Hello Everyone, I have been away for a while and would like to update what's been going on, on Sept 15th,2008; I had my 6th ventral hernia/colon repairs, this time the surgeonts used Mesh. Question?...
Hi Anyone who will listen I really could use some prayers My name is sedona I'm 46 I had the following ops 79 appendectomy/85 Hiatal hernia and Hemmhoidectomy/90 Hemmhoidectomy/91 Hysterectomy,...
Hello, everyone I had a colostomy Feb 2007 and ever since I had it, I've had skin irritation redness around my stoma, right now I use Stomahesive powder with no relieve, I also use seals because I...
I had a ventral hernia repaired in Feb 2007, a colostomy and ovarian cyst and my incision is blood red very tender to the touch and their is a bulge that is to the right/left and over my stoma, I...
Hello all anybody out their have a ventral hernia? I have a 5.2cm ventral hernia that is abut to my transverse colon and I have a bulge that is bulging on my previous incision it hurts almost all the...
Thank you, Irish_mom I'm going to see a surgeont real soon. I'm unsure of what hospital I'm going to go too, out of 5 hospital in my area, I've already been to 3 hospitals. Good-night...
Do I recommend tensin free or is that something that the surgeont recomments? I really don't want to have anymore operations but, I risk the hernia tearing farther, any suggestions?...
Hello Irish_mom, my hernia is on my right side of the abdomen directly on my incision, and my colostomy is on my left side....
Hello, Irish_Mom you said that you have a ventral hernia and that you are going to have a colectomy or colostomy do you know that when they do a colostomy and ventral hernia repair they do not use...
Now I'm facing another major operation for a moderate 5.2cm Ventral Hernia, and I'm scared, any of you have any suggestions on what a should do?...
This message is to Cattieos, hi my name is Sedonagurl and I had a colostomy Feb 12, 2007. Is it normal to still have redness and swelling around my stoma? I have many questions...
From: Sedona gal, can I get the Crohns Disease when I already have a Colostomy? If so what happens as far as seeing a GI doctor?...
Sedona gal, had a permanant colostomy looking for friends to talk too, have many questions....
Sedona gal, I had the following surgeries Hemhoidectomies in 1985, 1991, 1993 also other female surgeries lots, in 1994 Colon Resection, 1995 Ventral Hernia, Nov 2005 other female surgeries, May 2006...