So I'm gonna be nothing but asshole

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Rod
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So I'm gonna be nothing but asshole

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For some reason, my post didn't post. I go in Friday to have my Sigmoid Colon removed. After 6 attacks of Diverticulitis since April, the last one putting me in the hospital for 24 hours getting iv's of antibiotics pumped in me, the surgical team said it was time. Doctor is great, and she's funny as hell; wouldn't do liposuction on my belly while she was down there. Said it wasn't her job. No spinal block, they're going with robotic surgery so I'll be put out completely for 4 to 5 hours. Won't have internet until I'm fully awake so you don't get any drug induced posts on here, sorry. I'll be in the hospital for 3 to 5 days and recovering at home for from 4 to 6 weeks. Any notices will be on my Facebook page first. I'll write a full analysis here later. And, as someone on Facebook said, after a woman asked if they were going to remove my curmudgeonity, they taking out the sigmoid and leaving the asshole. Wish me luck.
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Wow, good luck, Rod!
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Good luck.
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Will there be live streaming webcam footage? Once you said "robotic surgery" I keep having visions of Bender with a hacksaw. Oh yeah, good luck.

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Hope all goes well.
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Best wishes, Rod.

I had it done in 2015, for the same reason as you. I was up and walking around (carefully) on the second day after the OP, and released from hospital after 10 days. Convalescence about 8 weeks in all. I have to watch my diet, eating plenty of roughage, and strictly limiting intake of stodgy food (pasta, white bread, rice), but other than that - which is no great burden - I feel great. In fact, I feel much, much better than I did during several years of living with undiagnosed diverticulitis, which was a permanent hidden source of infection and inflammation.

Pro tip - do the pre-OP shaving yourself at home! Hospital disposable razors are rubbish...

Fingers crossed for you!

PS: another pro tip for everyone other than Rod. If your annual blood tests are showing signs of inflammation, but you don't have an inflammation that you know of, get your teeth and your colon checked. Both are places that can harbor silent infections that make you ill for no apparent reason.
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Good luck!
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Hope everything goes well and you have a quick recovery.
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Take care, and good luck.
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If I hear screams, I'll waddle as fast as I can in the other direction.

Good luck! Better you than me. :roll:
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