The only time I've ever smelt any poo smell from my husband's bag was when the velcro on his shorts opened the bag by mistake - first thing in the morning (watery) and poo went all over the floor....
Hmm... it never went green. It can be quite watery in the mornings but luckily his has been quite good. He had pain on the left side mainly (stoma's on the right) - probably where the end of the...
Powerade is available in Waitrose and Morrisons (and Tesco too I think)...
My husband's been having the same thing (also had his surgery 3 weeks ago) they said it was due to the scar tissue sticking together/to bits inside him - he's started moving around a lot more and...
I can't help with any info I'm afraid, just wanted to say we've been thinking of you guys since you commented on the blog and hope it all goes smoothly from now on. Are they giving her a decent...
My husband was given a booklet that said Coke is a brilliant emergency remedy for watery output - so yeah, coke is good!! Good luck :)...
Hi, I'm sorry I never updated this... everything went really well, he came home, healing well and it was looking great. Until they told us today that he has cancer. They think they got it all out,...
Thank you everyone, there is some really great advice here, thank you. It was an emergency and his small intestine was so swollen (his stoma is currently 55mm - it looks like a tomato!) from 2 weeks...
Hi, I just found this site and it seems really good, hopefully you'll be able to help me with some stuff! My husband had an emergency ileostomy yesterday. (Yeah, I can't sleep so I turned to the...