my mayo surgion is dr. hiedi chua. she is in the jacksonville florida branch.
she is one of the leading sergons in the field. i had my eli for 4 months & it
about killed me also. i do remember her saying something about reversals after a
long time but for the life of me, i cant remember. i now have no large
intestines. i have no idea bout your situation.

i do not know if she'll call you back cuz you are not her patent but, it is
worth a shot!!!

904 953 2000



joakabridgefreak <joakabridgefreak@...> wrote:
HELLO fellow ostomates!! I am to have reversal surgey of my ostomy and
hernia repair at the same time.GI says the hernia is now incarcerated
and needs repair.we discussed take down of stoma,since stoma is NOT
needed!! Problem of neurogenic bowel been resolved with sacral nerve
stimulator. My question is:what are the chances for being able to have
2yr old stoma reversed?? Does anyone know what side effects I can
expect from reversal/increased motility?? Does anyone know some one
who has had this type of surgery?? Will the colon take over its former
function or is this going to be a problem causing MORE PAIN than what
i have now??? GI says raversals r effective about 70% of the time.I
sure hope mine can be reversed even though it is not a loop ostomy,I
HATE living with a bag and want to be normal!!! People look down upon
me cause i have an ostomy and a HUGE lopsided hernia!! GI says either
get hernia fixed or it WILL kill me!!! It blocks constantly so he put
a temporary plastic stent in it till surgery.I AM SO SCARRED!!! The
ostomy surgery almost killed me and i am a high surgical risk!! This
is NOT an elective surgery,but an urgent one. HELP!!!!






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