Been a while since I been on here ..doing great with the j-pouch:) Back to work in February and have lost 30 pounds!...
Calmoseptine cream from pharmacy is my best friend since j pouch surgery...
Take calmoseptine salve, baby wipes and gas-x to hospital with you. I came home with a wound vac on my stoma site to heal it faster, ended up with a very large hole:( It was on for almost 3 weeks and...
I took gas-x for the first couple weeks to help with gas...so glad your doing better and going home:)...
Marshmallows saved me every time:)...
Seen my doctor on 17th and he removed wound vac, told me to start on Imodium and see ya in 3 months:))). I still have quite the hole to heal from stoma, just putting gauze and large dressing over it!...
I take a hair and nail vitamin and extra vit d!...
So sorry to hear about your complications...hope your home soon..I was in your shoes last Dec:( keep moving if you can..staying in a bed that long is soooooo hard on your body! Wishing you the best...
Thanks everybody and good luck with your takedowns:))) I actually had a orange today and no real problem:)))...
Hello and I'm home and getting excited...despite frequent times to bathroom and wound vac on my stoma site, I'm doing well, complete control of my bowel movements:)) still playing with diet and thank...
I have j-pouch and so far so good..some pain and nausea but no bowel movement yet...
My ileostomy takedown is today and I'm passed nervous about this! While the bag was a pain in was dependable! Any hints for the next few days??? Thanks:))...
after, any tips on my diet, etc...following the ileo removal?? I've been spoiled last few months getting to eat all the fresh fruit and veggies I want... ...
I was warned about hernias at old stoma site...still have mine for a few more weeks so I have no real advice ! lol My doc did say to watch heavy lifting.....
Thanks so much...any tips for a beginner during this process?? Are you guys able to eat fresh fruits and vegetables?...
I had same problem before they revised my stoma and I used a convex wafer without rings. I used stoma powder skin protectant and layered it 3 times...used paste around stoma before placing wafer...my...
My doctor warned about heavy lifting with a ileo...said it cause hernia problems later after takedown. I have been trying not to lift anything super heavy and walk as much as I can......
Got great news, fistula is healed and my takedown is scheduled for November 15th. I got off phone with doctor and cried happy tears. This has been a very LONG year for me and my body and I can't wait...
Thanks..my surgery went well and I am feeling good...my pouch seems to be the same...am having the urge and seeing the discharge I was before...he told me their was a risk of the pouch dying when he...
Hello everyone, my fisula repair went well and he repaired my original stoma instead of a new one! I don't have to wear belt and I feel like a new woman...my pouch seems to be alive and well...he...
I had my colon removed laproscopic in Dec and even though I have had some complications with fistula, the ileostomy is nothing compared to the UC. My blood count is higher than it has been in years...
X ray showed my fistula is not healed, so next week surgeon is going in abdominally to repair it, move my pouch away from fistula site and give me a new stoma(mine is recessed and very hard to take...
thanks I will try and find some...this fistula is casusing me all kinds of grief...need the damn thing to heal......
Had a fistula repair on 14th...doc was not happy with it 3 weeks later, have to wait till May 15th to see if it will heal, if not, the second repair will be abdominally...which has me scared to...
I just got cleared to eat and drink last week. Have a temp ileostomy and drinking beer hasn't bothered me at, I drink water with it and other than going to bathroom a little bit more, no side effects...
Thanks guys....am so ready to have my body back! This fistula has been the worst thing ever so far...tried walking the other day and was passing blood for 2 days after......
I have a fistula repair scheduled for 3-14 and reversal scheduled for mid to late April, depending on how quick it heals. My question is: I have a j-pouch, any tips for better control at first? Any...
There is a cream I get from my pharmacy (no script) called Calmoseptine that will protect her skin, it was given me to for hemorroids. It made a huge difference for me. Has she tried the sween cream?...
I just seen a stoma specialist for a recessed stoma and she gave me sween cream and told me to use colopast paste w/0 alcohol instead of rings and she put a belt on me so tight I hate it...BUT it is...
With all the complications I had with my colon removal and j-pouch..my poor hubby! My illestomy went on Dec 30th and we just had sex yesterday...and thank God it all still works...lol We took it easy...
had j-pouch and colon removal on dec 15th, came home on dec 27 and developed fistula dec 29th /community/emoticons/mad.gif I had surgery done laproscopic and came out of it with out illestomy...
repair.... ...
Thanks you guys...I am using a convex pouch with ring, have tried two piece bag and convex ring. The stoma nurses said I was doing everything they could myself and not to use paste because it...
My question is...has anyone else ever had a fistula repair and could you tell me what it entails? I see my surgeon the 17th and want to ask if he can go ahead repair fistula, so ilestomy can be...