Can I just say, and I'm just being honest...

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Thank you Yeah, the timing had to be right so there was a decent chance of getting the problem area out. Up until now it's been too small to target, but no less troublesome.

I don't know exactly how much, but I don't think it will be much more each side of the joining bit. There's a funny shaped thingy between the two intestines, which the surgeon drew me a picture of. That's coming out, and just a little bit extra off each end. The narrowing is too close to this thing to be targeted on its own apparently.

She said that if things are well set up, it can be done by keyhole surgery. But if things are messy in there, it will be a more major operation. I had one before some 11 years ago, a major one to remove 30cm of intestine, and I recovered fine.