u/HumanNature71

😲 omg. 😱 that was an experience.

I seriously cried- TEARS OF JOY 😁😁😁
I just had surgery on Monday. They removed approximately 24 inches. From the appendix all the way up to my belly button. That was Monday the fourth. Today is Sunday the ninth. I have five small incisions and they did it robotically. First day, minimal pain, overnight after the pain block wore off the pain was at a 10 I’m not going to lie. However, they give you medication and it quickly goes down at least for me. Day 3,4 pain still fluctuates, but gets less and less. Day 5,6 pain was minimal. Day 7 which is today I ridiculously woke up with almost no pain - it’s like a 1-2 and I went for a 25 minute walk around my neighborhood. Like everyone has said in here walking is the key you don’t have to do a lot at first. But you do have to get up and walk even if it’s just in your house up and down the hallway or back-and-forth in a room. I got very lucky and I have a 20 foot hallway and I have a 27 foot long deck on the back of the house so I would go back-and-forth back-and-forth every couple hours as long as I could handle it and I will tell you this it helps tremendously. Getting a full night sleep will help you tremendously also , that did not happen until last night. I woke up today a new person to be honest and ahead of my first REAL bowel movement of consistency that I’m very happy with. Like I’m ecstatic. You have no idea. The first few bowel movements well I should say my first experience I had 10 bowel movements within a two hour Period- all liquid and residue from the surgery. I began to eat soft foods at home and then had additional bowel movements that consisted of 8 to 10 within one hour. But for the rest of the day, I wouldn’t have one. Yesterday I did not have any and I started to freak out. I was like I hope I don’t have a block but your intestines need to learn all over again with how to deal with such a traumatic surgery to them. Your intestines have muscle memory so when you remove part of it, it has to remember how to work again but once it does, let me tell you I am on cloud nine this morning. No blood, it looks like a normal poo, just very soft, like soft serve ice cream which I’m OK with because my intestines were not working and sometimes it was very difficult to pass anything. Don’t be afraid keep reading everyone’s stories. All of us are different. I did the surgery on my own. Very few people in my life at the moment after losing the love of my life two years ago to undiagnosed glioblastoma . And I’m doing it and you can do it! We’re all doing it! We don’t get a choice. We do get a new lease on life. But everyone’s healing time is different. Just to put it in perspective I nearly severed my finger in October of last year and they reattached by time I went to the hospital in December my finger was fully healed and you could not tell that anything ever happened to it. So we all heal differently. I tend to heal quickly. Wishing everyone the best of luck please feel free to ask any questions. I will keep posting as my progress keeps going but happy Mother’s Day to everybody out there. My mom is 91 and I just told her the surgery was a success and she is walking on sunshine today. We’ve had a rough few years with tragedies, but this is a success. And we’re taking it.!!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Had right hemicolectomy on May 4. 24 inches removed. Bowels woke up last night. So happy but also a bit of a rough night but honestly the pain is not horrible. Was on Oxy once a day and Tylenol. Acid reflux is my main complaint at the moment but that is fading.
The amazing part is I actually survived to reach age 55 when I shouldn’t have. My surgeon told me I have had uncountable ruptures through the years. Of course, all these were ignored by previous doctors. “” It’s all in your head.”” he stated the surgery was a bit more than he expected. He also stated he doesn’t know how I survived this long with the condition the tissue was in. I am taking this as a new lease on life. It’s going to be a bit of a challenge with diet and keeping hydrated but I know I can do it. I’ve read all the posts on here and you guys are doing great. My only complaint really was the hospital care or lack of.

2 FEET OF COLON - Good morning everyone. They removed approximately 2 feet of LARGE intestine . I’ll have the exact number when I get all my paperwork of the right side of my colon from the appendix all the way up to my belly button. It’s amazing to wake up and not feel the pain I felt in the right side of my colon for years. Like there’s no pain because there’s no colon lol. The first night was hell. They had put me in a broken bed. They didn’t know it was broken. If the bed wasn’t broken, I would’ve gone home yesterday. That’s how quickly I am healing. Yes, the surgery is scary. Yes, there’s pain involved but literally it’s like I did 1000 situps like everyone else has said. Haven’t had any other issues than just the gas in the upper left shoulder, which will pass. So besides the bed being broken at the hospital, it really wasn’t that bad. Just waiting to pass gas or a bowel movement. It’s just about there.

9:30 AM Monday morning confirmed . This just got so real. Barely slept last night had so many things running through my head. I know I’m going to be OK and there will be challenges ahead, but reality has really settled in. Hospital has confirmed. I will be under robotic surgery by 9:30 AM. 50% of large intestines to be removed on the right side and small intestine to be reconnected during the same procedure. Taking a deep breath and enjoying this Saturday and then prepping on Sunday. I’m shocked, excited, nervous, and disbelief, and then also astonished by what technology can do for us to make us well again. I will report on my progress after surgery. I know my soulmate who I lost in June 2024 will be watching over me. I’ve already told them I’m not ready to cross over to join them so they better make it all work for the best lol. I still got a lot of life in me to live and in memory of their short life of 43 years. MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH ME!!! ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️

So on Monday, May 4, I will be having my surgery. I have been looking forward to it and still looking forward to it so I can try to regain my life back again however why do people have to continuously come up to me and ask me if I’m scared. Now I wasn’t scared much until now that people come up to me over and over saying I’d be scared. WTF. I know people don’t know what to say at times. I lost my fiancé from brain cancer 30 days before our wedding in 2024 who I was with for 18 years of my life. A lot of people have vanished from my life because they don’t know what to say- I get it but I also got from somebody “Oh my father died from that surgery “ WTF again what are you people thinking? I understand the risks and honestly, there are risks just to even living life. Now, besides writing on here I don’t talk to anybody in my life besides the two people that are going to help take care of me after my surgery. I know some people think they’re trying to help at times but think before you speak. You guys have been extremely helpful in here. To be honest, I never thought I’d be in a chat with total strangers who actually made me feel calm about one of the biggest surgeries I’ve ever had in my entire life and I’ve had several surgeries. For those who give words of encouragement, I thank you not for me only but for everyone you do it for.!! ❤️❤️❤️