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Stoma Reversal for Diverticular

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glendeen95078
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I had a stoma reversal on the 16th of February this year. I was discharged 4 days later although I did not have a movement. I was readmitted hours later with a blockage in my small intestines. I had to have a second operation. This was only the start of my nightmare. I was discharged five times and readmitted 5 times. I had to have a third operation for an abscess. I am in constant pain. I am now officially under weight. I cannot eat, I look at food and just turn away, the Doctor has prescribed Fortisips. I had no idea that a reversal could be this bad, I was only warned that you could go up to twelve times a day, or be constipated, I only prepared myself for that. I now know that I would have been better off keeping my bag, I was used to it, I would be having a normal day right now, and I would have been eating normally. Can anyone help at all? If I could just eat, I feel things would improve, right now I just feel as though I am wasting away, just dying slowly.

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