I have had my ileostomy  reversed much to my regret as I wanted to keep it as my life was perfect with it. But it stopped  working at Christmas  and after many visits  to a and e the consultants basically  said I had to get it done quickly. I had the op on a Sunday  it went okay for a couple of days then I developed  colitis then they did another op to dilate the original  anastomosis as it was narrow one end, I then went into ileus for 5 days and had the horrible  ng tube put in,then to top it of I got c diff and was basically  having watery diaroea constantly for 48 hrs,I then developed  a anul fisure which is the most painful  thing I have ever encountered so basically everything  went wrong and I now have to wait months and months for things to improve. I can't see the fisure improving  as it is constantly  underpress from my bowel movements. All of my life is on hold no work no cycling  long distance as I need sitz bath after each motion so as you can see I why i am pretty  *** of but hey ho all of these things are better than dying from the original problem, I don't like mentioning the c word.