Reversal

Hi alysonL. It’s a difficult one to answer as they’ll be people with no problems and people who wish they’d kept the stoma. You could ask the consultant how low down your tumour was and how much you have left? There is a conditions called LARS - low anterior resection syndrome - whereby people can have a lot of problems with diarrhoea, clustering, urgency etc. but it’s very hard to predict. 
I had my reversal in 2017 and lead a normal life although certain foods will trigger an evening of toilet visits eg. salad! so I often take an immodium. My surgeon said I would never go back to ‘normal’ but would get used to a new normal and evenings tend to be my toilet time. Have a look at some of the posts on this new board that’s been set up and see if it helps?

community.macmillan.org.uk/.../stoma-reversal-and-lars

Thanks Karen. I’ll do that!