Connecting with Others Who've Had Rectum Resection

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pileman
Aug 20, 2014 3:29 pm

I am interested in correspoding with anyone who had a retum resectioning. I had a temporary ostomy which was reversed and am now working on training my body to function without a rectum

latina63
Aug 23, 2014 3:30 am

Hello,

Due to a malignant tumor in my mid-rectum, about 4" of my rectum was removed along with about 7" of my sigmoid colon. I had an ileostomy for 11mon and have been reversed for almost 2 yrs now. Your body will never be "normal" again, we just adjust to our "new" normal. It will get better but it takes time and lots of it, not being negative just stating facts :-)

I have sensitive guts now along with lots of bowel movements, but on the good side I do not have accidents and can "hold" it pretty good, norm is about 5-8 BM's a day, don't know your situation but just be patient, our bodies take a while to heal, good luck and good health

Nora

 

Posted by: iMacG5

Hi Crossley. Ya know, I think it’s all about feelings. I don’t mean the pain feelings which could control everything. I mean the feelings inside our heads, our hearts and even our souls. I mean the feelings of who we are now compared to who we were; how we accept our situation or maybe we don’t. My wife asked how I felt and I said, “like crap”. She asked what hurt and I answered, “Nothing hurts, well, everything hurts, I don’t know, It all sucks.” That was a long time ago. You question if your feelings are normal. How normal is it to relocate your butt hole to your belly where it’s usually in the way of your belt and, you know. But that’s where we are and for lots of us we are so much better off than we were before, physically. Emotionally, psychologically, well, that might be a different story. I believe talk therapy is wonderful if we could find a real empathic or sympathetic listener. So guess what! I found MAO and began “talking” with a keyboard with some of the wisest, kindest most sympathetic and compassionate folks on the planet. Regardless of where we’ve been, lots of folks here have been there and worse places and found their way back healthier and happier. We really do help each other.
Keep “talking”,
Mike

Sandywr
Aug 30, 2014 8:44 pm

I am just curious..I thought you had to have a rectum for a reversal to be done.   this is new to me..is there somewhere I can read about this...not having a reversal..just curious

iMacG5
Aug 31, 2014 1:19 am

Hi Sandi, There's lots of information about an ileoanal or coloanal anastomosis on the internet.

Mike