What Fills the Space After Colon and Rectum Removal?

Just trying to work out why my gurgles and stuff are different after some recent surgery, but I have had different opinions from medical professionals on this.

When you have your colon and your rectum removed, what fills up that cavity?

It cant just be empty space.

Does some of your ileum or other parts of your digestive system take up that empty space?

It sure feels like some of mine has done, especially after some of it has been living outside the cavity for a couple of years with the hernia.

I'd love to know

Basically as I see and I have had the same surgery. Your internal organs spread themselves out in the extra space. The Ileim sorts itself out and occupires most of the space left from the removal of the colon and rectum. Mind you if you look at the gross anatomy of the abdomen there really isnt much space to fill as it is all neatly packed in together.
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So feeling your guts moving and wind passing through against the back and bottom of your abdominal cavity is not unusual.

After my groin hernia op, I am getting the feeling of stuff drumming against my lower back and sewn up rectum area.

An ordinary doctor said that can happen, yet my surgeon who did my hernia op said it couldnt happen.

When I stand for some time, especially after sitting for a while, I get a bit of downward pressure on my back passage area, which is a bit sore from some varicose veins I have somehow got there

Thought as much, thanks

I remember that after my colostomy, my entire colon was removed, I had the sensation that my intestines and whatever else is in there was moving around like it, or they were trying to relocate.  I got past that ok.  But a year later when I had the reversal, I felt the same sensation all over again.  While I don't know the human anatomy as well as I should, I have butchered a few hogs and cows in my life time.  The intestines in an animal, while not actually connected to themselves, do have a flimsey suet-like membrane that seems to hold every thing in place.  I suppose that since there is a void created by the operation, every thing just re-spreads and finds itself a more comfortable location.  It seems to me as though the spleen, for example, would, due to gravity, sag somewhat.  I don't know.  That's just my layman's
thought.  Curious thought though, huh?

Correct me if I'm wrong but its called the visceral sac. Holds the intestines within a fluid mebrane. I get the same pressure when I stand. I also get the urge to take a dump even though there is nothing there lol

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