Question for anyone who has had bowel surgery

[Dogmama]

Can I ask how your husband is now doing? Was the overall experience for him OK? What was his disability period like?

He is doing great. It had metastisized and he had his spleen, part of pancreas and some lymph nodes removed. He also was overweight, smoked, etc., and was the worst candidate for surgery. He did have complications. A lot of them were due to his horrible lifestyle going into surgery. He did chemo for six months. Since then, he has been cancer free. He gets blood checked every three months and a CT scan once a year. His oncologist said that 90% of these come back in three years and we are four months away. Oh, and he had another colonoscopy one year post surgery.

My recommendations are that you be sure you are well hydrated before surgery. It will make finding veins much easier. Get your nutrition right and keep up your exercise. Post surgery, get up & walk as soon as you can to minimize the chances of blood clot formation.

There have been studies showing that red meat, anything with nitrates (e.g., lunch meat, hot dogs) and anything grilled are carcinogens that lead to colon ca. Also, calcium in the form of carbonate, the cheapest kind, has been shown to help. Attitude and most importantly, prayers, are extremely important. I hope you will let everybody know when you are going in for surgery. I believe the power of prayer and energy is invaluable. His oncologist is still amazed at his progress.

Also, try to not listen to all the people who will tell you horror stories. I got so tired of people telling me about their friends & relatives who had bad outcomes. Everybody is different and you have a huge advantage because you are healthy.

BTW, he doesn't smoke anymore, started riding a bike (think Pee Wee Herman, but still...) and works out in a gym which is amazing for him. I told him if he ever picked up another cigarette, he'd need a colonoscopy to extract the pack.

Again, he was NOT in good shape when he went in. His bowel was almost completely blocked, thus emergency surgery. He had been ignoring symptoms for a long time. This doesn't sound like you at all. I'm assuming that the PET scan showed the ca was localized to the colon, correct?