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Hahaha that's amazing. After having many colonoscopies, surgeries, and hospital stays... I find that I have zero embarrassment about self-nudity....
Thank you for sharing in my happiness! ;D This site has been great about answering all of my questions along this difficult journey. It's just wonderful to know that I'm not alone and I'll always be...
Good luck!! I'd suggest lots of walking, as always, and CALMOSEPTINE ointment to conquer that butt burn!!!...
Do you have a rectum? A 1-step J pouch surgery would be very rare! My stomach continued hurting long after my incisions did after my colectomy. Maybe it has to do with the fact that our intestines...
Hi guys! I just wanted to write a quick update. I had my ileostomy reversed on Wednesday and went home on Saturday. Since then, things have been going wonderfully! I'm in very little pain (just sore...
Have you been on steroids? Solumedrol makes me extremely moody and anxious. After my second surgery, due to a brief misunderstanding between my surgeon and my mother and myself as to whether or not I...
After walking a TON i did finally get some poo to pass this morning. And the food went well! I haven't had problems with leakage yet. I think the oxycodone is also helping it have a bit of form to...
Hey all, Just had my reversal surgery Wednesday morning! The thing is... I'm starving. But my surgical team won't let me have any food until poo passes through. So why haven't I had any bowel...
I had severe UC in my remaining rectum between surgeries. I would pass a small amout of blood 3 times a day and I took Canasa suppositories to prevent too much discomfort. Do not let the fear of your...
Using the restroom a lot isn't bad. I'm getting my ileostomy taken down next week and I know I can expect to go a lot. But I should never again have to: lose 30 lbs; spend a month in the hospital; be...
I had a similar experience... I had one TERRIBLE flair, and after my colectomy I woke up with an end ileostomy AND a mucous fistula (my rectum was pulled through my abdomen as well) and the rectum...
Could you tell me a bit more about how the gastrografin enema works? Is it just an enema given before an X-ray? Is it only put in the rectum, or also the stoma leading there? I called the local...
Good luck! My date is set for July 18 :)...
I got my staples 3 weeks ago :p surgeon says theyll get encased in flesh eventually and they wont set off any sensors or anything...
Also if you wake up with a drain in your side... be warned that it feels very weird coming out. sort of like getting your catheter removed (which you will experience earlier) but more intense. Not...
It should comfort you to know that you can't feel your ostomy and will only have to change the bag every few days. I generally leave mine on for 4 days. So you don't have to deal with it constantly...
Before my first surgery I was too sick and drugged to respond emotionally to anything... xD but for my second surgery I was excited!! They way I've always seen it is that the quicker I can get...
itsmesoniab - yup! Dr Gearhart and her team have always been amazing. I especially love how I can call them after hours and speak to an on-call doctor if anything weird pops up. I used that number...
Be careful: apparently I'm allergic to barrier sprays....
Are you anemic or vitamin deficient?...
I've never reacted badly to anasthesia or narcotics :p morphine is just weak >:-( I ended up with a prescription for an oxycodone elixir which I must say is absolutely wonderful! Works quickly like...
I bled quite a bit from my remaining rectum after my first surgery. Canasa suppositories helped reduce the cramped feeling somewhat, but really you'll just have to tough it out until your next...
I going home today! Just got my drain removed. Strangest feeling yet... Why does that make me so much more uneasy than pain?...
Haha yeah. They may warn of 'slight discharge' but the great and gory details are what we really need to hear! Thank you all for reassuring me that this is normal (:...
Frequency isn't the only thing to consider. There is also: Pain Fatigue Anemia Medicine & side effects Risk of secondary diseases Depending on which disease(s) you have and what type of surgery you...
After surgery #1 (colectomy with end ileo and mucous fistula) I passed a small bit of blood from my remaining diseased rectum once or twice a day starting the second or third day after surgery. I...
"The brand name Dilaudid is more widely known than the generic term hydromorphone, and ... It is thought to be 6-8 times stronger than morphine, but with a lower risk of dependency." from Wikipedia I...
I'm from Mayland... and I guess I just never have heard someone use that expression unless they literally meant a fish. It just sounded weird for a moment for me. :P & I will probably just put some...
Yeah the surgical glue makes beautiful scars :) I'm not even too worried about my long one... in a few weeks I know it'll look a lot less 'ridgey'. I'll just stick some scar sheets on top of it to...
Your surgery can be done either laparoscopically (several small incisions) or open (one big incision). My surgery #1 (colectomy) was done laparoscopically. The worst pain from that surgery came from...
Also: be sure to seek out the absolute BEST hospital and the best colorectal surgical group in your area....
MylittleGirl- I am 18, and like your daughter I have only been diagnosed with IBD for 2 ahort years - since 2010. All throughout 2010 and 2011 I had just 2 or 3 mild flares easily controlled by...
ive never heard someone say 'gutted like a fish' before xD I'd say I was cut stem to stern but isn't that belly button to ribs? mine was the other way down. xP like 'navel to pelvis'...
what are pain balls? xp...
Thank you! I had my brother bring me a Convatech bag from home and although the ostomy nurse apparently had some emergency to attend to, the nice surgical resident helped me sort out all the...
Hey guys! I know other people were having surgery this week too, so how did everything go? I now have a J pouch and temp ileo!! Just 8 more weeks with an ostomy, if everything goes well. I cannot...
:( I wish you the best of luck. I had to withdraw from last semester; if I end up having to withdraw from next semester as well I will be heartbroken....
I had UC for 2 years. I had two mild flares of bloody diarrhea easily controlled by suppositories... but then I took a Z pac for some chest congestion, developed a horrible c. diff infection, and...
I'm having my Jpouch formed on May 31. Best of luck to you!! I'll be sure to check in often :P...
I'll be getting my J pouch done on May 31!! I'm super excited, as the surgeon originally didn't have any opening until August, and, well, that was not acceptable! So I called and called and finally...
XDD Thanks for asking this question! I wouldn't have even thought to ask it. I've been using M9 drops and they work really well but what blueglass says is true - I keep accidentally dying things...
I don't think that there is any magic to this... but you don't need half a roll of toilet paper xD If you'd like, multitask by preparing 2-3 'toilet paper tampons' while you pee. They don't have to...
Yup... I log in and click albums and it says something like 'you havent created any albums!'...
Are you a candidate for a Jpouch or did they remove your rectum? Would you consider getting a Kock pouch? With as many skin problems as you've had, I'd be very nonplussed by the idea of keeping an...
You get to keep a healthy colon AND only have 1 surgery! Such a strange thing for me to be jealous of. xD I second what Sue says about consulting a colorectal surgeon. They're quite knowledgeable...
I've also been on prednisone for a week (bad rash) - yet there has been no change! Haha gahhh -.- Anyhow, something more useful for you- the rectum will naturally secrete mucous more or less...
My rectum has never given me nice, white mucous :( 10 weeks out from surgery and it still oozes a nice amount of reddish brown stuff from my mucous fistula and I release a small amount from my bottom...
Why do I see no albums and no pictures? ;/...
If I may ask, why does your GI recommend the surgery? Is he worried about the cancer developing and spreading? You'll find a lot of people on the forums here who have or are going to get an ileoanal...