Hi Erin,
I had surgery about 15 months ago. The operation removed about two ft of small bowel, my appendix, a few other random digestive parts, and stricturoplastied most of my intestines.
Prior to this operation, I had failed almost all meds was in pretty bad shape (lost of 50 lbs, constant pain, vomiting, ect). I started taking [wiki2="Humira"]humira[/wiki2], which was helping to control new inflammation, but my guts were too shredded up from years of disease to be treated by meds alone.
My recovery time went like this:
Week 1: In the hospital, on IV painkillers
Week 2: Bed rest at home, on oral painkillers (percocet)
Week 3-4: Minimal mobility, able to walk around the house, work 4-6 hours/day from home
Week: 4-6: Went back to work full time, but basically did nothing but sleep otherwise, off painkillers
Week 8: Pretty much feeling back to normal, just a lot of fatigue, no pain or tenderness
Month 6: Fatigue finally gone
I can truly say that the surgery gave me my life back. I am still taking Humira and [wiki2="Probiotics"]probiotics[/wiki2], but over a year later, I am still in remission and enjoying life.
Hope this helps. Please let us know what you decide to do.
-Greg
