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Adenocarcinoma - just diagnosed

Colorectal Cancer | Last Active: Apr 26 9:22am | Replies (75)
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@lou3

Thank you for asking. I finally got ahold of the other surgeon in that office and he will be doing LAR surgery in a few weeks. Very nervous as I have never had surgery and worried about afterwards with symptoms.

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verol65 | @verol65 | Feb 26 2:03pm

Good to know things are moving forward, @lou3 !

Before my own LAR surgery exactly a month ago, I only had one surgery I felt mattered, a transanal resection. The LAR surgery I had was a two-step Turnbull-Cutait pull-through, with coloanal anastomosis (a week later). I was very scared and anxious, so I did several things: I started psychotherapy with a psychologist knowledgeable in clinical issues; I read about the procedure to understand it fully (even saw a video by a Colombian nurse), I made an appointment with my surgeon to clear up all doubts (I asked him about 15 questions). Now I'm again doing psychotherapy to help manage LARS and have joined a FB group of people with LARS, because recovery from LAR is slow and complicated.

I wish you the best for your surgery.

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