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I may be jumping the gun but I am curious. All we know at this point is there was a mass found in the proximal transverse colon during a routine colonoscopy and were told that open surgery (colon resection surgery) will probably be recommended from the surgeon. The mass 'appears' benign but no biopsy was done since it could not be reached to take a biopsy during the colonoscopy due to the location of the mass. We are currently waiting for the surgeon appointment.
Good for you, to have a colonoscopy. It is very important and will save your life. The surgeon will be able to discuss all of your questions. You will be in the hospital for awhile. Your belly will be sore and it will be uncomfortable to get around. You will need to have stool softeners and pain meds.Write down all of your concerns before seeing the surgeon.
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My father in Law (85) just had a colon resection 12 days ago.
(they perforated his colon during a colonoscopy, and took the entire right colon to repair it.)
He's now home and is depressed at the slow going.
I understand it takes about 6 weeks to get back to "normal".
Has anyone out there had a re-section, and have any tips that would be useful?
IE: the hardest part of recovery?
The foods that worked or didn't?
When your appetite came back?
or anything else that would be good to know?
Please nothing I can Google or Wiki-
been doing that since the moment he went under the knife and have been in close contact with his Doctors- some things that i wouldn't get from these sources would be great.
Hello,
I had a colon resection on Oct 3rd of this year and still recuperating. I did go through the depression state (just last week). Had a good cry, now mentally I seem to be doing ok...but it's a moment by moment thing, not yet a day by day..If you know what I mean. I can wake up feeling good but than an hour or so later, feel crappy. But I have to say, the good days are getting more prominent than the bad.
The hardest part of the recovery is the part that no one tells you that you will be facing... like right now I'm having a time with my bowel movements (sorry, graphic!). My physicians told me that I would be having loose stools (which I can cope with since that's what I had prior to the surgery) but I've been having more problems with BM being regular. I'll be seeing my physician on Tuesday so I'll be speaking to her about some kind of bowel "retraining".
The food part is a bit tricky. Starting off, I didn't have much of an appetite so this wasn't a problem. But when I did start eating a bit more, I stayed away from veggies (veggies=gas=pain), and any food with fiber. Mostly have to experiment with the food a little at a time to acclimate your bowel and be gentle. Right now my appetite is better but I'm still careful about what I eat.
Hope this helps a little.... just let him know that it does take time, small steps.
(There is another area you can post this... healthboards.com; there are a lot of helpful people there).
I had a colon resection after the removed the part that was blocked.
I work on a colo rectal floor....
we usually discharge these types of surgeries after about 1-2 weeks depending on if you are handling eating solid food well! Did you get a colostomy or ostomy?
Usually healing time is generally 6-8 weeks depending on the severity of the incision and or if you recieved a colostomy or ostomy
HTH
Ashley LPN @ LVH
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Until just a few years ago, a moratorium prevented laparoscopic colectomy—the removal of a cancerous colon by minimally invasive surgical techniques—from being used instead of traditional open surgery. At the time, there was concern that the laparoscopic procedure would not produce as good results as open surgery for many patients.
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