Hi guys, I know I've been gone for a while but with good reason!!
Most of you know my story, of how I got to be an ostomate, read my profile thingy, so I won't bore you with the rest.
Here's my story of what I just went through and my reversal.
Since my original surgery (hysterectomy) in October when Dr. Malpractice cut my colon, I have had a drainage of pus from my vagina and some horrible pelvic pain.
I went in and had a barium enema, it showed no fistula but I was still sick. So they re-did the test and as soon as the barium went in, it immediately and violently flushed out my vagina.
That made me even sicker so the next morning, I was admitted into the hospital to treat the infection before they could repair the fistula and do the reversal.
I was given high dose antibiotics through IV and Dilaudid for pain over the next week.
Then on the 15th of Feb, they decided to take me in.
They were able to do the reversal but just barely. The original fiasco surgery in October, when the doc cut my colon and I laid there for 77 hrs dying, when they removed part of the colon and gave me the ostomy, they did not remove the part of colon that had the cut in it. The piece of colon was still loaded with infection and it laid over the vaginal cuff, which was improperly sewn, so that E. Coli infection has set in my gut all this time. It was so bad, that my one remaining ovary had to be removed, so now I am in menopause at 40.
If I do get put on hormones, I have to be on Lovenox injections for the rest of my life due to my Factor V Leiden deficiency.
While I am so thrilled and feel so blessed to have had my reversal, I am temporarily devastated from all this.
I love and have missed my awesome friends so much and I wasn't avoiding y'all, just trying to "heal and deal". lol
As far as the reversal, it couldn't have gone any better. I had top surgeons in the US, one vascular surgeon and one GYN/Oncologist who is a genius.
My belly hurts from the incisions but my BM's are awesome, I have had NO incontinence, no accidents and only really go about once a day now. I eat whatever, just healthy, salads, fruits, etc.
I will ALWAYS be an osty, if y'all will have me.
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I love y'all....Hannah
Most of you know my story, of how I got to be an ostomate, read my profile thingy, so I won't bore you with the rest.
Here's my story of what I just went through and my reversal.
Since my original surgery (hysterectomy) in October when Dr. Malpractice cut my colon, I have had a drainage of pus from my vagina and some horrible pelvic pain.
I went in and had a barium enema, it showed no fistula but I was still sick. So they re-did the test and as soon as the barium went in, it immediately and violently flushed out my vagina.
That made me even sicker so the next morning, I was admitted into the hospital to treat the infection before they could repair the fistula and do the reversal.
I was given high dose antibiotics through IV and Dilaudid for pain over the next week.
Then on the 15th of Feb, they decided to take me in.
They were able to do the reversal but just barely. The original fiasco surgery in October, when the doc cut my colon and I laid there for 77 hrs dying, when they removed part of the colon and gave me the ostomy, they did not remove the part of colon that had the cut in it. The piece of colon was still loaded with infection and it laid over the vaginal cuff, which was improperly sewn, so that E. Coli infection has set in my gut all this time. It was so bad, that my one remaining ovary had to be removed, so now I am in menopause at 40.
If I do get put on hormones, I have to be on Lovenox injections for the rest of my life due to my Factor V Leiden deficiency.
While I am so thrilled and feel so blessed to have had my reversal, I am temporarily devastated from all this.
I love and have missed my awesome friends so much and I wasn't avoiding y'all, just trying to "heal and deal". lol
As far as the reversal, it couldn't have gone any better. I had top surgeons in the US, one vascular surgeon and one GYN/Oncologist who is a genius.
My belly hurts from the incisions but my BM's are awesome, I have had NO incontinence, no accidents and only really go about once a day now. I eat whatever, just healthy, salads, fruits, etc.
I will ALWAYS be an osty, if y'all will have me.
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I love y'all....Hannah
