Temp. colostomy after assalt..

In Jan someone broke into my home, and assaulted me leaving me with injuries to the rectum. I remeber laying in the ER and some doctor simply telling me without emotion I would be having an emergency colostomy. Dealing with this has been just as hard, if not harder, than the event its self.
I should have a reversal in a month or so.

I'm having trouble with my skin with the adhesive.
Do you recommend a two piece rather than once piece bag?

I commend you all, I don't know what I'd do if this was permanant. I guess you just deal with it huh

Thanks, and advice would be great.
Ang

Ang,
My heart goes out to you. No one should ever have to have an experience such what you encountered. My husband is a prosecutor who deals solely with sex crimes. I truly hope the defendant in your case is brought to justice.

As for your question, I perfer a two-pc system. I am allergic to every system out there except for Hollister. My skin was red, rashy, and bleeding. My Dr called me in a perscription of Nystatin powder because my skin developed a yeast infection. You may want to talk to your Dr about this over the phone. I love Hollister for the different bag sizes that they offer. Also, you can attempt irrigating your stoma and then wearing a small cap during the day. Other people who have colostomies have this luxury.

I hope this helps you.

ang im glad u found this site. you are an extremely strong person. I just had my temp ileostomy performed last month and i have not had any skin problems as of yet ( THANK GOD, Hoping i don't). just wanted to say i dont know what i would have done without this site, i'm sure u will find it of great help to you, hope to see you posting soon!

Thanks so much for the replies It helps having someone know at least this part of what I'm going through.
OMG...today I had a BM through my rectum! IT freaked me out. THey said that since my surgery was ER that some old bowl had made its way down. I didn't know what to think. Thank God for the ostomy nurse who calmed my fears.

I have a question. In every picture I see peoples stomas are stcking out from there skin, and small. I have a large round indented hole. Yes its gotton smaller but its more IN my stomach not sticking out AT ALL. its really goes in more than anything. Is this norma? I"m trying a convex bag, but the dumb stoma is right where my fat has a big crease and its hard to get a seal.
oh, and I cannot use the paste. The alcohol burns badly. I found the barrier rings to be very good.
my skins looks like I'm been burt with a big round thing.
Also, if you know, when I get the reversal, what will they do with this massive hole in my abdomen?? I want scar revison. for that and my LifePort scar.
sorry for the rambling.
Hope you all are doing well.
Luvs,
Ang

Ang,

yes old bowel will pass thru...and if u still have parts of ur colon remaining u may still continue to get the urge to go thru the back. It will be mucus. Its the mucus that the intestine creates to help food move thru, and as long as we have any parts of it remaining we will still need to expell that mucus. It shouldnt b much coming out tho. It freaked me out too!

Sounds like ur stoma is flush with your skin. I don't have that problem ( at least not at this point) but there are many people on the site who do, hopefully they'll b able to help. Alot of them use eakin seals. I'm not exactly sure what happens to the whole, i've seen pictures of people who've gotten it stitched or stapled up, and also those where u have to pack it until the healing rises to the stomach. Thats a question i will have when it comes time for my reversal as well.

I hope someone answers ur questions better...if not. Repost, with that specific topic. Stay strong!

AngMichelle...my stoma is just like yours. I see pictures of ones that stick out but mine is like a big indented hole with the stoma inside of it. It is also oblong, not round, so hard to cut the flange to fit at first. I found that using the convex wafer and the eakin seal helps, but because it is so far into my skin, it seeps under and has given me an ulcerated area. The seals have helped a lot, because the nurse has shown me how to put the seal all the way up to the stoma with no skin being exposed. You will figure out what works best for you. It just takes some experimenting.