Is this anything?

I think you would know if you had leakage into your abdomen. I had internal leakage and severe pain a week after my colectomy. I had virtually no blood pressure. When the ambulance people stood me up I passed out. It was called peritonitis. I almost died.

The docs probably did not know what to do. I wonder about the soap suds enema. That is a common enema for people with all plumbing intact. It goes into your colon. With an ileo the enema goes into your small intestine. Is that a bad idea?

Dan 

You would know if you porforated your bowel. I had porforated in 3 different spots in my small bowel specifically my terminal illieum. And the pain is seriously unbearable. Like your normal amount of Dalaudid would definetly not cut it on the pain control side.... so if your normally getting 1 mg then that wouldn't work if you normally get like 6 mg like then that wouldn't work. But trust me you'd know from the excruciating pain. But like you said it has to be going somewhere, and Im sort of wondering where. And why was their reasoning that the stool had compacted just inside the stoma? was there a narrowing there? Im thinking your having a narrowing to begin with and that its getting backed up every once in a while. That would explain why you felt better after leaving the hospital but then again felt bad again once you got home. In that case Id assume you'd have to have surgery to correct that. You could probably maybe see it with a CT or an MRI with dye and contrast. oh wait Im starting to say it sucks you cant take a scope up that far but you have a colostomy and not an illiostomy so you could at least see part of your colon and the very beginning of your terminal illieum. I would say you could do one of the M2A studies, the pill capsule endoscopy that you swallow and carry the little hard drive around for about 8 hrs and it takes about 10,000 pictures in that 8 hours but if you have a narrowing then it could and most likely would get stuck which is actually what happened to me and made me porforate in 3 different places, now then you WOULD definetetly have it leaking into your abdomen. Also that soap suds enema sounds pretty strange to me...

Thanks for all the replies, I ended up back in the hospital and again was told I was impacted they flushed it, gave me IV fluids and sent me home. Today I went and saw my surgeon who pulled up the ct scans and was upset at the way I was treated in the ER. I have a parastoma hernia that is kinked at the bottom so he said when I sit or bend it is completely kinked off. My colon is also inflamed. So he put me on antibiotics and told me to spend as much time laying down as possible until my surgery which is the 17th. He even took me off work because he wants the colon to heal as much as possible. Sighs, two weeks seems like a long time to be in pain but I understand why he is waiting. I dont want more complications because its already infected. All I can say is god give me strength these next two weeks.

I'm so glad your doctor knew what to do and you have a treatment plan now. ER's scare me! I know they can be life savers sometimes, but man....it seems you really take your chances when you go into one.

I hope the next two weeks fly by for you and your surgery is a snap. Be well!