Hi, I had something of that nature happen to me also. I ended up with a
colostomy bag for a 4 months. I had 6 surgies from it within a 6 month
period. It was very scary. I also had lots of tunneling and holes that
would just open up on my stomach and I was hooked to a wound vac for several
months and going to wound care Monday through Friday. It was extremely
scarey and I didn't think I would ever recover. That was a year ago. I am
better. My wound did finally heal, after my colostomy take down. I also
had a complete hysto and my Dr. removed some of my stomach tissue because it
was so messed up from the wounds and tunneling. Now recently I have been
having lots of abdominal pain and of course since last year I now have IBS
with consitipation. Thank God for Zelnorm, although if I even miss one day
of it I am extremely constipated again. I just had surgery again 2 weeks
ago because of my gallbladder. It was fool of stones and the bile duct was
plugged. Because of the adhesions she was unable to do a laproscopic
surgery and had to make an incision above my belly button and go in. She
removed some of my adhesions, but she said that the are even worse than
before. She said in a few months she might have to go back in because they
are starting to strangulate my intestines. I am so scared of having a
colostomy bag again. It took a while but I got use to the bag and I was
finally okay with it, but then they took it down and it scares me to have it
again. Right now my incision is hurting. I used a mirror and a flash light
and had my husband help me and I have a hole in the middle of my incision
and it is infected. All the memories are coming back of last year and it is
scarey but I did recover and I will do what I have to, so that I can survive
and be here for my children and husband. That is the only way I can look at
it. I am so glad to found this group. I thought I was the only one out
there going through all this. My husband is really the only one I have to
talk to about this. My family kind of thinks I am a winer or something.
They just don't understand and how can they? I don't know that I would of
understood without experiencing it. I just want you to know that healing
takes time and don't give up. Feel free to email me if you just need a
shoulder. Godbless all of us and lets take these bad times to make us
stronger.