Sigmoid colon resection: What to expect for recovery?

hope you are much better now ,
i am. 2 year over it this week ,

Hi Vjs, I hope you saw the message from @troyhenn22 to you. Other members who have had a colon resection due include @kkw2 @duckduck2020 @sundance6 @kathyoung @glasshalfull @monicaeve @oceanone @linakh @lisag03 @msflimsy @terrip. Some had the surgery for diverticulitis or other digestive tract issue. Others had it for cancer.

Hello. Are you saying it took 2 years to heal fully?

I’ve had multiple bowel resection a. The first were due to cancer (total of three resections done) and the other two were due to obstruction and a perforation. Recovery was slow for me, but I’m not sure if it was slow because of all of my complications or slow because of the surgery, plus chemotherapy. I will say I still don’t feel normal and it’s been almost three years since first surgery. I feel bloated and just not like I did before all
Of this but I’m thankful to be cancer free. I was 52 when I had my surgeries. I also had abdominal wall reconstruction last year due to muscle separation and hernias that developed

You know ... i cant say i am 100% back to the way i was before the bowel resection ,
but i was very fit and never has a bowel issue , i just did a bowel test and they said i had 2 plops one had to be removed by surgery as it was flat , all in all it took about 1 year to be the way i am now , tummy never flat any more , bit sentitive if i touch some times . but i can eat anything and never had issue with food or problem bowel. moments thank god ,,, i think the wound infection set me back , vac machine for weeks , and as doc told me it would be key whole , ended up full surgery. , so. its. now two. years all ok , cant were. jeans or anything tight on tummy and cant get tummy down , .... but i. am 63 now so its hard , good luck. it wont take you as long every one differs , warm. wishes

i hope you are well recoved now xx

give it time ,, you will get better x i felt the same , but it will get. better , good luck

ohh hope you are feeling. better now x

Hang in there. I had a colon resection in late September 2020. it takes a while and it is hard to be patient with yourself. I would say it took about 8 weeks for me to feel somewhat like old myself. I had a
lot of sharp pain in my right side, which I never did figure out.
If you’re incisions are healing nicely that’s a good sign.
I also think the rectal pain is probably to be expected. With regard to urination, my surgeon told me they put an instrument in the ureters to ensure that they do not injure them during the surgery. Perhaps that would explain pain during urination. I didn’t have pain but since the surgery I do have some urgency. Not sure if that explains it but it made sense to me.

I hope you feel better soon! It took a while but I’m so glad I had the surgery. Keep us posted.

I am 1 1/2 yrs out and it has taken me quite some time to heal. I still have some discomfort. I will say - drinking a TON of water and staying away from raw food and hard to digest food helped the most! It can be discouraging but it does get better!