Tarlton wrote:
Praying for you! To have annoyances on top of very serious choices to make is not fair to you and I am so sorry you are going through that.
What options are available to you if you don’t remove your bowel?
Sadly nothing. I had no improvement with everything else we tried so there is no point in re-trying it. Also because I still have my bowel it still makes mucus which is used for natural lubricant but because I have pelvic floor nerve damage it either just leaks out, or when my muscles spasm then it builds up into a lump that is very hard to pass. It also hurts a lot when that happens.
Most days the spasms feel like I need to pass a basketball-size BM but I do not have anything to pass.
So in September when I see my surgeon it will be to get the paperwork done and set up the next surgery. The doctor already knew that it was very likely that this would be needed but hoped that my muscle would relax once they were not needed.