Location: St. Augustine, FL
About Me: A high school Biology teacher's coping with rosacea while living in the interesting and sometimes insane world of public education.
January 16, 2006
Slow healing from the hemicolonectomy
After making it through the week teaching, I've been resting a lot this weekend. The incision form the colon resection is about 60% closed, but the top portion tore open after the staples were removed and has been a real pain to deal with. Though not infected, there is a hole about the size of a half dollar that is deep and discharging an orange liquid. I've been letting it air out this weekend and it appears to be very slowly filling in. When going out, I have to put a pad and gauze on it to keep leakage from staining my pants. Yesterday there was a lot of deep pain whenever I got up or shifted position. This is less today and I hope that is a sign that the internal healing is progressing. I go back to the doctor in a couple of hours to be checked. I've come out of this experience with the realization that most doctors do not have a clue as to the importance of proper pain control in their patients' healing. They have their particular expertise such as cutting out parts and that's about all they really focus on. I have a small amount of pain medication I have been carefully using to help me sleep at night or get around in the morning,but I could use about twice the amount the doctor gave me to be able to get around with minimal discomfort. I'm making do with what I have and waiting to feel better.
Posted by on January 16, 2006 09:24 AM
I am having that procedure the day after Christmas. I have a five year old at home. Is the recovery very difficult?
Posted by: Suzanne at December 23, 2007 07:34 PM
I had a right hand hemocolonectomy done in August of 2007. The surgeon did the surgery laproscopically. There were four small holes and a four inch incision from which he removed 14 inches of my large intestine. On the incision he used durma bond, no stiches. I healed up real well and experienced very little pain.
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