Last year I spent a lot of time on this site after an abcess prompted an emergency ileostomy. It was so great to have such suppport when no one I knew could really understand my concerns. After my...
Hi Texan. My diverticulitis was all in my sigmoid colon. The colonoscopy that I had this week indicated that my whole colon looked clear since the resection. It is the terminal ileus that has the...
I have had 7 CTs in the past two years due to diverticulitis,sigmoid resection, ileostomy and takedown surgery. Now I have inflammation in the TI. I had a colonoscopy and biopsy which all came back...
Has anyone here ever had problems with an anal fissure? I've had trouble with one in the past probably due to the divirticulitis . I have had my ileostomy reversal and things were going great, but...
We have two Bichon pups. When I came home after my surgeries this winter, I always had a pillow on my stomach in case they jumped on my stomach.I worried a little about them popping my bag with their...
Hmmm...why do so many of us teachers have colon issues?? Ha Ha! The other teacher that i used to team-teach with has been going through the ostomy thing at the same time I was! It is so hard to teach...
Hi praying! I teach elementary learning disabilities...this is my 32nd year of teaching and I can hardly wait to get back. I am sure that I could have gone back with that bag, but since I was still...
Thanks so much for your suggestions. I will contact the nurse and she can probably hook me up with someone. She works out of the Cleveland Clinic so that will be perfect! I am doing very well since...
After my reversal, I am no longer in need of some of the eakin seals, a dozen flanges and pouches, etc. I can't return them because the boxes were opened. Any suggestions? Should I call the Home care...
Praying...Hi! thanks for asking! It has been a week and a half now since my reversal. I came home on the fifth day after surgery. The first three days, I didn't have so much as an ice chip because I...
I took Centrum Liquid. Strangely enough, I love the taste of that stuff. Now that my ileostomy has been reversed, I am going to continue using it until I get sick of it!...
I had a temporary ileostomy after a developed an abcess and fistula from a bowel resection for diverticulitis. Last week, I had my ileostomy reversed and am now at home gaining back strength and...
I was 34 years old when I had to have a hysterectomy due to endometriosis. My husband and I went through seven years of infertility..surgery, drugs, pain. It was a horrible time, especially when...
I am sorry if I offended you..I was really talking about myself, not you. I am just saying that I am amazed that I have been able to deal with all of this, being that I have ususally been kind of...
To get the residue off, I take squares of soft paper towels, like Bounty, and soap them up with antibacterial soap. I wipe everything well with those and then wipe with wet paper towels. That always...
I feel that tickling thing a lot. Sometimes I feel nothing, but I often feel stuff come out. It is not unpleasant, just kind of weird. It doesn't seem to matter what I am eating....
My fistula occurred because I developed an abcess from my colon resection. I have had a hysterectomy, so I think I did not have periods to complicate the healing process. I did not have anything...
Isn't weird how you look so closely to see if you can identify what food just came into your bag??I can't believe I do that and would have never guessed I could have done that a year ago...I would...
I have not had anyone see it, but I do notice that when I see people, they immediately look at my stomach, like they are looking to see if it shows...It's pretty funny how often it happens. i want to...
Everything I read said that fistulas don't close on their own, that they have to be repaired surgically. My doctor said that she would do that if it would not close, but with nothing moving through...
It took about a month for it to stop draining, but with my last x-ray, it is completely closed at just about 3 months...about 11 weeks. I have not had any real problems with it once it stopped...
The first time I had a colonoscopy at age 39, I was completely awake. I kept telling the doctor that I was not feeling sleepy at all, but although I felt some cramping, it wasn't that bad. I had...
AngMichelle...my stoma is just like yours. I see pictures of ones that stick out but mine is like a big indented hole with the stoma inside of it. It is also oblong, not round, so hard to cut the...
OMG..your story about the oranges was so funny! I have had a few people tell me that they could eat anything, but I have not wanted to take any chances. I have been soooo careful because I think I...
I just heard from my Dr.s office that my last x-ray shows my fistula has closed and so I am going to schedule my reversal for sometime in the next two weeks...a Happy Valentine's Day for me! I am so...
Wow..you have been through a horrible experience which must make the ostomy seem like one more assault to your body. You sound like quite a strong person. I, too have a temp ostomy and the months are...
I am worried about the ileus that I keep reading about. Does this happen often after the takedown surgery? If I had so much trouble with the barium enema after my colon being off-duty for three...
I use the 2 piece convex coloplast with the eakin seal. I was using the paste and got a pretty bad ulcerated area because my stoma is flush with my stomach. My nurse showed me how to apply the eakin...
After my sigmoid resection for diverticulitis, I had a leak at the anastomisis(sp?) and developed an abcess and then a colovaginal fistuala. The barium enemas are to see if the fistula is closed so...
Had another barium enema x-ray today..the third in 2 months. I am crossing my fingers that all is healed and I can have my ileo reversed. I am not sure I can take another one of those...I got so...
The first few times that I changed my bag without the help of the home nurse, I, too, felt kind of clammy and sick. A lot of that is because of what your body has just been through and some of it is...
I never noticed the ad before, but now that you mentioned it, it is pretty irritating. My belly button will never look like that again! After two surgeries for endometriosis, an appendectomy, a...
Thank goodness for the Ostomy Nurse! Although the Dr. said on the phone, not to worry about the sore around my stoma, I made an appt with the Wound Care Center at the hospital to have the Ostomy...
Peggy- I have made salmon cakes several times since my ileostomy in December. I left the bones in, and I thought maybe I shouldn't, but I had no problem. I think the bones are so soft that it doesn't...
The ring(I had a big bar) won't be there for long, but it is very difficult to get the flange to lay down around it properly. My home nurse was a big help with that when I got home. We just worked...
Mine showed up on the CT scan with contrast dye. I had the final diagnosis from a barium enema..the barium went right into the fistula and it showed up on the x-ray. I watched the dye going all the...
V-8 juice !...
My fistula was diagnosed by a CT scan. It has been 8 weeks since I had the ileostomy so that my fistula can heal. My x-ray this past weeks shows that it is almost completley healed except for the...
When I had my fistula after my surgery, I started to pass the same icky stuff and swore to the Dr. that it was coming from my bladder. It seemed like it was because it happened when I went to the...
I have been nervous about what to eat since I had my surgery. They gave me the list of foods to avoid and the ones that can cause a blockage. That blockage thing really scares me..don't want any more...
I have been wanting to try broccoli but have been afraid of causing a problem. I will also hope to hear what others say about it. I had a burger that had chopped onion (cooked) and no matter how much...
I tried the TicTacs this afternoon when we went to we movie and I knew I would need to use a public restroom. I popped one in the bottom of the bag before I left home.It was amazing! I didn't even...
TheLori, I really feel for you as you make this decision about surgery. I am "lucky" in that my ileostomy is only temporary. I had diverticulitis and needed to have my sigmoid colon removed. I am 53...
After my surgery, I passed a bunch of staples through a fistula that I developed after an abcess. The Dr. told me that a staples fall into your body during the surgery. If they are"closed", that...
Thanks! I don't know anything about the seal, but maybe I will try the convex wafer without all the other stuff...it may not be able to push down far enough to pop up the stoma..ewhh...how does one...
I have a temporary ileostomy that is now 7 weeks. My stoma has been shrinking down, which I understand is normal. It is flush with my skin, and I am using the convex Coloplast wafers. Even though,...
We were without power today from 4 am until 12:30. Can't flush toilets, so that was interesting with my new bag. Thank you zip-lock bags..but it wasn't easy! Quite the balancing act with candle light...
I saw the post about having some red wine to promote "movement". My dr. never said anything about not having a cocktail or glass of wine. I had my iliostomy 5 weeks ago. Any reason that one cannot...
Thanks Peggy...another Cleveland Clinic patient! This site has really helped me . I am amazed at how much there is to know about living with an ostomy. The tips that people have on this site are...
I found this site as I searched for some info about reversal of the iliostomy. I had a partial bowel resection for diverticulitis by laproscopy. I was supposed to be off work for two weeks. After a...