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Problems months after colon resection surgery: What Helps?
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I had surgery April 6, 2022. I had my sigmoid colon removed due to diverticulitis and severe infection. I had been sick for about 6 weeks but kept thinking my body would fix itself. I’m 53yo healthy female….at least until then. I had open surgery and I’m still having pain at the incision site. I think I might have a hernia whicj might be causing some of the pain. I have a CT scan scheduled for 6/13. I am so frustrated! I am exhausted all the time. I am a massage therapist and am only able to do 2 or 3 massages a day now. Last night I was up most of the night and I had loose bowels and vomiting. I have felt nauseous all day. I was able to get through my work day and make it home to rest. I’m tired of feeling like this. I’m tired of complaining. I just want to feel normal again. My surgeon was wonderful but she just says I was very sick before surgery and had a major surgery and I’ll get there. I know my body and I know something isn’t right. I’m goin to start iron pills and magnesium citrate tm and D3. I don’t take any medications. When will I geel myself?
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I had surgery Nov 1 st and still am not back to where I was before. I’m 75 !
I’m not nauseous or in pain, but I evidently have incomplete emptying. I started Pelvic Floor Therapy and if no improvement I will have another test to see if I have a stricture. I’ve already had an ultrasound and a scan. My belly is always bloated. Very frustrating!
Magnesium citrate is a laxative.
I know exactly what you are feeling as I also had my sigmoid colon removed/resection. I had the robotic surgery. Maybe, it will make you feel better that I also felt like I had a hernia and after four months, digestion and pain have finally subsided, substantially. Don't over-do, don't lift anything over 5 lbs. and pamper yourself. Seems it vacillates from constipation to diarrhea. Ask your doctor if you can drink prune juice, sparingly. It is a take you down surgery, but you will start to feel much better about four months afterwards. It still takes a year after major surgery to heal. Good luck and stay in touch.
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Open surgery, so not laparoscopic? I am 79 and had robotic laparoscopic surgery in 2/21 and it took a lot longer than 2 months to be back to normal. I also did not have a severe infection like you before the surgery. I had pain and sudden propulsive bowel movements which prevented me from going out much at all. . It took several months for me to feel better and now after a year and 4 months my most worrisome symptom is frequent bowel movements, 3 to 5 in a 24 hour period, which I am told might be my new normal. However, I feel well otherwise and no longer fear a diverticulitis attack from my giant diverticula.