I, too, presented with a blockage, and had a right hemicolectomy without a colonoscopy. The surgeon vetoed waiting a day to do one, given what was seen ...

I was diagnosed Stage 4 in March 2018. After a right hemicolectomy, had to complete 12 rounds of FOLFOX because first line immunotherapy was not available ...

Liz - Welcome to our forum! If you are interested in obtaining informational support here, I think it would be a good idea to collect copies of all of your medical reports done so far. These reports contain the information that defines your diagnosis and staging, and they will form the basis for you...

... for a CT scan that confirmed a mass blocking my colon. They performed a right hemicolectomy the next night. My tumour was fairly large - 10.2 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm and fortunately ...

Hello i am new to this forum.I had a laparoscopic right cilectomy 5 weeks ago.Did not have bm in 6 days, had the ng tube back , not good.Anyway , i have to add that i had radiation 6 years ago for rectal cancer so the damage from that did not help.Anyway ...

13 Nov is the 9 year anniversary of my emergency extended right hemicolectomy. Very traumatic at the time but I got through it and all is well. An encouraging post for those who are newly diagnosed. Best wishes.

... Did they remove the ileocecal valve when they did the extended right hemicolectomy? If so, other digestive problems are likely to emerge and require specialized ...

... Did they remove the ileocecal valve when they did the extended right hemicolectomy? If so, other digestive problems are likely to emerge and require specialized ...

Ron -- As everybody has mentioned so far, time is of the essence right now. It's important to act quickly and do something effective now before ... now he is normal, however the first weeks of the recovery (from the hemicolectomy) were quite stressful (due to diarrhea, weakness, lack of movement...). ...

... including the distant superior mesenteric LN. He had an extended right hemicolectomy. The surgeon said that all macroscopic cancer tissue was removed. Unfortunately ...

... to grow? The initial surgery was in November 2013, an acute extended right hemicolectomy. All CEA tests and an earlier colonoscopy have been ok. I’m 76. Any thoughts ...

... to grow? The initial surgery was in November 2013, an acute extended right hemicolectomy. All CEA tests and an earlier colonoscopy have been ok. I’m 76. Any thoughts ...

... first day. I was hoping that some of the members here with laparoscopic hemicolectomy experience might have replied by now, but unfortunately that ... might see your post in the next week or so and decide to reply. Right now I'll just mention one possibility here -- something related to ...

... surgery. My husband 22 years old has just undergone a laparoscopic right hemicolectomy. He is in severe pain and requires his morphine pump quite a lot, he also struggles ...

What surgery did you have, specifically? Right hemicolectomy, sigmoidectomy, et al?

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