Hello everyone! I haven't been on here long, by any means. Well, for starters, I had a sigmoidectomy to get rid of acute diverticulitis. So that went as planned, and then the second day after I got out of the hospital, I had intense abdominal pain. After going to the ER and being in excruciating pain the entire time, they verified I had peritonitis, and that led to the next morning of an emergency laparotomy and another 2-3 inches of intestine removal, and to my surprise, a colostomy. Fortunately, the surgeon said that it is temporary, and in 6 months' time and enough weight gain, I can have the reversal. Well, the surgeon notified me about 2 weeks ago that she feels that my health and weight are more than good enough for the reversal. And this after only about 4 months and about 12 pounds of weight gain. I lost 22 pounds from the first surgery. I am so very freaked out about the reversal. I know that it is needed to get this bag off my gut, but going through all of that again? She says I am a perfect candidate for the reversal, but such was also stated for the first procedure, but hey, feces happens, right? And in the interim, I developed an inguinal (groin) hernia, and since she is a colorectal surgeon, she said that she can't fix it while in there to do the reversal. Which I am fine with. And with my insurance, bags aren't cheap and they only allot 20 per month of the closed-ended pouches, so I have been in the muck, so to speak, since August 7th. I am just looking for anyone that was in a similar position, that has had a reversal, that can give me hope! I have read a lot of horrors but not a lot of encouraging things on reversals. I am freaked out! Anyone, please, no sugar coating but something encouraging. I have read all I can read on the risks, and all I keep seeing is the bad. I want to hear some good!
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