Has nobody here had success with a bowel resection?  I'm starting to get nervous.

Can anyone reply to this topic?  I'm surprised nobody here has never experienced a bowel resection or heard of one?

I am looking for ANY feedback.  ANY info. since I might be having this surgery.

I have never had one but I only had my 2nd surgery December 12 of last year. So I can't help but I'll be praying for you. I hope it goes well for you. If it makes you feel better I was really scared before both of my surgeries. Getting a colon removed and having a j pouch made is pretty scary after all. Let me know how your bowel resection goes. I'm sorry I can't help answer your questions but I can be very supportive to you. 

Sorry you're having these issues.  I am also new to the j-pouch.  Unfortunately, I can't give any information or advice, just hope things go well for you.

Hello, Temoty.

Call the surgeon who is performing your resection and ask if you can talk with one or two of her patients who has had this procedure done. Surgeons and doctors sometimes have a list of their patients who are willing to be a peer patient and can give you support, information, tips on what to expect, and aftercare. Your own GP might have some patients who are willing to talk. Try not to worry until it is actually decided to resection. Good luck.

thanks for the replies.

Temoty,

Although I was not subject to adhesions and obstructions for over 30 yrs, in the last 8 I started to get both. 

I had about dozen pouch redos and various hernia and obstruction surgeries between 2000 and 2015. 

The first obstructions were more like an ileus (when your bowel doesn't wake up post op or worse, 'falls back to sleep' so to speak after a few days...it can also be the sign of bowel swelling.

As time went by I found that I had some repeat sites where my bowel seemed to twist or block more often than others...in my case it was on the left, around where my original colostomy site was which was problematic when I was a kid.

As it got worse I finally consulted and found that I had adhesions sticking a loop of bowel to the inside of the abdominal wall. 

In the end, I had surgery to release it and other adhesions...It is still a problematic site, no longer causing full blown obstructions but partial ones. 

I do not know whether or not it will go back to being as bad as it was but for now, I am careful, chew like crazy, hydrate a lot and am careful of what I eat and the quantities.

I honestly believe that once something is broken it will never go back to bring perfect. It is not going to get any better but I hope that it doesn't get any worse.

Sharon