Stage 2 in A Couple of Weeks

How long since last surgery? I had emergency colonectomy too and stage 2 was 8 months later. All went as good as you can expect I guess (no complications, unlike the first) It takes some getting used to the "new" you.

Total colectomy was performed as an emergency open surgery in mid Feb. My bowel had perforated and I had systemic sepsis. The recovery was brutal, but there were post surgical complications due to an allergic reaction to an antibiotic that set me back.

Stage 2 will be in Mid July, with take down 12 weeks later, provided everything goes well.

My surgeon doesn't think he can do laproscopic surgery because of the scarring from the first surgery, so he's got to open me up again.

I had multiple complications from the 1st surgery too and needed to gain back a lot of weight. I would think 6 months is average, but your doctor must think your healthy. I had open surgery for all three steps. Only had laparoscopic for a hernia that developed from the first surgery. Laparoscopic surgery is no walk in the park and it took almost 10 days for the pain to subside and about 6 weeks for the swelling to go down.