N/A-I really don’t know how my loop ileo to nowhere works exactly. The surgeon explained that they would keep the ileo as is and basically just cut and sew the bowel shut at the end ileo portion to take care of the mucus down below problem. I have a follow up this Friday so I am gonna try to get more detail b/c my local peeps-who I may need in an emergency-are so clueless as it is. A loop ileo to nowhere is gonna blow their minds🤯. I am so glad to hear you had spots of discomfort too-gives me hope that it is all part of healing. I contacted Cleveland with my concerns and they said you are only 3 weeks out of surgery. And you are older now-45. I had my J pouch surgery done when I was 18 so they said unfortunately healing takes longer with age. My butt is doing so well that I guess I expect everything to be on track with the butt healing.
Mysticobra- Thanks for the welcome! It has been a long time coming. Still so happy with no butt😁. Maybe you can call yours a KB (Ken butt). Sexist surgery!!
Jayda-If anyone finds a way to avoid the ileus/NG tube from hell-please let me know! I rather be cut open than live with that tube in. There is a drug that is supposed to help post-op-not sure if anyone uses it. Chewing gum, limiting use of opioids, introducing diet sooner rather than later if possible, walking are all supposed to help. Not everyone has an ileus/obstruction after surgery. My J pouch was in for over 25 years and this was my 9th time being cut open (full cut each time, no laparoscopic) so I think this made things way more difficult with all the adhesions and scar tissue. The surgeon said my J pouch was stuck to my uterus and it sounds like he went through a lot to keep my uterus. I am already menopausal so I wish I remembered to tell him to take whatever other organs he had to take since those female parts are useless to me now anyway. Not sure that had anything to do with my ileus/bowel obstruction but I always felt the intestines don’t like to be handled and rebel via ileus/obstruction.