Bloating and constipation after ileostomy reversal

Hiya Tracy

Yeah i did release the mucus and also little poo also just a very small amount from time to time.  Dont worry too much - if you are comfortable in your bottom then dont touch it i say.  Why do you do enemas - is it cause you feel something in there?

I dont know what a parastomal hernia is - no i thankfully had an uneventful recovery after my colectomy and ileo.  It is still bulgy around the stoma part and was when i had the stoma.  i have an outpatient appt on 12 nov.

Thankfully the bloating/tummy ache is intermittant and I may be getting there slowly but ask me again in a few months when hopefully things will be much better and manageable.

Yes well you keep it if it makes you happy - or you take a chance without it and then have the issue of maybe having to have another op...

keep us updated x

2much2bear, My doctor recommended water enemas twice a week to see if this would help my rectum "remember" what it is supposed to do. Sadly, the enemas give me rectal spasms for days afterwards and I have found that not doing them at all is better for me as I can go weeks with no urge to rid myself of the mucous anyway. Besides, the mucous is very little.

Could you just sit down and poop the mucous out on your own, or did you need to use water enemas?

Do you have obstructive defecation syndrome?

My skin above my stoma is bulging and my doctor said this is a parastomal hernia. It is about the size of half an orange??? Looks a little strange....I will post pictures and give you the link to go see over the weekend if you would like to see it. I am very upset to be having this set back. I FEEL SOOOOO GOOD since the surgery and I feel this is threatening my newfound health.

I am so glad to read that you are having better days. I hope you continue to do better and start to look forward to your life without an ostomy.

Thanks so much, Tracy

Hey everyone! My name is maya and I am twenty years old and have been suffering from crohns disease since the age of three. I underwent a temporary iliostomy back in 2012 and let's just say felt the best I ever had but proceeded with the reversal about three moths later....things seemed to be normal while recovering my bowels woke up but suffered with going to the restroom all day for about a month, my doctor has informed me this is normal and will just take time then boom a month later my bowels had just stopped, no one , not even my doctors can explain why this has happened to me...It's now 2014 and I'm still suffering, I'm taking a bottle of magnesium citrate every four days. I've tried many laxitives, therapy, stim units, craniosacral therapy, biofeedback, diatary changes, ect......tbh I'm on the path of looking for another GI who can maybe give me some more hope for I think I'm looking towards a permanent iliostomy. I feel this will be the best option ..I'm mentally and physically drained from all of this. I would love if any of you guys would respond if you have had or heard of anything like this. Thank you!

Hello! I just found this and all the people who have been thru what I am going thru. My 3rd surgery could be this next month. I had a colonoscopy bag and then insides were still not good to have reversal I got a ilescopy. Praying that this last test on the 1st of March will show I am ready to have reversal. I am not worried as I have given it all to GOD. But it is great to know of things I could go thru. Want to start communicating with all I can. I am 66 and was a Dutch dancer in Holland here but GOD has informed me that no more will I do this because I have something so important to do. Hoping to hear from anyone.