experiances please..!half of bowel removed

[effie26]

due to my mum having two tumors she had about half of her bowel removed(left side),she is now trying to find out how life is gona be after her bag is removed,how close to normal can your bowel go back too after?i know it will take some time.any experiances of people with that much bowel removed please?

[inder_muc]

Hi,
Half of my bowel was removed last year too. I could be able to return to normal in a few weeks after resection. Your Mom should not have any issues too.

inder_muc

[Lee]

Per the signature line, I see that part of her rectum was also removed. That could be a problem, butt only time will tell. My advice, see how it goes. Some people have no problems, others have daily issues-diarrhea, etc. If your mom should have daily issues, know that many people on this forum have found great success with daily enemas. There is a thread devoted to it by tammylane. Also some are able to control issues with diet alone. Other found products like imodium to be very helpful.

I would recommend when she starts to eat again following surgery, keep a food diary. See if some foods effect her and how.

Other people could not live with the issues and would have another surgery to get a colostomy. So see how it goes, and know there are options out there. Hopefully she will be one of those without problems.

Lee