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Hi Tara!

I too had a better recovery from my pouch excision than the original colectomy surgery, but even so, this was a big surgery and recovery. My pouch excision was not laparoscopic, so it was a full 8 weeks recovery in my case. I was pretty much good at 6 weeks, but I gave myself the full 8 so I was sure to be 100%. My abdominal scar took almost 6 weeks to stop oozing . I was on prescription pain pills for 4 weeks, so no driving. Yes, my barbie butt hurt and I pretty much only sat straight up for meals the first month and stayed in the recliner or on the couch or in bed otherwise. It takes a long time, but it does heal! I too has r/v fistulas and had to go to the perm ileo to finally heal from that. I'm just about to my 4 year anniversary of my pouch excision and I feel SO amazingly great! No regrets!

Feel free to PM other specific questions!

Laura

4/4/1810:54 PM

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