Hello everyone, thank you for letting me join the group. I have T2 rectal cancer and am 3 weeks post op from open APER surgery. Busy doing nothing recovering from the surgery. Getting used to permanent stoma and Barbie butt.
Hi and a warm welcome to the board. Good to hear that you sound to be recovering from the surgery ok? APER is a big op so be prepared to take things easy for a while. If you type APR in the search box at the top of the screen then you can have a look at previous posts? There’s a lot of info about the stoma in the Ileostomy, Colostomy and Stoma support board
https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer_experiences/ileostomy-and-colostomy-discussions-forum
Glad you’ve found us and feel free to post if you’ve got any questions and we’ll be happy to help
Take care
Karen x
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