Hodaya, in a loop colostomy SEXTION OF THE COLON IS SNIPPED UOY LEAVING TWO ENDS OPEN, sOME FECAL MATERIAL GOES ON PAST THE YPPR OPENING AND SHOULD BACKUP AWAY FROM THE LOWER AND BE EXCRETED FROM THE...
sorry for all of the typos Ralph...
I went to see my surgeom yesterday, and he basicaly told me that yesterday was the first daay of the rest of my lif.He thinks that the lower end of the colostomyhas invadedth e bladder and the upper...
no baby yet,but MY gut looks like it won;t be long. The excreta is soft and runny. I'm male...
I had a transverse colosomy about four years ago,and everything seemed to go well. Last week I had an intense urge for a bowel movement, nothing happened an hour apart and each time about a tabespoon...
rhanksgiving,[i] I lost my appetite and my colostom,y quit working and I became very dehydrated. On Saturday I was under emergency conditions admitted to the hospital. They found that I had a bad...
Rmoon...
I have had a colostomy for quite a while now. The original cause was sricture caused by scaring from divertiticuiti s. Thw lasat few days I have been hving some pain similar to diverticular pain...
I take 1shot of b12 each week. I also take a procrit 1 time month. No matter what you save on vitamin b 12, you will blow it ,manytimes over if you have to augment it with procrit about $400 ralph...
/community/emoticons/idea.gif /community/emoticons/cool.gif /community/emoticons/nono.gif /community/emoticons/turn.gif Cecelia, I tried to respond about 8:00AM, but I could not write. Now I...
an hour later, I felt that I had to get up. As I did so I heard a warning pop and looked down. My bag had filled, yes filled and it had popped of the wafter. I had stool all over my abdoman, my...
Thanks all! I am confused too, which is why i appealed for help. I see my Dr. today, maybe he will have an answer. Feeling pretty good now, but Saturday night I was not sure that I would see the...
lanie, I had all the symptoms of asevere hypoglycemia, but my bs was about i4o when I woke. after several small shots of humalog. the bs reading were showing a small but consistant rise. finally...
in bed and came inand checked my bs level. I am not sure of that reading but I think it was about[b] 140, However I felt like I was in a hyoglycemic reaction. My vision was blurred and I had the...
I have not checked for a week or two, but I knew a summer storm was brewing. I always get a laugh out her antics,but this one takes the cake. Ralph I just love your new sugnature Ralph...
I usually double check the dose withmy wife. I am reasonably sure there was no problem with the dose. Ralph...
I have been having fasting BS's around 100 for some time, then yesterday I woke up to 353. I took thew required insulin had about the same diet and activity level. I ate a good supper. Even had...
open the leg bag valve and spray painted half of my white comfortor orange and turned a large of my blue carpeting a bilious shade of green. Ralph ...
Sorry I made a typing error. I was 82 not 62 Ralph...
i had my colostomy at age 62 beats a life of pai Ralph...
:nono: ou topped me again. Ralph...
Strangly It did happen again. This time it was my fault. I cross my ankles when I am lying down. and apparently kicked the valve open. Emptied the whole bag. Comforter (another one) blanket sheet,...
the drug is pyridium. got my feet clean, but not sure of the comforter. Thanks all Ralph...
THAT IS COLOSTOMY...
:yeah: I always enjoy Summerstorm's hilarious accounts, and usually I canot come up one that tops her, till now As some of you know, I am a two bag guy. I have m,y colostoy bag with which I sometimes...
Ralph...
I ran across this in my Diabetes Forecast magazine. For a patient wioth a chronic illness hope can actually be an obstacle. Researchers found that people who accepted their illness as permanent had a...
[b] a month ago I started getting some horrendous fasting readings .300-400 range. My doc advised me to split my evening Lantus into a morning and evening. I was taking 40 units. He further advised...
I have an appointment with my Doctor Friday. As I said these were just preliminary results phoned to me by my Home Health Nurse. I have hadf a rather constant bladder infection from a supra pubic...
Arundinaria ...
[color=blue>For] a week ago I had a Supra Pubic Catherization. Just what it says, a hole punched into the bladder just above the pubic bone. Actually I am using the sane bag, but I have rid myself...
Nuhope Wouldn't leave home without it Ralph...
Great idea. Summer, but remember that there are ostomates whose quality of life has changed. I can lo longer wear pants with a belt, because my stoma is right on the belt line and very large. I...
Thanks Lanie I was just kinda stupid and clicked in the wrong place Ralph...
I get nothing but 404 errors. page not found Am I doing something wrong? rmoon...
MY first wife a type I for most of her life used to tell me the way to a long and happy life is to get an incurable disease and learn to live with it. Ralph...
NO RALPH...
thanks Shaz How do you do the sugar thing?\\I am not sure about any surgery. My cardiologist says that I am a lousy candidate for surgery, although I just had some minor surgery last Wednesday. I...
and is shiney unless covered withyou know what. Ralph ...
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Chris I checked my bs last night.. At 2;00AM the level was down from my bedtime reading, but still elevated. Morning reading was higher still. I am beginning to think that this is a true DP, but that...
thanks for the reply,Chris. I have not had much luck following your lead. For some reason I keep getting a notice that "this page cannot be displayed." Don't lknow if it my computer or the internet....
rmoon ...
tHERE ARE NEW GUIDLINES FOR OSTOMY SUPPLIES Sorry about the caps. Go To http://www.hollister.com/us/files/pdfs/prodcat_ostomy.pdf to review them. You may need a new prescrption I just went 17 days...
Cece Peggy got me back. I have missed a lot of people, but I have had some real problems. On a routine visit to the hospital because of extreme tremors. I collaped and spent a few onths in a nursing...
Summer Clkose but no cigar.Were you thinking of Haggis?? quite a different story Ralph...
The information that John gsve is right on. I used to be a SSA office manager and I counseled everyone to file a claim and if necessary appeal. , Ralph...
I have not posted to the forum for a long time, because everything is going so well. Now I befginning to have problems. had a transverse colostomy, and a rather large stoma. Now the stoma is...