thank you for your replies... i received my order last night so hopefully the healing process will begin... you have to get the diphlucan by a precription i may try the mylanta as a cream first but...
What do I do for the itchiness around my stoma... I have been having problems with small leakage under my appliance and have an order in for new appliance with convexity but in the meantime I have...
Thank you all for your replies and positive thoughts I really appreciate it... PSA Dehli I may have to steal your positive thoughts and post them on my facebook LOL J/K......
Thank you everybody for your replies its nice to know there are other people out there that can calm your anxieties... maggie I do not irrigate and haven't really looked into it, it sounds like a...
Ok as I have said before I am 3 months new and live in the sunshine state, I am young and LOVE the beach and wearinf my little sexy bikinis which obviously ain't gonna happen this summer- not the...
Ok thank you all very much I will try I am going to call ythem today and see if they will send me a sample so I don't have to order a whole box just incase... one more question I hope I don't seem...
Peggy I am a little confuswed maybe if you giv me the name of the supplies and all that then I can look in the catalog to get a better understand? Right now I use new image flange and new image pouch...
Ok I am 3 month colostomy and love the new life don't get me wrong I would rather have this than go back.... anyways, the ??? I have is the flange around the stoma doesn't seem to seal against my...
Hey I know I haven't been on here a while but checked back in and seen your message... I hope you feel better really soon. The only concern I have is that it doesn't sound like they fixed your...
I feel your pain, I knowexactly what you are going through... I now have an ostomy and still have the same issues so it has nothing to do with the bm's. Maybe we should I.m eachother on yahoo or...
Ileostomy is when they use your small intestine and colostomy is where they use your colon. How is everything going after your reversal? I want to have mine reversed asap but I am not sure what the...
Its where they bring part of your colon out through your stomach and you have bowel movements in a bag attached through your stomach....
Hey, its nice to hear from you again. I had the surgery at fl. Hosp. But the same dr I have been going to I really like him but he is going to get a river running through his office on thursday...
Thanks to both of you I will try everything I can right now, its aweful! My husband went to the store and bought some masks also. I feel sorry for him to he feels so helpless, he reached over and...
Omg the stomach pains finally went away. I am still pretty swollen in my belly, face and even my feet. I have been puking like crazy and I can't stop crying... everytime I have to change the bag I...
My stomach is so swollen with what seems to be gas... feels like it is going to explode and the cramping hurts like heck....is this normal? when do you actually start to feel normal? Or is there such...
Did you say you had a reversal so you are actually have bowel movements through your rectum? If so it could be a hemorhoid...
No I don't know what a j pouch is but I do know it is a colostomy and I am scared but at the same time am relieved that this maybe all over with shortly and if its just having a bag to deal with it...
Thank you summerstorm and peggy113 for the replies, definately have lived with this continuous pain for far to long and am anxious for it all to go away I am just so scared that this will lead into a...
I have a few questions and would love to hear from anyone that could help, the nurse is calling me next week to schedule a colostomy... Rectal pain before, is there any after? Everything feeling like...
What does that mean I have never heard of chrons in your rectum? What were your symtoms and how did they detect it and did they remove your rectum? Sorry for all the questions but like I said I never...
The pain is from spasms and the muscles in my sphincter everytime I have a bm I have a lot of pain all day and the onlything that releives it is to lie down and I can't keep doing that the rest of my...
I haven't been on here in a while but I haven't got a lot of updated news except that I am still having a ton of issues. My doctor did tell me he will do a colostomy if this next defogram doesn't...
I know I haven't been on here in a long while but I did want to give an update to all that did help me in being able to talk to someone about my problems...I just wanted to give an update that I may...
Also my email is [email protected] if you want to email...
Lazybeagle~I haven't had anything like that but my question is do they do that for problems like that because if I can get my doctor to do that I will be the first in line please let me know more...
Sorry I haven't been on here in a while to reply to my posts but I was only coming on when I would get email alerts saying someone repIyed to my post and for some reason I didn't get any alerts......
The laxative are the only way I can go to the bathroom... I haven't cut down on my eating but I am being careful as to what I eat, what goes in must come out, I am usually eating a large bowl of...
No I don't have pain down my leg or anything like that, if you've read my other posts I am very constipated all the time and mine seems to come more around the middle of the day, it almost like an...
I have been getting a lot of pressure right below my tailbone and it feels almost like a shocking sensation, anybody have any idea?...
Ok got the verbage maybe someone can help me make sense of this, btw this was a gastric emptying study,,, after 2 hours gastric emptying is 59% normal 40~76... 4hours 89% normal 84~98.... 6 hours...
2much2bear~I hope one day we all find peace also, I just s omehow have to keep in my mind that it can't last forever I hope not anyways.... I have a true understanding that physicians truely are...
Mine is in the small intestine and colon I am going to order my records today so I can see the exact verbage...
Janie~did u receive the response I sent you to your email yesterday? I have been having problems with my email when I hit reply and found out today some people aren't getting my responses.. My...
I am a couple days new here, anyways I posted a blog on here called colostomy for constipation/slow motility colon.... anyways I am finding out that there are things that can be done for that problem...
Thanks spasman I will check it out... Canyon~ I had a test where you swallow a pill with a radioactive egg sandwich and they take a pic like 30 min and 2 hours and 24 hours later that showed the slow...
Mcmom~ thanks for the reply I left my email address for janie you are welcome to it also... my biggest fear about a colectomy is all the pain that I have gone through espessially through my rectum...
Jane~I am sorry incontinance did u mean with urine or bm, I didn't have either... they said after surgery you would have urgency to have bm but I didn't still don't just never even feel like I need...
No I don't live near ft lauderdale... maybe we can exchange email addresses so we can talk more personal about this stuff... my email is [email protected]... no I didn't have any problem...
That all makes a lot of sense and offers me better understanding... I will mention that to my doctor on my next check up... I also replied to your other post... thanks......
I heard with a colectomy that you actually have the opposite where you are constanly having to go to the bathroom and if that is the case wouldn't you have the rectum pain and swelling still? Or is...
:sad: thank you for the reply I am traveling to orlando to see the doctor and he did the starr surgery on me but I still have the same issues I have already done the biofeedback also don't get...
Yes I was on miralax for about 6 months even though it stopped working after about 3 weeks I kept it up still had to use enemas at the same time... anyways I kept it up hoping something would...
Thank you for the reply... it sounds as if we have a lot in common... did you also have a lot of contant rectal pain and pressure and if so since you do not have a bag do you still have the pain and...
Oh I have went to all 4 here where I live the one that did the starr surgery and laughed about my just wanting to have a colostomy I had to travel 3 hours away to see him and he is marked the top...
Ok I am new to this and I posted a forum called colostomy for constipation/slow colon motility please go and read it I have lots of questions.. If u read the blog I too suffer from severe...
:mad: :sad: does anyone know if anyone has had a colostomy for severe constipation/Slow colon motility? I have been suffering for years and cannot seem to get any relief I have had hemohroid surgery,...
:eyes: :mad: does anyone know if they do colostomies or something like that for severe constipation/ slow colon motility problems? I have been dealing with severe issues for years now I have had...