Surgery scheduled - Surgery

RE: Surgery scheduled

sjlovestosing — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 13:24:22 +0000

Actually, I had my surgery on 5/15. But thanks for the good wishes. It went pretty well. I am adapting to a life as a colostomate - though it has its ups and downs. Fortunately, I finally met my ostomy nurse - she was away for two weeks - and she is fantastic! She is helping me to see that I am doing well for a new ostomate. I see my surgeon tomorrow and am hoping to get the OK to drive again. (Though, I must admit, I snuck out two days ago for a short trip!)

Stella

RE: Surgery scheduled

Robert — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 20:13:16 +0000

Good Luck with your surgery Stella . Hope it all goes well .

RE: Surgery scheduled

sjlovestosing — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 19:49:03 +0000

I hope your surgery goes well. I'll say a prayer for you!

Stella

RE: Surgery scheduled

VeganOstomy — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 16:42:39 +0000

Good luck! Please let us know how things go after July 9th :)

RE: Surgery scheduled

Malsgal86 — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 00:14:25 +0000

Posted by: Bubbles
Awesome news . Where is your Fistula surfacing at ? Years ago I had a Rectal- Vaginal Fistula repaired with the Hartman Procedure. It worked .
Wishing you all the best . Fistulas are the worst thing ever .

Mine is also a rectovaginal fistula it sits right on the staple line from my colon resection very low day n my colon

i had one repair surgery in oct 2017 praying this second one has a better outcome

RE: Surgery scheduled

Bubbles — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 22:07:03 +0000

Awesome news . Where is your Fistula surfacing at ? Years ago I had a Rectal- Vaginal Fistula repaired with the Hartman Procedure. It worked .

Wishing you all the best . Fistulas are the worst thing ever .

Surgery scheduled

Malsgal86 — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 18:14:46 +0000

As i posted earlier, i need to have fistula repair surgery(damage from radiation)

i went to see the specialist at the cleveland clinic in feb and she is confident she can fix it...but i had to have my thyroid removed before that could happen. That surgery was feb 26(papillary thyroid cancer)and i finished my radioactive iodine treatment on may 4 and after all my scans and testing i can finally say that after nearly 2 years of hell i am officially CANCER FREE...PRAISE GOD!

so they have scheduled my fistula repair for july 9...i am excited but nervous i know that i am going to be down for the count for several weeks

if it works(Lord willing) i will be able to have my ileostomy reversed. But my first goal is to be able to go back to work when school starts back up on aug 22(i havent been to work since oct 24 2016)...