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Surgery for recurrent diverticulitis
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Mine was supposed to be robotic and they ended up cutting me from belly button down to complete the surgery. (Longer time in surgery)
They had to call in a urologist to make sure that was okay.
He said it was one of the worse cases due to scaring from episodes. He described it like this "imagine making mac and cheese and freezing it. Then taking it out and trying to separate the cheese from the macaroni!
I stayed in the hospital for 2 nights. I was on ketamine and had them stop the morning after surgery. I started eating and walking the halls immediately.
The recover is slow and long. But, worth it. So many changes happen (even mentally) and there is no manual.
Almost at my 1 year make and not one episode and normal BM's!!! My only issue is getting full quick. But, that is ok.
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That is encouraging to hear. I have several BM’s each day, especially after eating. At this point I don’t really want to go out for any long periods of time unless I know there’s a clean, private bathroom nearby!
I have noticed I get full quickly and I’m quite uncomfortable if I eat too much. Do you just eat smaller meals more often?
Thank you for sharing your experience. Being only 1 month out I’m not sure what to expect. But if I never have another episode I’ll accept and adjust to the rest of it. The last year was brutal.