Hi all.

I just signed up here for my wife who's going into hospital in november to have her advanced endo excised, which will likely mean segmental bowel section too. The doctor told us it was the most advanced case he'd seen, small wonder she'd been in so much pain.

So I'm hoping that maybe someone here has been through this process and can give us some idea, from a sufferers perspective of how it'll likely pan out?

Doc says she'll be under the knife for 4-6hrs, and 4-5 days in hospital, followed by 2-3 weeks to properly recover.

She'll be along tomorrow with some questions, but some I know she's keen to find out about are these:
- Will there be no more pain from the condition once fully recovered from the op?
- How long is it likely to be before she'll be able to get out of bed and move around?
- Given the bowel complication, will there be special dietary requirements post op, and how long for?

I'm sure there's a million more things to know, but it's half two in the morning so it'll have to wait for another day. Many thanks in advance to anyone who can share their experiences.

BTW, If anyone's not comfortable with a bloke being in this forum just let me know and I'll bugger off.

Cheers,
Pollo's hubby.

PS - the doc we went to see was by the name of Cooper, in Sydney.