I just got home from my reversal..........went great, was in the hospital
for 10 days, cause I had developed a huge hernia........which took longer to
fix than the reconnect. I was in surgery over 5 hrs. But all is good.
The worst part of my hospital stay was my NG tube down in my nose/throat. I
hated that, and it made my throat so sore, had to grab rails of bed when I
swallowed. I had fluid stool that I could not control about the 4th. day
out of surgery, and that lasted about 4 days, then the rest of the time,
slowly got to where I could tell I had to "go". Since then it has been
normal, was dreading it, cause I thought I might have very loose bowels for
a long time, but my Dr. very good at doing it right, he said I should be
back to normal in 2-3 months. I had to have 'pig' mesh put in where my
hernia was, and that will dissolve soon, and he said the only thing I might
feel is a pulling sensation in that area sometimes. I feel great, and am
so glad it is over. Not near like it was with my first surgery where they
had to leave my incision open, that was really a hard
recovery................Wheatie PS, I had 29 staples, plus 4 in my stoma
area...........incision is about 10 in. long.
----- Original Message -----
From: "K M" <englady@...>
To: <colostomy@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 11:16 PM
Subject: RE: [colostomy] Re: what to expect


> HI
> I had my reversal in December and was in hospital 3 days...I guess it all
> depends how things go. Wishing you well,
> Karen
>
>
>>From: "ladycolpepper" <carla_grooms2001@...>
>>Reply-To: colostomy@yahoogroups.com
>>To: colostomy@yahoogroups.com
>>Subject: [colostomy] Re: what to expect
>>Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 01:40:07 -0000
>>
>>- I am so glad to see some of these posts. My husband is having a
>>reversal done the first week of Sept. He has only had the colostomy
>>since March . It is because of a ruptured bowel twice and the large
>>intestine also. We were told that the stay could be 4-5 days.
>>Wondering about this also because we were there 17 days in march. and
>>two other stays in the hospital one in april and one in may. Thanks
>>for these posts really help us with our wonders also. Carla
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>>-- In colostomy@yahoogroups.com, diane taylor <gptrport@...> wrote:
>> >
>> > He probably has an incision from just above his belly button to his
>>groin down the center. He will have an incision where they closed
>>the stoma 1/2--2". That will probably have packing in it that you
>>mnay have to pull out. They put a couple sutures in my stoma but
>>took them out when they took packing out. They did not pack it
>>again. That was at day 5. Not sure what packing was. They pulled
>>a bunch of material out of the stoma incision. That was kinda wierd
>>to watch that. They just left it open. I was sitting there getting
>>ready to go home, with my sweat pants down around hips, okkkkkk,
>>now what, lol.? Surgeon said, go home, lol.
>> >
>> > I had my origninal surgery because of diverticulitis and colon
>>perfornation. I don't know much about fistulas except that they are
>>an abnormal opening either to the skin or between 2 organs. He may
>>have a different incision in rectal area???
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>> > Doug and Kim Skinner <skinnerqh@...> wrote:
>> > Hi everyone, I am a nursing student going to do a
>>clinical on a
>> > colostomy reversal. What can I expect to see? I have looked all
>>over my
>> > textbook and the net but have been unable to find much about this.
>>I
>> > know that my patient is a young male that had a colostomy done to
>>allow
>> > a rectal fistula to heal. He is now having the reversal done and I
>> > will be seeing him the day of his surgery. I am interested in know
>> > about what incisions there will be ect. I just want to be prepared.
>> > thanks,
>> > KS