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Diverticulitis and now going to have a Sigmoid colon resection
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I'm interested in recovery experiences specifically from common colectomy patients. Is there anyone out there fitting these conditions that can give me a description of their recovery?
- Entire Sigmoid Colon removed, and nothing else.
- Laparoscopic or Robotic Laparoscopic with no issues during surgery.
- 45-65 years old.
- No other health issues (diabetes, heart disease, obesity, fistulas, etc.)
This may be too specific to get enough input but I thought I'd try. I'm on day 1 of post-op and everything went well. I have reasonable pain but nothing too bad. However I know it is early. I'm looking for similar patients' recovery timelines and any other details you use to describe your recovery: 80%, 100%, start eating fiber, start running and/or weight lifting again, pain levels timeline, just for some examples of what I'm thinking. Thanks.
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@bc321 - I moved your post over to the discussion to which @linda82 referred, simply because there are a lot of members here talking about sigmoid colon discussion you may wish to chat with.
It does not appear that everyone who posted in this discussion talked about things like their age, other health issues and type of sigmoid colon removal they had. However, I'm sure that some of them will have things in common with you that you were looking for, such as laparoscopic or robotic removal of the entire sigmoid colon with no other surgery performed or issues during surgery, age 45-65, and no other chronic health issues.
Perhaps members here can self-select if they match with you in these criteria and then can tell you about how their recoveries went, including timeline, what percentage recovered they are today, pain timelines, and when they could resume consuming fiber, running or weightlifting postsurgically. It's highly likely some have factors in common with you. I'd also love for you to meet @jlharsh.
How are you feeling today, bc321? How would you rate your pain right now?
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HI, yo estoy dentro de los requisitos que menciona. Cirugia robotica-me quitaron el colon sigmoideo-tuve varios episodios de diverticulitis sin complicaciones en el transcurso de 7 anios. El dia 3 despues de la cirugia me dijeron que ya podia ir a casa. El mayor dolor que tuve fueron los cortes de la cirugia, en el transcurso de 45 dias desaparecieron por completo. Estoy a 3 meses y medio de la cirugia. Actualmente camino hora y media por dia sin inconvenientes, hago gimnasia. El medico me dijo que podia levantar cualquier peso, que estoy bien. El problema especifico con el que me sigo encontrando despues de tres meses y medio es la coordinacion entre el deseo de defecar, y poder hacerlo. Siento deseos de defecar, y cuando voy al banio no defeco, por ahi lo hago a la media hora, o a las 6 horas, lo que me limita algo en cuanto a salir de casa, el segundo problema es que mi materia fecal es ahora muy ancha (el medico me explico que se debia a que no tengo el colon sigmoideo), y a veces muy dura, con las consecuencias que ello implica. Espero que le sea de utilidad .
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I have a lot under my post.