Seeking Advice on Ileostomy Reversal Recovery Time

Hi there - you can post on the Forum if you are a free member - because I do and am!

Will post your question below - not something I can comment on as haven't as yet had one - and despite having NO bowel disease not sure if I ever will! Am sure you will get plenty of responses though ..... Rach xx

My husband had a reversal of his Ileostomy 20th July
2010...just wanted advice on recovery time. In Jan 2010
he woke up with stoma bag after a 10hr surgery to save his
life after a Pancreas Transplant that rejected rupturing his
vena cava,aorta & bowel. He lost 13litres=22pints of blood
plus a few inches of bowel. He was told the stoma was
reversable thus he nagged for it to be done.Although he
was chuffed to see the bag gone...6 days post op he is
regretting having it reversed.Currently he is in a lot of
pain, abdomen very swollen, bloated feeling all the time,
severe nausea...he keeps saying he doesnt think he'll get
out of hospital alive!!As I am a free member I cannot
write on forum or chat exclusively or message anyone but
would love advice on how long all this takes to heal. To
contact anyone I can wink so will if thats ok. He was
thinking he would be back at work within two weeks but
readig the forum it sounds like years rather than
weeks!!Thankyou in advance.

Hi Rachel just found your message...thanks for posting this. I just found that I could post on the forum & did so...then found this...lol.
Regards Kizzed x

Just had my colonostomy reversal on July 2, They did it laposcopely,Recovery time was about 2 weeks, very little pain can do most of what I did before the bag. Have to be careful about lifting heavy things but other then that feeling pretty good. Tell your friend to hang in there it will get better.
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Thankyou Eunpark...will tell my hubby.

A href="A"eunpark, Thank you for letting me read a happy story on a reversal, you will make it as you seem as headstrong as I am.  I am not even worried about not lifting anything as I havent done it for this last year anyway.  Kinda getting use to not lifting, just cant wait until I am back doing fun things I love and I will find out from my surgeon when that will be.  After the day I had yesterday I realized I do not want to be like this anymore and I have a awesome chance of a reversal and my mind is as strong as yours sounds.  God Love you always for giving me the Hope I needed right now.  I get myself upset and I got a lump in my throat and am shaking.  But I know I can calm down in a bit and will even take a nap, dont care how early it is in the US, I didnt sleep hardly at all last night over worry.  Now I am back to having Hope again and I am emotional when it comes to my health and I am so ready to live my life and if I have to take it slow then I will, but no matter what, I am fighting and I will win this battle, God Bless you and I couldnt love you anymore right now if you were my Doctor, cause you both gave me the one thing I had to have to survive and that is Hope and the only other person in my life that can do that is Jo Jo a good friend of mine.  Now I feel so Blessed and could use that nap, Thanks again, Love Jenny
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