10 days after my first takedown, my surgeon removed my staples. 6 hours later my undetected fistula started draining feculent matter thru the wound.
thank god I went the ER where the CT scan revealed the fistula. (I knew something was up, because day after first takedown I could feel the flow of my intestine right under the wound. Surgeon ignored my concerns.)
anyhow, I had emergency surgery and surgeon told me and my wife that I could wind up with a permanent ileo. The surgeon managed to reconnect me without a temp bag, despite the sepsis that nearly killed me.
14 months later, I am alive, no bag, and no chance of colon cancer!!
as for anyone else, I would exercise extreme caution with this condition. Not being a doctor, I would not tell anyone to live with this and take their chances.