I'm going to have my second small bowel resection next week and was wondering how many should I expect? I have a stricture in my small bowel right in the same place where I had my last resection in 2007. At that time it was an emergency situation. My wife was taking our kids out trick or treating and I was home with terrible stomach pains, vomiting and blood in my stools until I finally told my wife it was time to go to the hospital. I was diagnosed in 2001 and until then had no real problems. Of course I had the stomach pain, diarrhea and vomiting from time to time, but never the pain I felt that night. They operated on me the next morning and I woke up to 27 staples in my stomach and 18" of small intestine gone. This time it's different, I've been having a lot of pain and a bit of blood in my stool, so they did a colonoscopy and found that I have some more inflammation and a stricture. They wanted to see how much of my small intestine was inflamed so I swallowed one of those pill cams and that has gotten stuck, so they told me I will need another resection to remove the stricture and the camera.
I was just wondering if anyone has had more then one surgery and how the second one went. The last time I had surgery I really didn't have time to think about it, but this time I do and I'm not looking forward to it or the stay in the hospital (I hate hospitals)
I was just wondering if anyone has had more then one surgery and how the second one went. The last time I had surgery I really didn't have time to think about it, but this time I do and I'm not looking forward to it or the stay in the hospital (I hate hospitals)