Swollen stoma after blockage cleared?

Hi guys!
So last night I had a blockage. I stopped having output at around 6:30pm, and from then I could feel my stoma moving an awful lot, to the point where it was very painful - it was like he was trying really hard to squeeze something out. As the next couple of hours went on, I got pain & cramps that gradually got worse & worse, and around my stoma was very sore, and my stomach was distended. I was doing all the "tricks" that are suppose to help relieve blockages - drinking hot tea, hot water bottle, massaging, hot shower, pacing my hallway, pulling knees up to chest. In the end I lay down in bed as it was so late, and around 2-2:30am, it seemed to just resolve itself, I had tons of watery output with bits in it. I emptied again at 7am, same type of output.
When I went to have a shower this morning, I decided to change my bag as my stoma still felt tender and strange, and it was very swollen still (I think it was swollen all evening too). I usually have my bags cut to 35mm & I had to cut this one to 45mm, and it's sticking away from my stomach much more. The colour is ok, it's not a red as it usually is, a paler pink colour. And it's a bit sore to touch.
Is it normal for your stoma to still be swollen even after the blockage is cleared? I assume it has cleared, since changing the bag I've only had a tiny amount of output, but I hadn't eaten since 5:30pm yesterday so it's not that strange.
I contacted the ward where I had my surgery & spoke to the colorectal nurse, who took all info of what happened. She doesn't seem too worried because I did have output, but isn't sure herself of the significance of it being still so big, so she is going to ask my surgeon, and get a stoma care nurse to contact me to maybe come out & see it.
So I'm just waiting around at the moment to hear back from them, so just wondered if people have experience with this? Thanks! :)

I've had lots of blockages (unfortunately) and yes, sometimes your stoma stays swollen for a bit.... sometimes it doesn't. It sounds like you were blocked for a good 7-8 hours, and so there will probably be some effects.... your best eating just soft food for a few days until it settles down.... for a really bad obstruction, it can take two weeks until the intestine is back to normal, but probably yours will resolve sooner than that.... some of the smaller ones I've had have been better the next day.... just depends.

When you get blocked up, a lot of fluid in your body rushes to the intestine to try to push things out.... things get distended and if it stays that way a while, makes it sore.

If you keep having really watery output, you can use Metamucil to bulk up or take immodium.

It is pretty scary, but it gets better.... where you want to get medical attention is if your stoma gets purple (blood supply getting cut off), if you can't stay hydrated, if you get a fever, or if you're getting worse not better in a few days.....

Of course you were worried.... good you reached out and were able to get reassurance. Hope you're better soon.