My first surgery was an emergency, and I ended up with a temporary colostomy for 6 months. Had terrible lower left abdominal pain and had terrible trouble going to the bathroom. Felt like trying to squeeze toothpaste out of a clogged toothpaste tube. Cat Scan showed air bubbles in my abdomen, indicated that the bowel was about to rupture. Reversal surgery was a scheduled surgery, but then had another blockage in small intestine which led to 3 surgery 10 days after the reversal. Surgery 4 was scheduled after diverticulitis and blockage came back. I started having that low, left side abdominal pain again and was really having trouble going to the bathroom again. I just knew..... ended up with Deloyer’s Procedure. Surgery 5 was scheduled and that was a scar revision in the area where they took the colostomy out. Surgery 4 pulled that incision/scar and it was uncomfortable. This all occurred within a 13 month time frame.