/community/emoticons/smile.gif Many thanks...last night i decided to find out if the stomahesive was causing it,so i cleaned thoroughly and used a non-alchohol wipe and applied a new bag...and today...
I am regularily having problem with the seal,numerous times it comes unstuck and i find that the seal has sort of worn away..I do change it regularily and i was wondering if it's due to the fact i...
Yes i have experienced this,as the bottom half of my bowel was not removed,it still produces mucus,and this is what comes away.. Best wishes ..nursy2...
/community/emoticons/smile.gif Hello camping girl,so pleased to hear you are home again,and hopefully your recovery will go well.. Take things easy you have been through a lot,and you are a star....
Wishing you best wishes for your surgery and hope everything goes well for you..take care.. As you all say the 'prep' is by far the worst part,i still can't drink anything tasting of lemon,or even...
Thankyou so much to you both for your advice,i have just got home from the doctors and he thinks that there is some adhesions and also i had been given a low fat diet sheet instead of lowfibre..he...
The few days i have been having a pain about 3 inches from the stoma,and i think it may have gone into some sort of spasm,but the unusual thing is the stoma itself has gone a very pale colour.. Has...
Thankyou mrsrose,I didn't know what all these various foods can do,so many thanks for that.. As for the health and emotional problems..I am surviving(just). It is hard for anyone to come to terms...
/community/emoticons/tongue.gif Yes shaz and baglady,i bet we all have had some laughs along the way,i wasn't too bothered about them searching my luggage(not that they did)but at least i found out...
/community/emoticons/smile.gif suesue,I know we have never spoken before,as i am new,but you are a survivor,you have come through so much,you are to be admired believe me.. please take care...AND...
I really do feel so sorry for you all,what with having to come to terms with all sorts of ostomies,and then have to pay for your products... In england i just get the prescription from my g.p and...
I had planned a holiday abroad,the first one since i had the cystoplasty(which is bowel transplanted into my bladder to enlarge the capacity).. My specialist wished me good luck,but mentioned that as...
Wishing you all the best lbw for the 5th..take care,and hopefully we will be hearing from you when you feel well enough to let us all know how it all went.. Take care,best wishes..nursy2...
Smiling here...I don't know if i could just come out with the reason,but good on you..well done xx...
Many thanks,i just wondered,knowing my luck there would be a full chemist and if i am asked what it is for i would go a lighter shade of pale(ha ha)...
Hello shaz,I will be giving it a try,I will go to the chemist as soon as its open and get some..is it something that a chemist may ask what it is for? or is it just a run of the mill product that can...
Thankyou judy,I will be careful.. I just get so embarassed about the odour,which i am sure many are,i never realised this could be a problem,i am aware that certain foods can make it worse.. many...
I would try and hit them with my HANDBAG first though..(ha ha)...
/community/emoticons/smile.gif thankyou and yes i will be careful what i ask for,i will go to the chemist in the morning..oh this has given me hope,as it is worrying when i go anywhere and need to...
Thankyou,can i buy hydrogen peroxide from chemists?...
Yes i will ask my urologist about this..I am due for some more routine tests soon,so i will copy this drinks advice down,and see what he thinks.. I am having bit of problems with the catheters at the...
I have only been back to work for a couple of weeks,it is okay,mainly because it is not a strenuous job,mainly it is visiting patients who need help with their mental illnesses.. Although it has been...
Thankyou Judy,and i am pleased to be in the 'club'(well the baggie club,that is)..(smiling).....
Thankyou Judy.I will give this a try for sure.. As you say,It does seem very active and with time i have been told it will settle down into its own sort of pattern.. It is so embarrasing when it...
Hello Annemarie.. We have been married 17 years... The thing is,it seems that he has been wanting to go for a long time,and i have found out just recently that he has been having a field day..and...
I have tried numerous products that have been recommended by my stoma nurse..but i have not been impressed.. Has anyone got any tips of other ideas to reduce the odour when changing bags,in the...
Hello mrsrose.. This information has helped me lots,i do get very de=hydrated due to the ileostomy continually producing water. As i have only one kidney,i find that i get problems because of the...
I don'y regret having the ileostomy,although it was done as an emergency and i didn't have an option..the pain has now gone,and i don't need to stay at home as much because i was always having...
I had it done in April this year,it was performed as an emergency,i had had alot of pains previous to this,and i had gone some tests,but i went to the doctor in the morning because of pains,and the...
Thankyou for your reply,I do feel that i have had too much to handle health wise..It just seemed that as soon as i had moved on from one illness another one popped up,most of it is related,mainly...
/community/emoticons/yeah.gif hello,can i join the 'baggie club' please?...
Hello can i join the 'baggie club'please...