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Right sided abdominal pain 2 months post resection

Colorectal Cancer | Last Active: Mar 18 8:04am | Replies (2)

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@alfred89

Got tested the other day.

Negative for C.diff and other other bacterial possibilities.

Doctors attributing this to “healing pain” and will take a while to heal.

No further imaging required for now.

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Yes, two months is still early in the healing process. I had a complicated infection caused by a perforated colon a little over a year ago. I've documented details on this site. What relates to your question is the timeline for my recovery. My resection was done mid December. My goal was to play golf by May. Two months after resection I had NO stamina and still had bothersome, irregular, often loose stools. My surgeon's recommendation to take Metamucil 2 capsules x twice a day almost instantly made me regular. I'm still on that regimen! I began an exercise routine beginning with walking and began gym classes for balance, then strength. I started water focused exercises early on and eventually got to swimming laps very slowly. It all worked! I went from a wasting, weak 70 year old to playing golf three times a week. A year later, I'm very happy with my recovery. Surprisingly, I can eat more foods than before resection.
P.S. DON'T LIFT HEAVY OBJECTS FOR 6 MONTHS! Why? I just had post operative hernia surgery done to correct a hernia at the incision site. I was lifting stones for my rock garden, carrying a heavy golf bag. I thought four months was long enough to heal that abdominal incision.(done laparoscopically). It takes a long time for those deep surgical wounds to heal full strength! I felt great, so I assumed all was done healing. Not so! It's worth the time to take it slow and steady.