Re: colectomy

From: MICHAEL MURRAY (mkmurray30@msn.com)
Fri Aug 8 18:36:56 2003


I think most people get a bag but my husband had his out and they left a couple of inches toward the bottom and hooked his small intestine up. When you have this done, you have chronic diareah. It was a specialist in California that did this. I don't think any surgeon does it.

Kelly

>From: "Sue"
>Reply-To: adhesions@adhesions.org
>To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
>Subject: Re: colectomy
>Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 23:40:24 -0500
>
>this will be dumb, and I am tired.. if they take that out, does one need a
>"bag" then, or do they stretch the rest of the colon to "connect"?
>SueR >
>----- Original Message -----
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>Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 12:07 AM
>Subject: colectomy
>
> > Has anyone here had a colectomy - where they take out your large
> > intestine? If so are better or worse since the operation?
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > Tina
> > http://www.adhesions.org/forums/listcmds.htm
> >
> http://www.adhesions.org/forums/listcmds.htm

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