About 12 weeks post op, about 2/3 of the thickness of my hair fell out. It grew back (slightly curly at first!). I had to have it cut short but 4 years later, it's thick and back down to the middle...
Well, I'd say it was the best thing that my doctor did! Not an ideal route of course, but compared to the active disease, it's a godsend....
Diversion colitis is pretty common with a bypassed tract of bowel. I use Predsol (prednisolone suppositories) to help. You can also get short chain fatty acid enemas to help it. Kerry...
I alternate between Coloplast's Assura Inspire two piece and the Easiflex. I must admit though the Easiflex is the better of the two- extremely low profile even though it's a two piece and I have to...
I take a combination of Imodium and Questran- does the trick. One slows the gut down, the other helps with mopping up bile salts that can aggrivate the gut. Kez...
I would say it's worked well for me- I had my ileostomy made in 2002 and it was supposed to be temporary, but the Crohn's hasn't gone into remission in the bowel I have left so it's 'permatemp' now...
I've had my ileostomy since April 2002. I only empty it about 4-6 times a day, and I can take some Imodium and not produce any output for hours. It's really manageable and you don't have to 'burp' it...
I used to leak under the flange a lot in the first month I had my stoma. My nurse changed me over to a convex flange and no leaks since- over 2 years now....