My husband had his colon removed in 2002 and has a permanent ileostomy. He had 2 immediate surgeries for scar tissue adhesions. When we left the hospital after the 3rd surgery, he was 86#'s and they left his wound open to heal. He worked his was back to the healthiest I had ever seen him. Even with the ileostomy, his quality of life was so much better. They had left 6" of his rectum in place. He was diagnosed with a cancerous rectal tumor in Sept. '08. He had 6 weeks of 24/7 chemo with daily radiation treatments. He had the rectum removed on Dec. 29th. They were able to reduce the tumor to almost nothing and removed it all. He started having issues that mimicked an intestinal blockage just as his radiation ceased in Nov. '08. It is now the 1st of Oct, and he is in so much pain and vomits daily, if not more. He's losing weight daily. The Dr's first thought was to let him work through this. We finally went to a second Dr after giving it months. The ran the first follow through tests this week since Jan. He has referred him to a surgeon, the diagnosis is scar tissue adhesions again. This is a scary proposition for us both. He hasn't had good luck with abdomen surgery, and now months later, his body is so weak. We spend weeks and months in between Dr's who want to take responsibility for him. They keep sending us to someone else it seems and he just gets lost in the cracks of it all. Right now he can hardly lift himself from a chair without help, and we have to wait another week to even see the surgeon. Has anyone had to deal with small intestinal adhesions with a permanent ileostomy? We could use a success story right now.