Tummy tuck

Hey everybody

I've currently got an ileostomy due to a perforated colon and emergency surgery due to ulcerative colitis. I've had it for about a year and a half. I had my son before I had the surgery but it all flared up just after he was born. Anyway... I'm currently pregnant now (36weeks!

I want another baby if my body allows it but I've been told that because I want the j pouch operation done then I'll have to have a c section with this baby and if I get pregnant again.

My tummy has a scar which runs all the way down the middle and is about 15inches long also I have no belly button anymore it just looks like a dark Brown mess! Now I'll also have c section scars so I was wondering if anyone has had the ileostomy and then had c sections and then a reversal to have the j pouch...and then had a tummy tuck? Bit of a mouth full and a long babble from me hit I just really wanted to know if it can happen because I'm only 27 and I just wanted to feel a little better about myself

Sally xxxxx

9/30/134:16 AM

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skn69Member

Sally,
You can ask your surgeon to use the exisiting scar for your C section...no reason to make you another scar...they used to do them up-and-down in the old days anyway...as for reconstructive surgery...it can be done at any stage of your life including during your C section...just talk to your Obs/Gyn and see if he can have a plastic surgeon there to close you up.
Sharon

9/30/134:58 AM

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sally85Member

Oh wow I had no idea that that was an option! My only worry is if they use the existing scar will they cause and damage inside with the small intestine? And my antenatal doctor said there won't be a colorectal surgeon when they do my c section and they'll call one in an emergency which sounds worrying

9/30/135:21 AM

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CeeeeCeeeeMember

Not the same as your situation but about a year ago I had a hysterectomy and although my gyn surgeon wanted to do it lapro, he couldn't because I had too many adhesions. So, he opened me up along the same scar as the site used for my proctocolectomy and the results were phenomenal. Very little pain/discomfort and the site healed more quickly this time than I remember it healing after the first surgery. I, too, didn't realize they could re-use the same surgical site.

9/30/131:21 PM

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