My reconnection failed in 2002. The bowel ruptured
from the colon and I was written off by my the
surgeon. I survived the septic and respiratory failure
after 7 weeks in ICU. I'm currently on a weight
reduction program for another try at a reconnect. I've
lost about 75 pounds with another 75 to go.
Jerry
--- Kevin Utter <kautter@...> wrote:

> Has anyone heard of any negative stories regarding
> reconnects?
>
> My doctor was describing the procedure to me and he
> mentioned that
> there is a chance that they will not be able to
> reconnect me. This is
> not the same doctor who performed the original
> sigmoid colectomy; he
> got deployed to Iraq and is no doubt saving a lot of
> lives. He told
> me that if he got deployed, he left enough of a
> stump for the new
> doctor to work with. He also connected the bowel
> segments with
> surgical thread so that it woud be easy to find the
> stump. Based on
> the results of my barium enama there appears to be a
> significant
> stump remaining...now for my concern.
>
> The doctor who will perform the surgery indicated
> that he will remove
> the remaining stump to ensure that I do not develop
> diverticulitis
> again. The original doctor said that he removed all
> of the diseased
> portion of the sigmoid colon, so why should the new
> doctor remove
> whatever is remaining? I'm worried that they might
> not be able to
> drop/lower the remaining part of my colon far enough
> to reconnect
> with the rectum, since they want to remove the last
> piece of my
> sigmoid colon. Is this normal procedure?
>
> Can some one explain to me what their doctor told
> you? Any advice
> will be appreciated. I go in on the 16th for my
> reconnect. I want to
> make sure I understand what to expect and why they
> do the reconnect
> in this manner.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Kevin
>
>
>




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