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Originally Posted by upsscott
This sounds terrible. Do they know what caused the tear? I go in for my first colonoscopy next week. I’m a little tense about it due to contracting diverticulitis at the beginning of the summer and a reoccurrence in September. I fear that surgery may be in my future.
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Yeah is was a nightmare and I am lucky everything worked out.
As far as the cause, only speculation since is was damage control when I was cut open. 7” of the S.C. was removed and the body hasn’t been the same. The suspect of the cause is a ruptured diverticulum. That is why I am very jumpy at what my G.I. Try’s to tell me. I strongly believe that if it was caught before the point of no return, it would have been a totally different outcome. The medical technology today has got to be at a point where the surgical repair pre-rupture is a smooth process. If it reaches where I was, all bets are off. The surgeon on call can also make a huge difference. I was very fortunate that the on-call surgeon who worked on me was working. After all was said and done, I found out what “might” have happened if the other “guy” was on-call.
All I am recommend is that you develop the best relationship with the best G.I. Doc you can. Don’t mess around with this stuff and take is seriously.
This is one of those events I can say “Been there, done that” it ain’t fun.
Good luck and I am sure things will work out since it’s on your radar.
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