Guest guest Posted August 21, 2004 Report Share Posted August 21, 2004 Thanks so much for those that wrote me and shared with me their stories. I have always battled constipation. Before I had this colon surgery I did a little research and found out that that good old pancreas can cause sluggishness in the colon. Anyway, because of all the drugs I have been on and the progression of the disease my colan was slowing down. I had an emergency colostomy put in about 3 years ago. I became tired of working with the colostomy and the bags and the accidents etc. I went to the surgens that put the emergency colostomy in and they told me that I was at a huge risk of having the same thing happen if I reversed the colostomy. I found my Dr. who only does this type of work through my nurses that help me from time to time. This Dr. felt that if I didn't take the colan out I would run into trouble. I also went to another Dr. who I highly respect and He told me my colon was an accident waiting to happen. As the date of my surgery grew closer my colon moved slower. I had to use water enemas to get things moving. The surgery went well, but the pain meds. did not. That's a whole another story to itself. I guess when I wrote my last e-mail I was in so much pain and my pancreas did not feel right i.e. PAIN. That night I was so sick. I threw up a huge mess and then my bowls started to work. It turned out that the Dr. who did my colon work felt he needed to manipulate my pancreas, causing pancreatitis plus causing the bowls to not do their thing. I was in such a depression. I can't tolerate pain any more. It puts me in a deep depression. I have had to deal with so much uncontrollable pain that it puts me in deep depressions. Today is 2 days after that horrible night and the pain is getting better, the pancreas is quieter, and I believe I might be on to a road with some kind of quality of life. I know this disease is progressing, all I want is a quality of life to help raise my children. I wish I could write more but I am tired. Funny, an e-mail use to never take energy out of me. I am poop. Thank you again for the support. For those out there that have autoimmune CP, that have lost their colon and had a whipple, I am here for you.. Paget Delaware Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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