Nearly there....

[BerthaPog]

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Raise a glass and bust a move to the man Pip - I'm super-stoked to report yesterdays operation was a success: he's joined up without the bag.

Rest up dude!

Good news, and don’t try to emulate the Fresh Prince for a week or two!

 

[The History Man]

Excellent.

 

[michael franks]

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Excellent.

And so say all of us.

 

[My_Teenage_Self]

EPIC!!

Speedy recovery Pip!!!

 

[shedobits]

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Great news Pip

 

[hamster]

Fab news, here's to recovery!

 

[drcarlos]

Good news indeed. Nice to hear things are on the up.

Carl.

 

[Pipmeister]

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Thank you everyone for your helpful encouragement; and thankyou Alasdair for updating this thread while I was still in Hospital with no access to the Internet .

I was discharged a mere 5 days after surgery, which I find remarkable :shock: . The Surgeon was able to successfully re-join the Bowel ready to function again, so no temporary bag for a few months .

I am sore from the open surgery, and my guts feel like I have had a serous beer session followed by a bad curry. The Surgeon told me to expect that for about 6 weeks.

Currently, I can manage to walk a few hundred yards, which again I find remarkable. Sleep is difficult with the discomfort, and only Paracetamol for pain relief. Anyway, as long as I can grab a few winks here and there – it doesn’t really matter what time of day or night it may be as I always have this site to browse at silly o' clock…. like now for example.

Pip

 

[The History Man]

see you at mayhem next year!

great to hear you're on the mend.

 

[Pipmeister]

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Some progress:

I have just walked one and a half miles into the town centre, then the same back again with a little sit down in between. That is an astonishing improvement in such a short time. I worked hard to get as fit as I could prior to surgery, so I would like to think that my efforts have paid off.

The Stoma hole in my belly has been left open with thick packing over it to help with draining from the abdomen and this appears to have virtually stopped now. I understand that it will slowly close up and heal from the inside out.

I was told that it will take 6 weeks or more to regain some sort or normal / reliable bowel control, and sadly there have been a few accidents – thankfully not today on my first big trip out. I have my first check-up with Colorectal Surgery on 9th August.

Not sure when I can swing a leg over a bike again, but if I drop the Seatpost on one of them, I reckon that I could be pedalling sometime in July.

Well blimey, it has been a bit of a journey since the initial surgery for Cancer in November 2017, but at last, we are nearly there.

Pip.