Seeking support for recovery from diverticulitis surgery
I hope I am posting in the right section! I am almost four weeks in recovery from surgery to resection my colon because I have had so many diverticulitis flare ups. My last flare up started in June, 2022 and lasted until my surgery on Oct. 14. I had no choice but to have the surgery because I developed a stricture in my sigmoid colon. The surgery was supposed to be laparoscopic but ended up being open. It was seven hours. I was in the hospital for 11 days. Now home, I am still in some pain although the surgical site is healing well. My bowel function is a mess. Lots of gas too. I am getting no guidance on how to proceed or what to expect. I wonder how others have survived this. I am looking at a longer recovery because of the open surgery. I would love to avoid more problems in the future, and regain my health. I just turned 70. I don’t know anyone who has undergone this surgery and would like to talk to others who have!
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Thank you for sharing. I have been using Miralax and Konsyl and I am not pleased with either one. I will give
Benefiber a try. All the best to you.
Lucy,
I'm happy I saw your post. I had a resection 18 month's ago and went back to the gym when my surgeon gave me his approval. My post-op CT noted a small Ventral Hernia, which, surprisingly to me, doesn't concern my surgeon and Gastro. I had robotic surgery with seven incisions including one in my belly button. My lower stomach protrudes a bit since my surgery. How was your recovery from the Hernia surgery? I'm afraid that might be in my future.
Hi, @lauriecurly - you'd mentioned that your surgery is coming up tomorrow and that you'd been feeling scared. Wondering how you are doing now that your surgery is almost here?
Hi, @lauriecurly - thinking of you now that you've had your surgery. How are you doing?