Hey guys, thank you so much for all the well wished about my surgery/health. This is my first day sitting at my desk and I doubt I'm going to be here for long. Just trying to go through a backlog of emails and figured I'd pop in here.
I know Adrian updated you a bit but essentially here's what happened:
My surgeon expected to do my colon surgery and ileostomy install laparoscopically but when he got in close to see where the remains of my cancer was he found some strange stuff going on which he blames on the 5-day intense radiation I had last year. So, the team had to quickly change direction and cut me open. The surgery ended up taking over 7 hours.
Other than that complication, the surgeon(s) were very happy with the outcome and I managed to mend mostly as expected. I went in to surgery on Wednesday and go released from hospital on Tuesday. I've been home recovering since then.
I'm getting used to draining and changing my ileostomy. The only complication is I had excessive fluids draining from my belly via a tube - the reason the doctors kept my in hospital for an extra day while they ran tests. So I had to go home with this bloody tube sticking out my belly and draining into a bag. If it wasn't for that, I could be back to normal and actually getting showers. It's a pain in the ass to have this thing dangling from me and I can't wait to get rid of it. Luckily, the draining fluids are diminishing so hopefully I can get rid of it at some point this week.
Anyway, give me until the end of the week and I expect to be back on here regularly. I'll also be able to deal with the contest and winners.
Thank you all for your patience and understanding.
Cheers,
John
I know Adrian updated you a bit but essentially here's what happened:
My surgeon expected to do my colon surgery and ileostomy install laparoscopically but when he got in close to see where the remains of my cancer was he found some strange stuff going on which he blames on the 5-day intense radiation I had last year. So, the team had to quickly change direction and cut me open. The surgery ended up taking over 7 hours.
Other than that complication, the surgeon(s) were very happy with the outcome and I managed to mend mostly as expected. I went in to surgery on Wednesday and go released from hospital on Tuesday. I've been home recovering since then.
I'm getting used to draining and changing my ileostomy. The only complication is I had excessive fluids draining from my belly via a tube - the reason the doctors kept my in hospital for an extra day while they ran tests. So I had to go home with this bloody tube sticking out my belly and draining into a bag. If it wasn't for that, I could be back to normal and actually getting showers. It's a pain in the ass to have this thing dangling from me and I can't wait to get rid of it. Luckily, the draining fluids are diminishing so hopefully I can get rid of it at some point this week.
Anyway, give me until the end of the week and I expect to be back on here regularly. I'll also be able to deal with the contest and winners.
Thank you all for your patience and understanding.
Cheers,
John