Hello Krenny,

                       l had a colon resection some 8 years back and have run a gambit of changes with my bowel,as my surgeon said when he rejoined after removing the stoma, thats the new you.l have spent these years learning exactly what he meant.

My stools veer towards the squidgy and are of narrow circunfirence, and its rare for me to clear my bowel in one visit. l put this down to to a less active area around the rejoin, and a narrowing there due to scar tissue.

One of the joys is that l can suffer from inflammation in that area, leading bto even more restriction, l have also had now 5 instances of the bowel blocking, weirdly never in a period of inflammation but just the opposite.

All of which leads me to conclude that you are very lucky if you can revert to a previously normal function following sugery intervention of the bowel, it just not like being chopped about.

Diet makes little difference tomy fiunction l have discovered over the years, but stress or change can have an impact, but l suspect we will all be different once we get to the more focosed nuances of our new companion.l called mine versuviarse so that should give you some idea of our first years of living together, and although it has become more dormant, the regular flares are still there to remind me not to take anything for granted.

So no surprise reading you have some issues but great to read that.s not with cancer, just a result of having had it,

Crack on with life and enjoy your second chance,

 David

Hello Krenny,

                       l had a colon resection some 8 years back and have run a gambit of changes with my bowel,as my surgeon said when he rejoined after removing the stoma, thats the new you.l have spent these years learning exactly what he meant.

My stools veer towards the squidgy and are of narrow circunfirence, and its rare for me to clear my bowel in one visit. l put this down to to a less active area around the rejoin, and a narrowing there due to scar tissue.

One of the joys is that l can suffer from inflammation in that area, leading bto even more restriction, l have also had now 5 instances of the bowel blocking, weirdly never in a period of inflammation but just the opposite.

All of which leads me to conclude that you are very lucky if you can revert to a previously normal function following sugery intervention of the bowel, it just not like being chopped about.

Diet makes little difference tomy fiunction l have discovered over the years, but stress or change can have an impact, but l suspect we will all be different once we get to the more focosed nuances of our new companion.l called mine versuviarse so that should give you some idea of our first years of living together, and although it has become more dormant, the regular flares are still there to remind me not to take anything for granted.

So no surprise reading you have some issues but great to read that.s not with cancer, just a result of having had it,

Crack on with life and enjoy your second chance,

 David

Thank you for your reply and words of reassurance, I know that is been such a short time since my op, and I was told by one of the surgeons, this may be how your bowels operate going forward, which I do understand and accept. But thanks again for your comment.