I'm back - Well almost..

[firebobby]

Sounds painful, hope your feeling better now.

[Hilly30si]

You need to slow down Mike, I saw first hand the stress you can get, i.e. Staff problems trying to get cover and the like. Take it easy fella

Paul

[dr_john]

I had the op you are talking about (right hemicoloctomy i believe) but in my case it was due to bowel cancer so I didn't have much choice!

Obviously major surgery, I had a keyhole procedure and was back home in 2 days. I took a few weeks to get fully mobile again. Not too painful, more of a mental thing. They stitch the tubes back together again so there's no nasty bags to contend with.

That was 5 years ago and everything seems fine now, no lasting side effects.

I was under the impression I'd have to have an op to remove the offending section, then wear a bag for a few weeks whilst it healed and then another op to join it all back up again?

Mike

I've heard of that '2 op' procedure but I don't know why. Maybe its where exactly the section is removed from or possibly the surgeon's preference. In any case, mine was all dealt with in one go.

Hope you are feeling somewhat better now Mike. Take it easy!