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illostomy bag removed and intestine re-attached,

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hi everyone, i had my bag removed and had my intestines re-attached and was wondering how long does it take to heal? i can't remeber how it was done. but they leftf hole opend and pu t a special dressing to stop infection getting in so i think it was a small key hole.

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