Hello everyone,
I think this is probably quite niche, as I'm assuming that many people who have had elape surgery are past childbearing age, but I wondered if anyone had any experience of this?
I'm in my 30s and had the elape procedure last year to remove rectal cancer. I froze my eggs at the time and had chemo afterwards. This was last year and I had the all clear in December, so still recovering really, but thinking about having children in the near future (I will need to wait for a year after chemo at least).
It would be good to understand risks and even how possible pregnancy is with the kind of procedure I have had. I know that hernias are more likely (stoma and perineal) so not sure how much this increases with pregnancy.
Obviously, I will speak to my doctor, but medical professionals I've spoken to so far haven't been especially knowledgeable on this topic!
Any comments appreciated :)
Hi Letts and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is both an informative and supportive place to be.
The online community is divided into different support groups so I'm going to recommend that you join the bowel cancer group as you'll then connect directly with others who have had the same type of surgery as you.
To join, just click on the link I've created and, once you've joined, you can start a new post in the same way as you did here and join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.
It would be great if you could put something about your diagnosis and treatment to date into your profile as it really helps others when replying to you and also when looking for someone on a similar pathway. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.
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