Hi Guys /community/emoticons/cool.gif well it worked....and the cool is because im hot so hot now.....they took baseballs of both of my ovairies....9 centimeters......the reversal worked.....the hot...
Hi guys, Long time since i posted but do read alot still...I am so anxious abotu my colostomy reversal....they are also taking both of my ovaries as well.......this was where my troubles bagan....was...
Hi Friends, So sorry i havent been around for a while....been feeling some better and back to work playing catch up and preparing for my upcoming reversal.....I had my colonostomy wednesday and the...
pfandme, I know exactly what you mean its 5 months sice my emergency colostomy......my best advice to you is LEXAPRO 30 mg.....it helps.....i worried about the bills.....but they will get paid if you...
my blood owrk is good dr callled and is going to do a barrium enema 2morrow....in severe pain taking hydros which doesnt phase this at all.....may go to the er if ease doesnt happen soon.....i think...
I woke up yesterday morning with severe abdominal pain.....I did my urrigation and the pain continued thur out the day.....I was thinking maybe i would wake up this am and be ok but even after my...
Please pray for my friends Donna's son Drew....He is at knoxville ut hospital with flesh eating disease anad just found out he was diabetic...he is 19 and had three surgeries since sunday.........
Cecilia, I just read the post about your emergency surgery.....I hope u are feeling better....and home soon......u have given me comfort many times since my surgery and I know your the source oof...
Peggy, i have a colostomy....and im so new to this all im trying to learn as much as i can......thanks for explaining the difference.....I will have my reversal or try in august.....but really they...
Moreglorydays......Do u urrigate every morning? I do that and dont have any output thurout the day.....Use to small bags and have so much more comfort......kim/maggie...
He took the time to explain to me about my colostomy and what will happen during my reversal.....he talked face to face with me for an hour and 15 minutes.....I loved him....he was straightforward...
Thanks so much for all your support....I worry somuch about trying to look good for my new husband...Im 42 now and hes 44 and i should just be proud we found each other and that im bad home and not...
Since my 26 day hospital stay and emergency colostomy my hair has been slowly comeing out......this morning was the worst yet.....if it keeps this up another month i will be bald.....i think it my be...
Bob, Let me asure you.....It is nothing as your mother-in-law has made it out to be.....My Husband Steven and I were married 5 months when I got my colostomy....Oh the fun we had....Our honeymoon was...
I am three months out from colostomy after emergency surgery and parititnus....My stoma is starting to do the some....going to my family dr in an hour and hope for a answerr..will tell u when i get...
Sunshine....I dilate and urrigate every morning do you do that.....I have no output except when I overindulge with a huge meal.....I wear the cap every day...its much smaller and doesnt hang...
Sunshine, My dr had me to give myself a fleets enema for seven days and report the out put back to him....I will be three months on teh 13 of this month....I had mucus and some blood toward the end...
Emma, my story is like you in a way...my dr told me at first no problem with my reversal and now due to the paritinus i had he isnt being so sure.....I have read of hte j-pouch but still am notsure...
Thanks guys...This morning worked better adn yes i have the colostomy and have since jan 13...i go to dr in the morning...Today was my first full day back at work and im exhausted.....Something is...
I told u guys yesterday that my stoma wasnt looking rite....this morning when i did my dilation it looked different again.....sunk in somewhat....anyway.....When i put the cone in for my water for...
My skin on the bottom of my stoma looks like it is growing ove the stoma......Was round and now is egg shaped.....it isnt bad yet but if it continues...is this the normal? kim/maggie...
Thanks so much for your answers....the inquizitive 14 year old still wonders...lol...im just glad she is so interested in my recovery....She always has questions....and im proud of her....kim Ps. an...
This is her daughter... So... Uh... Was it poop? --Kayla(: P.S. Thanks for helpin my momma.(: ...
This is probably the silliest ? I have asked thus far since my surgery....I had surgery on jan 7 to remove a cyst in which my surgeon knicked my colon during this very simple...
Bella, I love your name...Anyway....loved your post....U are brave adn so mature to be so young.....Ur mom and dad I know are so proud of you....Take care and keep up the funny post they make me...
I walked alot....My husband got so agrevated at me for hunching over....I dont know if it was the tape over my incesion...i couldnt stand straight for weeks....My Daughter just asked me a ? tonite...
is ur incesion still open? Mine is still and my surgery was January 13.....It is almost closed but still have to pack it every day...just not as much packing.....I had pain until about the seventh...
I have an apponitment with my new surgeon on April 14....then i iwll be preparing for my reversal surgery....In August....I wake every am adn wonder if it will be a sucessful surgery.....I wwant to...
Glad you are home Janie...I just spend 26 days in teh hospital in january and have a upcoming reversal in August.....What was your surgery.....did you have a reversal? and good luck and i wish you...
In August my time will be up and I will be having my reversal....that is if possible...scar tissie and paritintius is leaving my surgery sucess in question....That is why i am considering going to...
Lets see...obessed with twlight.....I took my daughter to wal mart the nite it came out at midnite....theyhad a edward look alike contest and our local blood bank was there....i went thur a sobritiy...
Today was my first day back at work....its been 9 weeks since my emergency colostomy and i was happy for this day to come....I work in a small building which serves the public ( local goverment...
2 risk k, I know your pains and i have the same questions you do.....The pain that i thought was from the cyst on my ovary in which i had the surgery for, which in turn is the same surgery my surgion...
Key j blue.....the gas pain was sometimes unbearable for me as well....as they told you wlking helps so much.....also my husband would rub my back and it seems to pass....its been 2 months and three...
So glad your surgery went well...I know you are glad and looking forward to life without your colostomy.......Your brought up something I never knew.....I will have my reversal in 4 months if it is...
This ordering supplies is crazy....everything i need i have to get from somewhere different.....I thought i would order locally which has not been working very well at all...anyway, i have four...
Sorry to be so uninformed about all of this....so new to me.....Because of my scar tissue I want the best.....the dr who did my colostomy was very good and he saved my life, however, he is being...
i also hated ensure...gagged me badly....try instant carnation with ice cream in a blender.....works much better...get well soon....maggie...
Where is the specialist......r they in clevland or dallas as i think i read on here......Thanks im hanging in and just so thankful my scan turned out as good as it did.....was afraid of the...
Yesterday had very servere pain in upper part of obdomen....After my emergency surgery on jan 12 when I got my colostomy and spent 26 days in hospital with paritnitus. I had a cat scan which showed...
Just a update on my pain..... goy severe sunday am so i went to the er where they took me right ib not like last time when i waited 4 3 and a half hours.....the dr who had saw me before remenbered my...
Dr appointment didnt happen......I feel much better and had a massively big urigation this morning......called the office adn im to go on Monday at 10...i really think i have had gas or its just...
Hi Im a little bit lack of knowledge about all this......53 days with colostomy......so forgive my virginancy....lol.....What are you referring to when you talk about filter.....I us the hollister 2...
Im from tennessee...yes i the incesion in which they took all my insides out to decomtaminate me is still open.....it is smaller and close to be closed up on monday i think.....I am going tomy dr in...
Hi, maggie here...Thanks so much for all the help you guys have given me...the information has made me realize life goes on.....My question is 50 days after my emergency surgery where i got my...
Hi Im Maggie and 42 years old...On january 7 i went in for a simple removal of a cyst on my ovary....during this procedure my dr nicked my colon....Went to the er that nite sent home with gas..The...