Yes, losing hair is common. The body goes through the shock of the procedure, and the aesthesia, the changes etc. About three or four weeks after the surgery, I looked like a radiation case. My hair...
I don't know about everyone else, but for me, the arthritis went into remission. Curious thing .... I was in the hospital and in walked my rheumatologist, who said 'What are YOU doing here?'. I told...
Ditto on Summerstorm's response. About three weeks after I got home, so a month after surgery, my hair started coming out. I freaked when I started looking like a radiation survivor. In the shower...
Me too, but I love a good glass of wine. Worth the temporary change in output IMHO!...
Don't feel guilty. You are offering YOUR reaction and response to the surgery. And caring, which is HUGE when someone feels alone and scared. I know I was totally blessed with nothing going awry in...
ok, it isn't easy, since it's fitness!!! But, with patience (I'm not good at that!) and persistence, a lot will open up to you over time. Listen to your body as well as your doctors and the lot of us...
It really depends on the individual, as well as the kind of surgery. I had my ileo done a LOOOOOONG time ago and it was a cut from only a bit below my sternum to just above the pelvic bone. So I've...
I've been getting deep tissue massages for all the sports injuries I manage to inflict on myself. I don't think I ever told the massage therapist (who is also an RN and wouldn't flinch). Really isn't...
Count me at a quarter of a century with Peggy. End of June 1984. Pretty amazing, all in all. And sure beats dead, which was the alternative given to me!!! Happy back at you (and all)!...
I just towel dry, and do everything else (skin cream, hair goop) in the shower stall while the flange and pouch get to air dry some .. but that's all I do at home, too....
It just feels like one thing piles on top of the other at the beginning. I was losing so much hair in the shower, I looked like a radiation case. Handfuls came out .. my part became about two inches...
Is your MIL's picture next to 'insensitive' in the dictionary?? Can you divorce your MIL? UNBELIEVABLE baloney. I've got nothing else to add because everyone has already said all the correct and true...
Not only do Pilates, I teach it! :cool: Once you are healed (and NO pushing that) and your doctor clears you for it, no reason not to start it up. Be kind and gentle to your abs at first, they need...
only possibility is someone from TSA going through your stuff, pretty much. Happened to me once and I told the woman what it was (they'd wondered on the x ray and stupid me had left hand sanitizer in...
I lean my elbow on the stoma and it lessens it. But truthfully, most don't hear what we do (like finding a zit? You think it's huge? no one else sees one?). I had a pretty loud gurgle the other day...
By the time I got in the hospital and they tried everything (on top of the 18 months of trying everything else before that) I was left with no option but the ileostomy. Well ... it was made pretty...
Advice I didn't take (Type A much?!!) was not to push it and go back too early. I had surgery at the end of June (after a month in the hospital while they tried not to have to operate) and, against...
Jackie - they started me on 'real' food (my surgeon said more people died from the surgical diet than he ever lost!!!) while I was still in the hospital. (a million years ago when they didn't toss...
Hang in there, the fever on top of it all is no fun. Don't be a hero, if it continues at all, get to the doc. You don't need anything on top of what you've been through already. :shakehead:...
MGD, I recall that 'first' drive afterwards. So liberating. More ah .... 'interesting' was the first attempt at jogging! I lost 50 odd pounds during the month I was in the hospital (which I needed to...
You ARE normal! We are all normal here. It's a relative term anyway. Glad you got out. It IS a little freaky at first after however long your body functions consumed you (or if you were house bound...
Ditto, here. I had NO idea how sick I was until I started healing up after the surgery....
Anyone using these flanges? I ordered a box to try (ileostomy) to end wear time. The first one fell off overnight. NOT fun. And didn't make this product a hit with me! Tried it without skin prep...
Back to the start .. the reversal part I can't tell you about ... I had the one surgery and that was that. Dead wasn't an option I was up for (I hear it's a big rush .. but only once!) so the surgery...
Good for you!!! You'll discover your own comfort zone and then the style to match. There WILL be the stray day, but for me, for 25 years, they really have been stray. You go!...
If you are talking abs/core, stronger is better for all reasons. You can't WORK them until you have healed fully. But that said having strong muscles supporting the surrounding area beats ones not...
Once you get the hang of it, and after your body has calmed down, it's usually nothing more than something you keep track of. I know lots of people change in the afternoon. I do mine mornings before...
My crowning glory (and would like to get back there someday ... ) was enough weight loss and having gotten myself into SUPER shape ........ to go to the gym in running tights and a sports bra! I made...
more glory days, Sorry, this isn't JUST all about me! :smilewinkgrin: Hang in there. The post surgical process is one of discovery, aggravation and relief for many. You may find that you had no idea...
You all get how many days on your appliance?! I was happy to be at five today (started using convex inserts a couple of weeks ago) after months of three days maximum. Used to be five or more. Times...