I have a chronic Abscess (11+ months and counting) 1/4" from my current Colostomy site that won't heal. It can't heal. It's trapped under my wafer and my stoma nurses and surgeon are baffled. I've attempted a debridement. It was painful but it worked. Closed over and healed but then the abscess developed and I was left with an
open wound that couldn't heal again. Unfortunately, it just needs air to heal which it can't get. My surgeon is going to temporary divert me for about
3 months to give the abscess a chance to heal. I have a very healthy looking stoma and we don't want to mess it up. He didn't want to do a huge major operation and relocate my colostomy and cause me heaps of pain and do a full
open surgery. By diverting it "should" be a simple operation via laproscopy. He still may have to
open me, but even if he does it should be less painful than removing my large intestines and moving it around as your small intestines obviously moves better.
Anyhow, I haven't been around these boards in a LONG time as I've been doing well....
He mentioned something about a J-Tube? Has anyone had that? Has anyone ever had both before (not necessarily at one time - obviously one will not function)? I know there are going to be some changes but I'm not 100% what they are. I'm not really worried but I realize I may need to make some diet changes and some pouching changes. I'm thinking about calling edgepark and asking for a ileostomy sample kit. They sent me one prior to my first surgery. Any tips? I should only be in the hospital about 1-3 days max. In 3 months, he'll just drop my small bowel back down and again another short stay.
Thanks everyone in advance!