Colostomy?

[Two.Penguins 37]

I had my sleeve 3/3/14. I am doing GREAT!!! My husband is scheduled for his on 11/10/14. His case is a bit different. My husband survived colon cancer last year but had some complications and was left with a colostomy bag. The surgeon said before surgery he will be sewing up the stoma. Because he can't have anything on his body during surgery.... Like the colostomy bag. To me this seems really strange. Has anyone else had the sleeve surgery while having a colostomy? Any responses would be great. Thanks!

[BitterSweet* 835]

Sewing up the stoma and then what? What's the plan afterwards?

[Two.Penguins 37]

The surgeon says he will stitch it up before surgery. ... and undo it after. So that he doesn't have his colostomy bag attached to him during the surgery. To my husband and I , it just seems weird.

[Miss Mac 6,262]

My guess is that it will help keep his body more sterile during the process. Two months before my sleeve, I spent 8 days in the hospital with ischemic cholitis. Actually, I was in the hospital for a lumbar fusion, and in the process of taking scans and MRI's and other imaging, the bowel problem was discovered. The spine surgery was post-poned indefinitley because the neuro-surgeon did not want to risk perforating my bowel and leaking the contents into my abdominal cavity. Sounds like your husband's doctor plans to put things back the way they were, but needs to keep the surgical environment clinically sterile.