Hello! I will be having a colostomy reversal in a few months and the surgeon mentioned that 2 months after my takedown, I will need a colonoscopy for cancer surveillance. I had a cancerous polyp removed in February, and that's what triggered the chain of events that left me with a colostomy. Long story short, my colon was perforated by a surgeon during a procedure that was done after my colonoscopy to make sure I didn't have anymore cancer cells (I didn't). I got sepsis, had emergency Hartmann's procedure, long hospital stay, and colostomy (they also took 14 lymph nodes during my surgery - all clear of cancer).
For the past 5 months, the long ordeal I have been through has had me focusing on recovering and not thinking about the cancer - but just hearing that I will need a colonoscopy 2 months after takedown has brought all that terror back to the forefront of my mind. Trying to be positive, but it's hard not to be nervous about a recurrence. And it seems dangerous to go in so soon after takedown - the prep has got to be hard on the bowel I would think. Just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience, and how it went?