Guest guest Posted January 6, 2005 Report Share Posted January 6, 2005 We just got the call this afternoon that my partial colectomy will be on Friday Jan. 14th. That is a week from tom. I was really thinking it was going to be sooner. My mitochondrial doc. is leaving on the 13th and he is the one who was wanting this done asap and is so very concerned. We have left a message for him to see if he will be available via pager while he is away. I spoke with my surgeon this morning and he was ever so nice. He had spoken with my GI and gotten the colonic manometry reports. It shows that the left side of my colon is non functioning. He said that he can't say it will be 100% successful because my pseudo onbstruction is caused by the mito and that is very unusual. He feels confident that I will have at least 80% success or better. If I'm not satisfied or this surgery isn't affective then I can always have the appendacostomy done later. He said that if I was his daugher he would do the partial colectomy first as it could be a cure for the CIP. That was my answer. I've been praying so much about this and have complete confidence in my surgeon. I also was able to get the anesthesiologist who I've used in the past and really knows me well. We are working on airline arrangements now for next Thurs. Thanks for your prayers. I will be at Cleveland Clinic Foundation 9500 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44195 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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