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Diverticulitis and now going to have a Sigmoid colon resection

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Did you end up with a Stona and Ostomy bag?

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gap | @gerryp | Feb 27 5:59am

No, I did not end up with an ostomy - lucky for me. The surgeon was pretty sure I would need one and so he prepared me for that possibility. Thankfully he was able to do the colon resection without the ostomy. I spent a total of about 7 days in the hospital recovering post surgery.