Well, the Irinotecan infusion went well for about an hour. Then the chest pains started. They didn't immediately stop the meds, but after the 4th or 5th time I complained, they decided to stop the...
Back in hospital, this time in ICU -- irinotecan caused severe chest pains and they feared a heart attack. Now all kinds of strangeness with my ostomy. Has kind of retracted, and no output over 5...
Food: No grapes, or lettuce,. Apple only without peel. No mushrooms either. Both other dietary instructions from nurse....
I purchased a set of leather hole punches to make a smooth opening in the wafer. Scissors were leaving burrs on wafer, and with my eyes, was hard to see line to cut. Punch set makes it easy to...
Got my ileostomy January 15, 2021. It was a bad experience from day 1. For instance, on the 15th of January, the hospital went into crisis mode because of a Covid-19 case overload. Ostomy patients...
I begin my change immediately after rising from the recliner where I sleep (Can't sleep in bed because lying on back is painful from a motorcycle accident in 1978). I lay out my supplies the night...