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Diverticulitis and colectomy

Posted by monicajones @monicajones, May 15, 2018

Has anyone had part of their intestine removed? I have diverticulitis and sometimes I still experience discomfort and constipation.

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lilbear | @lilbear | 1 day ago
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@lilbear
I appreciate you sharing your specific symptoms. By sharing this, others who may have had a similar experience after surgery may offer some support and encouragement.

From your post, I don't see any pattern to the pain. For example, is it worse after meals, early or late in the day, etc.?

It does take time to recover from surgery. My first surgery was at age 53, and my second surgery was at age 55; there was a more prolonged recovery as I aged. Lots of considerations post-surgery.

Please continue to post about your progress. We are here to listen and support you.

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@hopeful33250 It will be six weeks Wednesday. I am 70 years old but have had several abdominal surgeries (3x different ovarian cysts)when I was younger. I also had my gallbladder and appendix removed also. When I had this surgery I had an abscess on my bladder which had to be repaired! I’m not sure if that’s what’s causing my symptoms but I will ask the surgeon next week at my last post op appointment. He feels my symptoms are not part of the surgery. I am worse in the morning and wake up several times at night with abdominal pain mainly on the left side. I thought it would be getting better each day but it’s not. My insurance sent a Dr to my house yesterday that said she felt with the bladder abscess I was going to take a lot longer to heal? She said the nerves were probably causing a lot of my symptoms. The bowels are so irregular but I was expecting that. I’m trying to be patient but it’s hard.

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linda82 | @linda82 | 6 hours ago
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@hopeful33250 Yes thank you for asking! Bad abdominal pain all over but worse in the lower left side. I get very weak and dizzy in the morning to the point of almost feeling like I’m going to pass out. I had blood test done yesterday which show all my results are good. I also had an abscess that was attached to my bladder that had to be scraped and they are now thinking I possibly have a lot of nerve damage that’s going to take time to heal. Just very miserable right now.

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@lilbear I am so sorry. I guess good news is it will heal and I am sad for you.
I had to process pain by thinking of a ticking clock.
every min closer to healing, every hour, closer to healing, every day closer to healing, every week closer to healing. etc.
During my surgery they had to stop everything to call in a urologist. They had to make sure that he looked at my ureters that scar tissue interfered with.
I was fortunate I had no issues. Eye opening on what scar tissue can do and how repeated episodes of diverticulitis can cause damage.
Hugs!

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lilbear | @lilbear | 5 hours ago
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@lilbear I am so sorry. I guess good news is it will heal and I am sad for you.
I had to process pain by thinking of a ticking clock.
every min closer to healing, every hour, closer to healing, every day closer to healing, every week closer to healing. etc.
During my surgery they had to stop everything to call in a urologist. They had to make sure that he looked at my ureters that scar tissue interfered with.
I was fortunate I had no issues. Eye opening on what scar tissue can do and how repeated episodes of diverticulitis can cause damage.
Hugs!

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@linda82 so how are you feeling now?

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