Good information, @nancybev. Thanks for sharing that.

Out of the hospital after 6 days. Surgery was a success, but ended up more extensive than I anticipated. They started laparoscopic but knew right after they got in they would have to open me back up. They had a urologic surgeon go in and put stents in my ureters as a protective measure. I guess they can get caught up and injured during this type of surgery. Then they spent a good deal of time removing adhesions before they could actually work on the bowel. Surgeon ended up doing a Deloyer Procedure, which removed colon all the way into transverse, then they flip it around to my right side and the transverse becomes my new descending attached at the rectum and it lays right next to my ascending. My son in law, who is an engineer, found a YouTube video of the procedure and declared it "quite wicked"🤣. In total, the surgery took almost 7 hours. They accidently perforated the small bowel during and had to repair that as well. Old scar was removed and new one is actually thinner and will look better once healed , I think. Maybe not bikini ready, but close! Haha. Have me on tramadol for pain, but only for a few days. Not sure if I like it, although it helps with pain, it is actually disturbing my sleep. They have me on a soft, low fiber diet until my follow up which should be in a couple of weeks. Just trying to rest and heal and also deal with my unrinary tract being infected and irritated due to the catheter. It has taken being home and not on so many fluids and meds for my appetite to start coming back, albeit very slowly.