Thankfully they were able to squeeze me in for this coming Tuesday. I had been scheduled for March 4, there was no way I was going to be able to last that long. I have been fading fast. Tons of pain and the past couple days I stopped eating. Now at 5'7" I'm down to 101lbs. I'll be getting a resection of the splenic flexure and part of the descending colon. I'll have a temporary ileostomy for a few months. Of course I'm scared of the procedure, complications, whether I will flare afterwards...so many uncertainties. The only thing I know now is this stricture is killing me and has to go.
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Surgery moved up
- Thread starter Eridon2002
- Start date
- Location
- Sacramento
Good luck! Take it day by day. You will feel so much better after surgery.
Keep us posted.
Keep us posted.
fuzzy butterfly
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So glad you have been able to get it done sooner. Hope all goes smoothly,im sure it will. Then you should begin to feel much better. Let us know how you are as soon as you feel up to it. Best wishes n good luck. 
Thanks everyone! I think I passed a partial obstruction. The gut wrenching pain has subsided so I can finally eat! Need to put on some weight before surgery. Only have a couple days so I think I am going to make a batch of shortbread cookies and eat the whole thing! 
- Location
- ontario, canada
Good luck this Tuesday. Glad to here they moved your surgery up. I'm headed in this Thursday for my hemicolectomy.Thanks everyone! I think I passed a partial obstruction. The gut wrenching pain has subsided so I can finally eat! Need to put on some weight before surgery. Only have a couple days so I think I am going to make a batch of shortbread cookies and eat the whole thing!
Thanks Matt, good luck with your surgery as well, I hope it's smooth sailing! Now I am just scrambling to get things in order before the date. Does anyone have any advice for specific things they wished they would have brought to the hospital? Or had at home once they got back from surgery?
Good luck with your surgery both of you.
fuzzy butterfly
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Best of luck Matt on Thursday. Hope it all goes well, and you can feel better soon. :hug :
- Location
- ontario, canada
Me too and thank you all for your support
fuzzy butterfly
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You are most welcome love. Here if you want or need any help, advice, to moan or just to talk. :hug: