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Diagnosised yesterday with colorectal cancer, what can I expect?

Colorectal Cancer | Last Active: Mar 15 6:58am | Replies (21)
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@sherryann56

On St. Patrick 's Day of 2016 I had APR surgery permanent colostomy. The colostomy was easy to adjust too I had no problems with the stomach at all. The only discomfort and pain I had from that surgery was the stitches and staples that were put in after the rectum was removed and that was controlled by the pain medicine and eased up after a few weeks. I was in Vanderbilt University hospital for 7 days

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Mar 12 7:36am

Hello @sherryann56 and welcome to Mayo Connect. I appreciate you sharing your experience APR surgery and the permanent colostomy. It sounds like you have adjusted well to the procedure.

If you were to provide some guidance for others facing this surgery, what thoughts would you offer them?

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