Thank you all for your wishes and I hope you too find the answers and a quick recovery from your treatment too.

YDI I am glad to hear you have had your last visit to the bowel surgeon. Sounds like he had a big job when he operated on you and no doubt that contributed to the longer recovery period. I hope things are getting back to normal for you. It definately sounds like they took a significant amount of bowel in your case. How long has it been since surgery?

In answer to your question they removed part of the rectosigmoid if that makes sense. The peice they cut out was tested and returned positive for full thickness endo (of the peice removed) but atleast it was only endo and not cancer. They were a little concerned because of how far the disease had progressed. When they went in they found it affected and joined pretty much all my lower abdominal organs. Ureter, uterus, overaies, fallopian tubes, completely occuluded pouch of douglas and bowel. The endo did not involve my appendix unlike you but I lost my left fallopian tube (the involvement was just to significant to be able to save it) and they had to perform a cystectomy on a 3cm cyst in my right ovary. They removed all endo from the cul de sac and uterosacral regions and then sewed me back up once they had removed the affected part of the sigmoid and resected.

I was in hospital for a period of five days. The end of day one/begining of day two my bladder shut down from the shock of surgery and end of day two I had an x-ray and found the lower part of my left lung had collapsed. (I think it was just my bodies way of dealing with the significance of the surgery) I had a fever and very low blood pressure.... they gave me two days of intraveinus antibiotics and fluids .....by day five I was up walking around and well enough to go home It was nothing less than an miricale how quick my recovery has been. My bowel has mended well (though I am a little constipated).

I now feel I am well enough to return to work three weeks after surgery. Which is half the amount of time I was originally advised by my doctors prior to surgery. I have to give the credit to my two surgeons and the grace of God for blessing me with such a quick recovery.

Well thats all for now. Thanks all for your encouragement and kind words.

I will keep you all in my prayers for a quick diagnosis, treatment and recovery.

Take care

Jo
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