Connecting with Others Who've Had Rectum Resection

I am interested in correspoding with anyone who had a retum resectioning. I had a temporary ostomy which was reversed and am now working on training my body to function without a rectum

Hello,

Due to a malignant tumor in my mid-rectum, about 4" of my rectum was removed along with about 7" of my sigmoid colon. I had an ileostomy for 11mon and have been reversed for almost 2 yrs now. Your body will never be "normal" again, we just adjust to our "new" normal. It will get better but it takes time and lots of it, not being negative just stating facts :-)

I have sensitive guts now along with lots of bowel movements, but on the good side I do not have accidents and can "hold" it pretty good, norm is about 5-8 BM's a day, don't know your situation but just be patient, our bodies take a while to heal, good luck and good health

Nora

I am just curious..I thought you had to have a rectum for a reversal to be done.   this is new to me..is there somewhere I can read about this...not having a reversal..just curious

Hi Sandi, There's lots of information about an ileoanal or coloanal anastomosis on the internet.

Mike