Two weeks ago today, I had my rectum removed and sewn shut. Im doing very well. My bottom is sore and itchy but Im concerned with the way it was sewn. Of course I cant really see it but I can feel it...
Thank you for all your responses. I do see other specialist....gastro, urogynecology. colorectal etc...so I will ask them to write me a referral...
I havent been on for quite some time so to remind and update........in 2008 I was assaulted. The more I fought the harder they were. They ripped my anal canal into my vaginal canal. My doctor went in...
yes Im having discharge but I just had a colonoscopy in November and it was normal...
My last surgery was two years ago and I have been doing great. I have a permant colostomy with 20 centermeters of my colon left. Now, I have been getting charlie horses in my rectum. The last about...
I have boxes of female straight catheters..... (If you want people to contact you, please put your email address in your profile so members can see it. And please note that HealingWell is not the...
I have an ileostomy, about 3 years now so Im not connected. I have a lot of anal mucus.....which I have been told is normal but I have no control of it and sometimes it gushes out.....Ive had it run...
I recently was put on medicaid which is state issued insurance....does anyone in ohio have medicaid and if so..... where do you get your supplies. I cant find anyone that takes medicaid. I dont know...
My surgeon wants to remove the rectum but not the anus, but I get an excessive amount of discharge. I am very sore, hurts to even sit for very long. I tried to do enemas but it comes out through my...
I had a tumor in my rectum that ate through to the vaginal area, after radiation and things the nerves just arent there and I dont have much of the sphincters either...
I cant have a reversal, all my nerves are severed, i have no feeling at all down there. I have an appt on wed with my surgeon, I wanted to know what I was asking wasnt "out there." Im content with my...
I have had my ostomy for 3 years now, and we have a great relationship. But the mucus in my rectum is creating so many problems. I am so sore down there, I keep getting infections.... I just want to...
Who does everyone go thru to get there supplies other than edgepark. For 4 years I have had edgepark but now I added my insurance and they seem to be struggling with the addition and cant get it...
I think many of you are right, I had previously asked about spasms in my abdominal cavity but I think I agree with you guys. I believe they may be adhesions. The problem is I called my surgeons...
Thank you guys so much for all your help...
I dont think so, I dont take it regularily because it makes me so tired. maybe I will try to take them nightly and see if it helps. I didnt realize scar tissue could make you hurt like this, my last...
Sue, I guess I dont know, all I know is it grabs ahold like a charlie horse, like your wringing a mom. The pain is really intense and seems to be starting to last longer....
As some of you know I have had several abdominal surgeries, about 7. I am doing well overall but recently I have had some really severe muscles spasms. It hits me when I go from a sitting to...
I fell a little bit ago, my stoma is bleeding like a siv....... do I worry, do I not worry, Im hurting but then ago I fell....
Sighs, this is my 3rd ostomy, I had an ileo, then a colostomy off the sigmoid, now it is off the transverse. This is the biggest one I have had but it does seem to change and its not completely round...
The ones of you that are currently wearing the modable wafers, do you still use paste or eakin seals with them. I called and asked for samples because I am having trouble getting scissors into many...
Thanks for all the replies, I ended up back in the hospital and again was told I was impacted they flushed it, gave me IV fluids and sent me home. Today I went and saw my surgeon who pulled up the ct...
On Wednesday night I thought I had a partial obstruction, took some miralax, hot baths, heating pad, walked alot and so on. Thursday I got up and went to work, at lunch I decided to try and eat so I...
Kate, I too, battled colon cancer for two years. It took them 4 surgeries to get it all. Mine started in my rectum, then they found it in my sigmoid, then my lymph nodes. As of now I am clean. I now...
Rhaevin, I have had a couple MRI's. Several years ago I fell off a banister about 3 feet and landed on cement steps, I had a concussion, about a year later I was still having some back and neck...
Thank you for all the responses, sometimes it feels better just to talk. Sherrine, Im glad to have a fellow ostomate as well, the pain in the abdomin isnt constant but when it its there its strong....
Hi everyone, Im new to this forum but I have been on the ostomy forum for some time. Let me first recap my last three years. Nov 08 I was diagnosed with rectal cancer. Feb 09 they went into the...
Has anyone had a deep tissue massage with an ostomy? I wasnt sure if it would affect it. I know I have mesh throughout my abdomin as well due to hernias, so wanted to make sure nothing would come...
newcaney, it gets better, I love my stoma, it has given me my life back, I do worry at times but she allows me peace of mind when it comes to my colon....
Im from Columbus ohio...
I too have had colon cancer. I have had my pouch for a little over two years, it is far better than chemo. They first found it in my rectum, they said they had it all, my second pet scan came back...
I have a patient that had a fire and lost all of his supplies, red cross came in to help....
Is anyone on Levsin (hycosamine). My doctor put me on this due to abdominal pains. I know that Levsin slows down production of the intestines. Is this going to create problems with my colostomy? Is...
I have just sat for watched my 17 yr old try to have a bowell movement for 3 hours. She begged and pleaded with me to do something. She is on miralax daily and takes mineral oil as well. Being that I...
I have surfboarded with my pouch. I was a bit nervous and put cling wrap over it but it did great, I dont know what I was so worried about. I do everything, I even go tubbing and I cant tell you how...
JoAnne, I have someone who could use supplies, She has a colostomy and her house caught fire and she has lost everything. She has insurance but they only pay 30% so she has to pay for the rest. The...
I bought some EZ Vents from edgepark to see how they work. Sometimes I go a long time without eating and gas builds up in my pouch. I read the directions and I believe I understand how to put it on...
It may be the muscles, but I would notify the surgeon just to make sure. If its a new pain he may was to a CT scan to make sure there isnt anything they missed. Hope things get better for you...
Im sorry Sandee, I do understand, I lost my mom two years ago. She was not only my mother but my best friend. I live everyday as if she was right beside me and when I do something I know she wouldnt...
http://www.pharmstore.com/ This is the one I have been using, I have no compaints and his bloodwork is right inline with what it should be....
Dan, I havent used canadian pharmacies for myself, but my step father doesnt have insurance and I am getting his from there, so far so goodl. I havent had any problems from them....
Im going to try not to sound sappy, but Im tired and depressed. I have 2 inches left of my colon with a permanant colostomy attached to the transverse colon. Recently they have found tumors in my...
I use the paste, used to be all I could use was eakin seals, now with this one I cant, I have to use the paste....
Depending on where the fistula is..... a small bowell follow through tends to show it first, but if its more of a rectal vaginal then an anoscope would be easier to see it....
Its been six months and never has been this bad until now, the problem is, I still have the recto-vaginal fistula as well that they havent fixed so its draining into the vaginal area and i keep...
I have a question, I have a rectal stump but not attached to anything, I have had some mucus drainage but lately I have had excessive drainage with a really foul smell and now I have blood with it....
The CT scan says it 7.2cmx6.5cm so I dont know if that is small or not. I am carrying a low grade fever. 100.2, 100.4 etc...nothing over 101....
I had to go to the ER because I couldnt stop vomiting and I knew I was dehydrated. While there they did a CT scan because I was only 4 weeks post op and my WBC was up. The CT scan showed a seroma or...
Thank you stkitt, I do really well. I do have a wonderful support system. I have since started advocating, so Im ok with speaking openly. I want women to know that just because they live in a nice...