day at home. Abdominal discomfort from surgery seems to have dropped significantly today. So far, have experienced one of the two concerns I had before the reversal operation - that concern being painful, burning elimination. The other concern (from reading forums) - 10-15 eliminations per day - has not happened! Then again, I'm not regular yet. To be continued.......
Wed-Thu 4-19,20 - feeling very well. Abdominal pain is just about gone. I feel great, could go to work, but just as well will work from home this week. Wed no production, Thu about 5-6 trips to the bathroom. Burning is gone but my butt is a little sore from all the wiping. I'm not complaining though - this is a lot better than the ostomy.
Author: RJP100

Edited on 2006-07-19 00:45:47 by KathyFromEngland

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I read a few posts on ostomy reversal before going into surgery and there was quite a variation in experiences. Specifically, I was concerned that I might be going as often as 10-15 times per day, which concerned me (as did the possibility of incontinence). Happily, neither have been the case, and I thought I'd share my experience, for those of you about to undergo this procedure.

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I read a few posts on ostomy reversal before going into surgery and there was quite a variation in experiences. Specifically, I was concerned that I might be going as often as 10-15 times per day, which concerned me (as did the possibility of incontinence). Happily, neither have been the case, and I thought I'd share my experience, for those of you about to undergo this procedure.

Edited on 2006-07-19 00:09:03 by KathyFromEngland

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Author: RJP100

Edited on 2006-07-19 00:06:49 by KathyFromEngland

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I read a few posts on ostomy reversal before going into surgery and there was quite a variation in experiences. Specifically, I was concerned that I might be going as often as 10-15 times per day, which concerned me (as did the possibility of incontinence). Happily, neither have been the case, and I thought I'd share my experience, for those of you about to undergo this procedure.

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I read a few posts on ostomy reversal before going into surgery and there was quite a variation in experiences. Specifically, I was concerned that I might be going as often as 10-15 times per day, which concerned me (as did the possibility of incontinence). Happily, neither have been the case, and I thought I'd share my experience, for those of you about to undergo this procedure.

Edited on 2006-07-19 00:06:23 by KathyFromEngland

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I'm a 52-yo man from Atlanta, GA and had an ileostomy on 8-11-05 resulting from rectal cancer surgery. At that time my surgeon created a j-pouch, but because I was undergoing chemo until late December 2005, just had a reversal performed last Monday, 4-10-06. I am still recovering.

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I'm a 52-yo man from Atlanta, GA and had an ileostomy on 8-11-05 resulting from rectal cancer surgery. At that time my surgeon created a j-pouch, but because I was undergoing chemo until late December 2005, just had a reversal performed last Monday, 4-10-06. I am still recovering.

Edited on 2006-07-19 00:00:17 by KathyFromEngland

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I read a few posts on ostomy reversal before going into surgery and there was quite a variation in experiences. Specifically, I was concerned that I might be going as often as 10-15 times per day, which concerned me (as did the possibility of incontinence). Happily, neither have been the case, and I thought I'd share my experience, for those of you about to undergo this procedure.

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I read a few posts on ostomy reversal before going into surgery and there was quite a variation in experiences. Specifically, I was concerned that I might be going as often as 10-15 times per day, which concerned me (as did the possibility of incontinence). Happily, neither have been the case, and I thought I'd share my experience, for those of you about to undergo this procedure.

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I'm a 52-yo man from Atlanta, GA and had an ileostomy on 8-11-05 resulting from rectal cancer surgery. At that time my surgeon created a j-pouch, but because I was undergoing chemo until late December 2005, just had a reversal performed last Monday, 4-10-06. I am still recovering.

I read a few posts on ostomy reversal before going into surgery and there was quite a variation in experiences. Specifically, I was concerned that I might be going as often as 10-15 times per day, which concerned me (as did the possibility of incontinence). Happily, neither have been the case, and I thought I'd share my experience, for those of you about to undergo this procedure.

Mon 4-10: surgery starts at 1:00 pm, was under for approx. 90 minutes, total. All goes well. I sleep all through the rest of the day, and night, comfortably.

Tue 4-11: wake up feeling good. Some discomfort in the abdomen, but not so much that I need pain medication. Start walking, and sleep some! Clear liquids are the order of the day (ok, little appetite anyway).

Wed 4-12: feeling even better. This is so different than the original surgery last August (physically as well as emotionally)! On full liquids - food is digusting and even if I had an appetite (I didn't) the food would have killed it! More walking, and starting to generate some gas (yea) in the evening, and a little bit of "leakage" when on the can - but no real movement. Drawback to the gas is that it generates some very significant pain in the abdomen at the surgery site when it's released from the stomach. But I'm happy anyway because I know this waking up of the digestive system is my ticket out. Tomorrow should be better.

Thu 4-13: More progress - decent solid food, lots of walking, still some surgical discomfort, and - no obvious stomach activity. Gas production has gone down significantly from yesterday evening, with less leakage, too. This is a little discouraging. Physically I feel very good other than the discomfort, but will I be released tomorrow if I don't start producing?

Fri 4-14: Doctor comes in early am - not concerned about lack of "production"....and I can go home! No diet restrictions! By noon I'm home, relaxing, enjoying a beautiful spring day in Atlanta. Start eating real food (reasonably so) but still no movement.

Sat 4-15 Morning - start passing some stool. Boy that hurts! Kind of watery, and it burns. Have about 4 total movements like this in the am and afternoon. It's very messy and
did I say it burns? Still, it's a relief that things are finally happening. I run some errands with my daughter, as the recovery is progressing nicely. In my best dreams I never thought the recovery would go this quickly.

Easter Sun 4-16 - weather this whole week has been beautiful and today is no exception. Have a friend and his children over for dinner, with my daughter who's home from college for the weekend - and am feeling very well. No movement today.

Mon 4-17 - nice day, start working from home. Accomplish alot. I've done this whole thing with no outside help other than friends driving me to/from hospital! Still some abdominal discomfort, but getting better. In the evening I finally have a couple of pretty solid (but also soft) movements, and they don't burn nearly as much. This is beginning to look very promising!

Tues 4-18 - worked all day at home. Abdominal discomfort from surgery seems to have dropped significantly today. So far, have experienced one of the two concerns I had before the reversal operation - that concern being painful, burning elimination. The other concern (from reading forums) - 10-15 eliminations per day - has not happened! Then again, I'm not regular yet. To be continued.......

Wed-Thu 4-19,20 - feeling very well. Abdominal pain is just about gone. I feel great, could go to work, but just as well will work from home this week. Wed no production, Thu about 5-6 trips to the bathroom. Burning is gone but my butt is a little sore from all the wiping. I'm not complaining though - this is a lot better than the ostomy.

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