Surgery is booked for Monday eek!

[Tcam]

So I saw my surgeon yesterday and it is surgery time on Monday!! I wasn't expecting it all to happen so quickly. I had my pre admission appointment today and all is good. Everyone was really nice and they gave me lots of information so overall I left there feeling pretty good about it.

Physically my body is kicking up a stink; obviously someone let my guts know the operation was coming and they are violently protesting the whole thing! Hopefully, most of this will go away once the surgery happens.

It is incredibly pointless as the surgery has to happen but I change my mind every 2 mins about whether this is a great thing or a horrible thing. I'm really nervous (and everyone at my pre admission appointment telling me it was such a big surgery didn't help) so i think that is why I keep slipping into thinking it is a bad idea.

Anyways, thanks for letting me rant it is good to know people here know exactly what I am going through!!

 

[Misty-Eyed]

I hope it goes well for you! I'm also having surgery in October and every time I get stomach ache it's like a reminder that surgery is for the best.

Wishing you a speedy recovery!

 

[chrisnsteph1022]

Good luck! What will they be doing? Resection or some sort of ostomy? Is it laparascopic?

 

[Tcam]

Thanks for the luck guys! And good luck for your surgery too Misty-eyed!

I am having a resection of my terminal illeum. Hopefully it will be laprascopic but we have to wait and see what they find when they crack me open!

 

[Crohn's Mom]

Best of luck to you on your surgery !

 

[Goldfish]

Best of Luck. Keep thinking positive.

 

[Mackie78]

Best of Luck - like other have said Stay Positive!!

Hope the surgery improves your life!

:thumleft:

 

[archie]

good luck, i've had it done and it was def for the best if you have any queries just ask.

 

[Tcam]

Thanks so much everybody!

 

[Jer's Girl]

Good luck! It will be for the best, but be sure to give yourself time to heal and don’t push yourself too hard!

 

[jo88]

hi ya, i had a resection of the terminal ileum in 2000 and never looked back. good luck xx

 

[Tcam]

Hi everyone. Thanks again got your support! I'm 2 days post op and feeling a little like I have been run over by a truck but all in all not too bad. My operation was able to be done laproscopic which is great and they took out severe strictures so once the recovery is over they are expecting i should feel a lot better
Day 1 was hard as I had a bad reaction to the morphine and a few panic attacks but they seem to be sorted so hopefully today will be a better day.

 

[Misty-Eyed]

Glad you're doing well! Hope you make a full recovery soon!

 

[Goldfish]

Best of luck Tcam and get well soon!