Thank you to everyone. I'm so glad I found this site it helps to know I'm not alone. I was feeling alone, I don't want to be a burden to my family, I'm trying to keep things as normal as possible for them. I'm sure after my surgery I will have many questions.

Again Thank you,
Angela

Thank you this is very helpful and makes me feel a lot better then I did.

Thank you for sharing your experience with me.
When you had the reversal did you have any issues returning to work ? I heard you need to be very close to a bathroom. I'm worried because I travel a lot for work and I'm on planes all the time and just not sure how all this will work out.

Hi, I'm having lower anterior resection done on Feb 22 and was hoping someone could tell me what to expect after the surgery and if you have normal bowel functions. I had the TEM surgery a month ago to remove a tumor and the biopsy came back cancer, right now it's stage 1 rectal cancer but they are ...

Jaynee Thank you very much for the information this is very helpful. The tumor is higher up in the mid rectum on the right side. I will be on antibiotics before, during and after the surgery. They said I will be in the hospital overnight. Did you have to take Mirlax everyday for a couple of weeks un...

Jaynee I'm having the TEM surgery January 25th. I spoke with the Dr and he told me the recovery is about a week which will all depend on if all goes well with the surgery and no problems arise. If anyone has had this surgery can you tell me how you felt after and if you had any issues or any helpful...

Hi I'm new to this site and was hoping someone could answer how long is recovery after TEM Surgery? I just find out on Monday that I have to have this surgery and wanted to know what the recovery time is, also I had a biopsy taken on Monday how long does it take to get results back? I have to see th...