Can anyone tell me how I should be feeling after Iliostomy reversal surgery" the surgery was done because of diverticulitis, so bowel resection, bag for 3 months, and then 17 days ago, the reversal....
Hi songlady . It is good to talk about the atrophy because people do not have a clue unless they have experienced it. It's horrible! My doc said its really only quite recently that it's recognised. I...
I think I'm worried about it because I had a large ball of inflammatory material stick to it when surgeon did first op. But I had no discomfort when I had my bag, so that does suggest what the...
No. Had bowel resection on 10 th may. In hospital 2 weeks. That's the big one ( for me Anyway) . Iliostomy 3 months. Reversal 3 weeks ago. Bowel is working very well considering the mess it was in...
Had successful takedown surgery 3 weeks ago today. Bowel has been good. Started to get bladder discomfort though. Just got worse. Saw surgeon for post op visit yesterday, just as well, because I was...
I'm sure I answered this, so excuse me if it comes up twice. That's a lot of surgeries. My reversal is hopefully the last one for me. May I ask what your surgeries were for?...
Thank you for sharing that. Yes it must be the placement of the Iliostomy, because dehydration is a real problem for me. Took the Immodium yesterday, made me feel nauseated,I guess cause everything...
Think originally my surgeon said one in morning and one at night. So I'll do that tomoz if all goes well. He did say there's always some dehydration with an Iliostomy so how do you manage with a...
Yes. In 17 days, but I will end up back in before that if I can't get on top of the dehydration, I can tell I'm slowly going downhill with it, so I'm desperate to get it at least manageable in the...
I've been on here before . Bowel resection with loop Iliostomy, reversed in 17 days. Terrible problems with dehydration. I've tried meds, food etc. I've had trouble tolerating meds. Been in hospital...
I did that yesterday. Did make a difference. No colicky pain at all. Just struggling with the dehydration today. Can't seem to get on top of that at all. Very watery output all day yesterday. I feel...
I'm in Australia , so maybe they don't do that. They did it for the 2 weeks I was in hospital. I wish someone had advised me about food too, because I'm now getting colicky pains after certain foods....
I don't know how much the output is. I've never been advised to measure it....
Thanks notsosicklygirl . Thank you for that. I need to hear I'm doing ok. Bit flat today. I get the reversal in 6 weeks, if everything is ok I do have to admit I am still taking a very small quantity...
Thank you Virdent. I am 7 weeks down the track. Still struggling but this kind of advice really helps . I have just said in another post I want to be more mobile but struggling with that even at this...
Well the codeine was def causing me more pain, slowing things down too much. so I'm off it now. I am concerned reading some posts that I should be feeling better. I am still very fatigued 7 weeks...
I'm not using codeine for pain, it's for thickening up output,I think I pointed that out in my post. because of dehydration. Surgeon put me on codeine for this, as if it continues to be runny and you...
Hi everyone. I would like some help with another question. Have temporary iliostomy but output is mostly runny. Tried immodium( think I posted about this before) but can't tolerate it. Tried all the...
Thanks for your replies. 3timechamp I can't tolerate Immodium at all unfortunately, and the foods recommended don't seem to make much difference. Song lady it sure is major surgery! I am still...
Hope I'm on the correct page. Had a bowel resection and iliostomy 5 weeks ago due to complications with diverticulitis. Surgeon said I had an abscess and it was a mess in there. It's a temporary...
Thanks for the reply monowav.Yes my gp said I will have the HIDA if the ultrasound doesn't show anything, which I strongly suspect it won't. I am a 61 year old female . I am quite fit and active for...
Thank you Hoshie. Yes I am getting scanned Monday. I have had a scan 2 years ago . Nothing there then. I agree, symptoms can differ from person to person. It's so confusing. And what makes it more...
Hi all. I have what I think are the "classic symptoms of gallbladder troubles. Getting scanned soon. My question is, as well as right upper abdomen, right upper back, right shoulder, pain, I have...