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4 Surgerys
by: Andy on Wed, Jan 21 2009

April, 2006 had a colon resection due to recurrent diverticulitis During surgery an abscess was discovered “at the junction of the superior ampulla of the rectum and the distal sigmoid colon with attachment to surrounding tructures”. Several weeks later had surgery to repair an incisional hernia. A mesh was put in place. Almost immediately complications began.

6 months later another surgery was performed to remove mesh which had collapsed around large, small colon, and bladder. One year later another rescetion of large colon and small colon was performed. The DR who did last two ops. is the best. My pain and discomfort levels are greater now than ever before. CT scans show a misty mesentery with enlarged lymph nodes. I am a 56 yo male. Sorry for the long story, just wondering if anyone can give me some input.

January 2009

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