Since you're so recently post-op don't forget to walk as much as possible. It really helps everything wake up again....
P.S. What did I do wrong with the emoticon. I wanted a smile....
I too had a diverting colostomy due to diverticulosis for nine weeks last Fall. Yes, you will still occasionally pass gas out the back. Scared me but the nurse said it was normal. 'Didn't get into...
Happened to me about two weeks after the reversal. It was a Wednesday morning. Had a bout of diarrhea in the middle of the night and by myself. My legs came out from under me three times. Dragged...
My first time emptying it by myself in the hospital was the one and only time standing. I had not received much instruction at that point. You talk about one having good AIM if standing. The...
"For example, I had two drainage tubes on either side of my abdominal area, for 10 days post-op. I had to empty two attached small plastic bottles and record how much drainage I had in a 24 hour...
In Sept., I was given a diverting colostomy due to diverticulosis. In Dec., it was reversed. When I had the colostomy, I was convinced a BM was in the works although it never occurred, just gas....
Hi folks, I was given a diverting colostomy at the end of Sept. pending a diverticulitis resection. The ostomy is on the left about an inch lower than my navel. Anyway, I'm using a Hollister concave...