Just thought I would check in and give some GOOD news for a change. Bill had his reversal of the ileostomy on July 9th. Initially there were some major issues with getting his bowels to function...
I just saw another post about this. Does anyone know what to do about it? It seems to be worse if my husband lies down...had to run to the bathroom and still had several accidents through the night....
Bill had his reversal done yesterday. He came to slightly after the surgery and then pulled the first ng tube out of his gut right in the operating room. They got another one in and he stayed awake...
WE HAVE A DATE FOR THE ILEOSTOMY REVERSAL: We have surgery on July 5th. Dr. Chong said it would be about the same amount of time in the hospital as before. Bill is not getting a "J pouch"...he still...
IF your stoma does not protrude from the surface of your abdomen very much, be sure they fit you with CONVEX wafers! They sent my husband home with standard flat skin wafers and we went through hell...
My husband said probably this would not apply because this is an ostomy forum but I know I have read some posts about reversals. The surgeon said the bowel has to "wake up" and Bill has to have some...
Thanks to all of you for the positive thoughts. I am hoping that things won't go too badly with Danny here (grandson). He could be either a great help or a great aggravation...he can get pretty moody...
Well today he had a barium enema. Radiologist was surprised it was ordered by the doctor to "check if he is healed enough for reversal surgery". The radiologist said it was really unusual to have a...
Thank you for the general timeline. It helps to know there will be an end to all of this even if it is taking a full year to resolve all of the issues. Like I always say, "this too shall pass, like a...
My husband had the same issues until we got the convex wafer which fits much more snugly against the stoma. He also wears an ostomy belt to hold it even tighter. Once we got the right wafers, things...
My husband had his surgery May 9th. He empties the pouch probably every four hours or so including getting up in the middle of the night. But he is also eating very little and I have to scold him to...
Probably not the same thing at all but I have had gastric bypass surgery. The larger portion of my stomach, duodenum, pancreas, spleen, large intestine, etc. were bypassed. Stomach is connected to...
Okay, for those of you who have had the ileostomy due to rectal cancer: how long did it take for the men in the audience to regain sexual function? I know that the abdominal incision for surgery, the...
TO UC_FREE: Bill had stage 3 rectal cancer. The surgeon said tumor was about 1.5 inches long and he took good margins...almost 7 inches total of the rectum but was able to leave the sphincter muscles...
Thanks to all. We are feeling much more optimistic. Not worrying about the decision on chemo until after the reversal. We are getting our lives back to normal...although Bill still doesn't want to...
This happened to my husband too. He was sleeping in the recliner (abdominal muscles and incision still too sore to get easily in and out of bed). Many people on this board recommended the convex...
Read my posts and you will see that my husband went through the same thing. Everyone said to get the CONVEX wafers and they do work like a charm. I also contacted the companies and they sent nice...
I put the second of our Convex wafers with bag on Bill last night after a shower. He would not take the shower "naked" without bag or wafer because he was afraid water or soap getting into the stoma...
The home health nurse called yesterday to check on Bill. He said he was fine but immediately after found he was leaking all over the place again. Since the RN was already on her way over, he just put...
This does not sound like anesthesia. It sounds more like the fatigue that comes from malnutrition or severe dehydration. I know because I had both after I had a gastric bypass. I was unable to take...
This sounds like what my husband experienced in the hospital after his surgery to remove rectal cancer. They finally believed him (after he was projectile vomiting ileos fluid from his stomach). They...
Thank you all for the answers regarding a J-pouch. I am grateful that Bill had the lesser issues. I am praying for all of you on this board who have had such terrible problems and issues. You all...
I thought they would just pull down the rest of the colon and attach to what is left of the rectum to do the reconnect. Guess I need to take a look at an anatomy book to figure this one out!...
My husband have seven inches of rectum removed due to rectal cancer. Doctor said he got all of the tumor. He was given an ileostomy while rectum heals. Surgery to reconnect the colon and rectum...
Do you have hemorrhoids? My step-father used to make a salve out of vasoline and alum and that seemed to help....
Well I got through my first day back at work but I am really tired. Not surprising I guess because although I slept well last night, I do have to be up at 5:00 am to be at my desk by 6. I checked on...
Glad to hear you are doing so well. From reading other posts, I get that "takedown" is a reversal of an ileostomy or ostomy so that now things progress back through the colon and rectum as normal. So...
48 HOURS.....OH MY GOD! Is it possible we have finally found a combination the works and won't leak? I am almost afraid to hope. We are going to try for 72-80 hours and I will change again after I...
We have made it past 24 hours with one skin barrier and snap on pouch. Hooray! No leaks but Bill has had to go empty "air" from the pouch because they have no vent. The Convatec supplies came this...
Normally we would be eating earlier than 7 pm but 12 hour schedule for antibiotics was 7 and 7. Then I am being transferred at work which will change me from a 6-4 shift to 7:30-5:30 shift. By the...
Bill is now wearing a convex wafer with snap-in pouch with velcro closure and a belt. All of this really makes the stoma stand out more so we hope it will not leak. Fingers are crossed. Skin is...
Our last standard skin barrier and pouch lasted just under 24 hours. At 2 a.m. we discovered it was leaking but once again Bill was too sore and tired to let me change. We put washcloths at edges. At...
I called APRIA because that was the one my insurance company (Teamsters Local 14 of Southern Nevada) told me to use. We are so new to this....didn't think to check if there were others that might...
Well the saga continues. Got the second overnight shipment from APRIA, the approved durable medical supply house for my insurance. AND it was wrong again. They back-ordered the wafers, sent the...
Well I guess I jinxed it. The bag started leaking again late morning. Then we got the supplies and home health nurse stopped by to check on Bill. Good thing she did, we opened the supplies to find...
What can I say to all of you except THANK YOU and that is hardly enough. I have received more help on this forum in just a few days than Bill and I have received from all of the "professionals". God...
Well we saw doctor five hours after the home health nurse came and replaced the bag with Coloplast seal and it was leaking when we got to the doctor's office. He had to send over to the hospital to...
Well last night the wafer/pouch lasted less than two hours and that was with a ring of stomahesive paste around the whole thing. Leakage was on left side this time. Bill did not let me change it...
Well the bag the nurse helped me with lasted a whole eleven hours and then massive leaking as soon as his dinner began to digest. Lots of liquid coming out constantly which made it hard to keep him...
Thanks to all who posted. I will check on getting samples of other products to see what works for us. I will also ask about the convex wafer so many have suggested even though his stoma sticks out...
Sounds like my husband's experience. They finallly put in NG tube and drained out the ileos from his stomach (had projectile vomiting of bile and feces from his gut). That lasted 36 hours until he...
Stoma is "out" and protrudes about 1/4 inch from surfaceof skin. Home health nurse just left and watched me apply new skin barrier and bag. She said I should cut opening a little bit bigger and use...
We clean area with water or at most I use a little bit of Ivory soap and then rinse well. I did use a tiny bit of oil to remove residue but made sure I washed again in the shower with soap and water,...
Thank you to both responses.....guess if this last skin wafer leaks the ER will be our only choice as you both suggested. My grand-daughter suggested we just use 4 x 4 GAUZE PADS that I can buy...
My husband has what we hope will be a temporary ileostomy. He had rectal cancer tumors removed May 9th and was only discharged on May 22nd. They sent us home with 5 skin barrier wafers and 7 bagsEa...