Colon Resection

[livingwith]

i’m a 55 y.o. male with a history of diverticulosis. last month it was determined that i’d need to have ~8″ of my sigmoid colon removed via “traditional” surgery.
i had the surgery two weeks ago and, despite having developed / survived dvt’s, i couldn’t be happier with the results.
surgery apparently went well and i was moved to a semi-private room. when i woke up i had a few lines in me, including morphine drip. no pain… not much of anything, r...Read the full article

[Richard NO]

Welcome to the club. I am 75 and had the same surgery on 2/26/09. Lap. type of surgery . In the hospital 3 days everything went great. After 3 weeks was back to cutting my grass. A lot slower mind you but cutting non the less. Good luck.