Coping With Colon Resection

September 2008

• abscess due to diverticulitis - by m - (Mon, Sep 29 2008)
  After only one serious attack - an abscess treated in hospital and drainage tube for 2 weeks. I am wondering if surgery (to remove diseased section of colon) is necessary? Should I wait and see if I can avoid another attack through diet before agreeing to surgery? [more..]
• Sigmoid colon resection for diverticulitis - by Robin A. - (Mon, Sep 29 2008)
  It has been 9 days since my sigmoid colon section operation was done laparoscpoically by a fine surgeon I have to say I feel much better than I ever thought I would after this surgery. I was extremely nervous after reading some of the comments others have written. I had been struggling with diverticulitis for six years with this year being the absolute worst. [more..]
• sigmoid colon resection success - by bobaloo d. - (Fri, Sep 26 2008)
  i’m a 55 y.o. male with a history of diverticulosis. last month it was determined that i’d need to have ~8″ of my sigmoid colon removed via “traditional” surgery. [more..]
• Left Colectomy Surgery Diary - by Dana - (Wed, Sep 03 2008)
  I am a 45 year old female… I have hereditary diverticular disease that has claimed the lives of several of my family members. [more..]
• Day 8 of colon resection - by Donna - (Tue, Sep 02 2008)
  I am doing better than I had expected. I had 8 inches of my colon removed near the rectum for a large polyp that was benign. The worst part of all of it was the drainage tubes that I woke up with to keep bile from getting to the newly stapled colon. [more..]
• Nauseas since colon surgery - by JR - (Tue, Sep 02 2008)
  My dad had colon resection and a hernia repaired five weeks ago today. He was doing well until two weeks ago when he got sick. [more..]