[livingwith]

April, 2006 had a colon resection due to recurrent diverticulitis During surgery an abscess was discovered “at the junction of the superior ampulla of the rectum and the distal sigmoid colon with attachment to surrounding tructures”. Several weeks later had surgery to repair an incisional hernia. A mesh was put in place. Almost immediately complications began.
6 months later another surgery was performed to remove mesh which had collapsed around large, small colon, and bladder. One...Read the full article

[amilyn]

Your post is a little scary to me! I had 2 surgeries for diverticulitus in Dec. 08. First one went "bad" due to infection and leakage. Now I have an ostomy bag after the second surgery and am scheduled for re-attachment of my colon in June. I'm a nervous wreck because more often than not I'm hearing horror stories about problems with re-attachment, residual problems, contingent problems after any colon/intestine surgery. I'll keep you in my thoughts and hope you find a pain-free solution.

[larazie]

I didnt mean to scare you. Most of the problems that I have are a result of the mesh. Although there is still alot of pain, my body functions well and I lead a normal life(though I tend to be a little grouchy). My surgeon is terrific and continues to help me find solutions. I wish you the best of luck, and hope that you are able to enjoy a sunny 4th of July with the only fireworks being those in the sky.