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Can Leakage Of Bile After Removal Of Colon Lead To Sepsis?

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Posted on Tue, 2 Feb 2016
Question: I had a cancerous tumor removed from my colon every thing went fine, no colostomy bag great until about 13 hours later my stiches came loose where they sewed my colon back together I became deathly sick and could feel my colon moving. I told the nurses but no one believed me, but when the surgen came around he said take him to the cat scan now, after the scan they pumped 3 leters of bile out of me and I went straight back to the operating room where they opened me back up. my scar is about 14 inches long. because nobody called the surgen the bile sat in me fo approxemitely 15 hours, is the colon coming apart sometimes normal. I was in the hospital 31 days after the bile mad me sick and now I have a colostomy bag due to the colon un raveling. still am not feeling well and the operation was july 14. I heard I had sepsis and it took another 28 days to beat it ,just give me your input on the subject. stage 2 colon cancer
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Answered by Dr. Ronald Schubert (20 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
this is not normal recovery

Detailed Answer:
Thank you for contacting HCM with your health care concerns

I am sorry to hear that you had such a difficulty time after your colon surgery. What you experienced is not normal. Failure of the sutures to hold is very rare and it makes me concerned that someone made a terrible mistake. This should have never happened.

You went through a terrible ordeal and I am glad to hear that you are better but it sounds like you have more time to rehabilitate from this experience.

I hope I answered your question. Please contact us again if you have any additional questions
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Follow up: Dr. Ronald Schubert (24 minutes later)
I never got my question answered.
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Answered by Dr. Ronald Schubert (2 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
please clarify your question

Detailed Answer:
The only question I see in your narrative is the colon coming apart sometimes normal. I do not see any other question. Please clarify your question.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Follow up: Dr. Ronald Schubert (12 minutes later)
I would think that making a sloppy reconnection would be top priority, I was told that the bile giving me sepsis should have killed me especially being in me so long. your thoughts.
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Answered by Dr. Ronald Schubert (16 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
lucky to have survived

Detailed Answer:
Yes you are lucky to have survived from this experience. Having bile and your bowel leak after surgery all caused you to have sepsis. Sepsis is very dangerous and especially after surgery as that could have easily killed you. The bile on top of causing sepsis is very irritating to the lining of the abdomen and also caused chemical burn inside you. IN the future you may still have pain and discomfort from the chemical burn and scarring.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Can Leakage Of Bile After Removal Of Colon Lead To Sepsis?

Brief Answer: this is not normal recovery Detailed Answer: Thank you for contacting HCM with your health care concerns I am sorry to hear that you had such a difficulty time after your colon surgery. What you experienced is not normal. Failure of the sutures to hold is very rare and it makes me concerned that someone made a terrible mistake. This should have never happened. You went through a terrible ordeal and I am glad to hear that you are better but it sounds like you have more time to rehabilitate from this experience. I hope I answered your question. Please contact us again if you have any additional questions