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First Resection Appt. & Dr said Temp Ostomy if I cant get off meds. Need Advice.

I went for my first resection appointment with a surgeon after having CD for 25 years. I have severe narrowing in the ileum. I was told since i'm on 6mp and prednisone that I would have to have a temp ostomy for 4 months due to potential healing issues. Have you had a resection while on meds and avoided an ostomy bag or do all surgeons mandate that you be off meds or have the bag? Any help is appreciated. I'm devastated as I wasn't expecting this.
 
I went for my first resection appointment with a surgeon after having CD for 25 years. I have severe narrowing in the ileum. I was told since i'm on 6mp and prednisone that I would have to have a temp ostomy for 4 months due to potential healing issues. Have you had a resection while on meds and avoided an ostomy bag or do all surgeons mandate that you be off meds or have the bag? Any help is appreciated. I'm devastated as I wasn't expecting this.
I had a resection while on steroids and lialda. I would get a second opinion.
 

Scipio

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San Diego
I have not had bowel surgery, but I have had heart surgery while being treated for Crohn's, and they took me off prednisone prior to the surgery saying that corticosteroids interfere with proper wound healing. I don't know one way or the other about 6mp.
 
I have not had bowel surgery, but I have had heart surgery while being treated for Crohn's, and they took me off prednisone prior to the surgery saying that corticosteroids interfere with proper wound healing. I don't know one way or the other about 6mp.
I was put on Prednisone after my resection 17 years ago. They told me to remove the staples after a certain minimum number of days. I did not wait and removed them as soon as I could. Unfortunately, since I was on Prednisone, the wound didn't heal within the normal time and it opened up. I had to stuff a wick of gauze into the wound and take special care of it for an extra couple of weeks.
 
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