I certainly would like to know too, if there will be any problems after a hernia and ileostomy reversal. I'm scheduled for that on April 7th and needless to say, with a scheduled operation, I'm a little apprehensive.
My stoma seems to be growing every day and it seems that I need to cut the hole bigger on my flange so that I don't pinch it. I, lol of course, thought that the stoma was to get smaller in time....but then....that's me! It seems if all will go wrong, it will go wrong with me.
The doctor told me that he would repair the hernia first and then reverse the ileostomy and that I should only be in the hospital about 5 - 7 days. So, I guess I'm looking at more downtime again.
Barbie

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