Greg, Welcome back! I wondered where you were. Glad to hear the surgery went well and you can concentrate on other things in life now! Keep us updated on your experience with ostomy. I'm sure there are many on this group who have considered it and are curious about the pros and cons.
Be well! Don. On Monday, October 14, 2013 6:13 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: Welcome Back Greg! I'm sure it will work out for you. Best Wishes In a message dated 10/13/2013 8:39:39 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Well I've been in the hospital for the last three days. My B – routine has been taking longer while at the same time just being harder on my body. More sweating, more spasms, and more bleeding. So I finally decided to just beg it… :-) > >They said the surgery should take about an hour and a half. But it took twice >that. Everything came out okay, but there were some issues. The surgeon said >when he got in there that the intestines and colon were all twisted and >kinked. He didn't know how or why but there was scar tissue all over. He said >I could have been born like that or there could have been a big injury at >some time. The only thing I could think of is the car accident when I had my >injury. He said the scar tissue had fused things together and it took him a >long time to cut everything away and get it straightened out. So it could be >long enough to reach where it needed to go. And to make sure it wasn't a >tumor in there. > >But after being a quad for 30 years I just couldn't take it anymore. I >thought about this for years. It is reversible, but I can't see going back. >It can't be worse than how things were going. I was leaking mucus all the >time and sometimes a little more. So I lived my life around my B – routine. >When I had to go get an x-ray I had to make sure it was the right day and >early in the morning so I could get up there quick before there was any >issues in case they had to lift me out of my chair. I constantly worried >about it. > >At least I'm home now and hopefully this thing works okay. >Greg
