wow, those sound nice...byebyeuc's sister's pouch, who is marianne?...
bybyeuc how long can you go in between emptying your pouch?...
I printed that out a few weeks ago, alot of great info in there....
THanks all, and thank you Suebear..at times I break down and cry having this ileostomy. idk why it just happens from time to time. I'm hoping that the J-pouch is the right way to go and it seems like...
How did the barium enema workout?...
Had an appointment with my surgeon this past friday (i go to MUSC in charleston, i think its a great hospital) and she has scheduled a barium enema on the 19th and if all looks good reversal on April...
Good news...i tolerated a Cheesy Gordita Crunch no lettuce add sour cream perfectly fine! thats all i ever get when i go there so were golden. i think i cried a little inside lol. so happy i may have...
Activeuc I'm now...4 weeks post...
Makes sense Probiotic thank you. I will do just that....
I was a huge fan of taco bell...i love the cheesy gordita crunch with no lettuce. i always ate prob 3 of those bad boys...realizing i can probably only eat 1 now would i have anything to worry about?...
Awesome! i cant believe you are already walking...it took me a week and a couple of days to walk, mine was all laproscopically too..your doing awesome. i wish i was up walking that fast! i didnt eat...
"pancaking" to me sounds like a build-up on top of the stoma if your on your back...idk if thats right but thats what im visioning...and thanks you guys, still learning whats an okay thing to see and...
i would say im in the median of pudding and toothpaste...you are right about it being a delicate balance. The thickness just puts this heavy feeling i guess? in my stomach..just the newness...
I noticed today that things are pretty thick..its been all liquid for the past 4 days. (surgery was March 11th) trying to figure out how to edit my sig again...but do i want it real thick, sorta...
Had my Ileostomy on March 11th. Went home March 21st. readmitted a couple of days later for dehydration but it was only overnight. I feel tired alot. simple walks tire me. eating is a challenge. i...
Day 3 and still have some gas...this morning I was stupid and tried to burp my bag while laying down on my makeshift Med ( sleeping on living room floor till lapro incisions heal) and I had a small...
Ill try those tips thank you. Its still going on and I can't believe it.......
Pretty sure its gas pain. Started yesterday. I had potatoe soup and chicken and dumplings with broth yesterday along with welches 100% grape juice. Idk what gave me the gas but its persisted until...
I appreciate all of you responding like you did. Good news is I got through last night fine other than the way worrying makes me feel. Bad news is I catch myself constantly worried about what food...
Oh jeez thank you so much for that reassurance speech. I don't remember if I freaked out like this over anything before having the surgery..its so scary not knowing what could happen..I'm a 23 ye old...
So when I got home today me and my gf drove to Walmart to shop for new food items around the home. After we were done we get home and I open up an oranje jello..accidently taking in a bigger bite...
Pluot never issues this bad before. I just took some malox ..waiting to see its effects if it helped...
I just drank a BOOST drink. Doctor said he wants me to have some protein and then I tried some mashed potatoes but my incision area startedto hurts...
I have this weird hiccup thing followed with a burning situation. I'm worried that should it continue ill throw up as it made me do yesterday and before and that will set back my date to leave. Has...
Another update. Im not getting the TPN..they seem to think that my ostomy is putting out just fine and will hopefully start on soft food today I thjnk its great news however I'm still told to hold...
Thanks. The bag is not bad at all. Small pain around incisions but outputting well. I just wish I could drink water!!!!!! I seriously lovewater and not being able to have it is torture....they told...
Update: until last night was throwing up ever few hours ( too much water at a time, anxiety, idk but they put a nutrition line in and will follow up with a pik line or tpn today. I feel like I could...
How long was it before youcould gulp again? Im tired of this "sipping" stuff.whenever I do take a biggergulp I get sick like 3-4 min later and vomit...
My first surgery was monday been going on for about 5 days...
First problem is I keep throwing up I can't even keep water down for what seems more like 4 hours I tend to have hiccupfits where icontinue for a good 15-20m and that's neverhaplened to me, the...
i had brownies and a glass of milk around 9:20. ate them while watching "The Walking Dead" i love that show. breakfast was at shoneys..it was a good fairwell lol. guess i will see you guys on the...
i do not have to do a bowel prep..i was surprised that they never even mentioned it though. counting my blessings on that lol...
Surgery is Monday morning at 10:00..the past two days i have been splurging a little on what i eat..i guess just because i dont know how i will fair with the same stuff afterwards...which got me...
So this is a constant worry i have had ever since i found out i need the surgery. ED...i like sex..i also like to think i was pretty good at it...i would therfore like to continue for the better part...
awesome, thank you, i saved the link, i cant view blogs at work but will for sure take a look when i get home....
I'm still reading and enjoying all the responses. one more week to go...March 11th...
Surgery is this coming monday, the 11th. pretty nervous..but what are foods that i should really stick around after surgery?...
haha, she said "thanks for the input" just reading through preparing for my own hospital stay...found that funny....
will the output just run down the drain? have not had mine yet, one more week....
was exactly what i needed to know. thank you....
So i have been on just about all of the drugs..surgery scheduled for March 11th (J pouch two step) and my doctor prescribed me Hydrocotisone enemas to get me by till then...these things have always...
what is the different between a loop ileo and an end ileo...
just hearing the fact that there are others eating spicy food with this is making me salivate....cant wait to eat some again! when you have a blockage is it just that food is getting stuck in the...
suebear - i def will be saving that info..good to know ddd45 - a horror story about the j-pouch and then "good luck in thinking through your decision" lol, its all good though, i fully realize there...
Christine - I am talking with a different surgeon at the same hospital to see if she will go over my chart and tell me what im looking at. i would hate to have the J--Pouch surgery and have nothing...
I wonder what it is about the Ileo that they seem to love over the J-pouch....
Summer - I think as of this morning i have really settled on the J-Pouch, did it only burn while the incision was healing? hope that didnt continue! Suebear - the doctor recommending the ileo is the...
Suebear – as I was reading there was a lot of j-pouchers that after talking about their complications state they went back to a bag, I noticed a lot of that as I was reading, both from their post and...
Have been a member for a little while, just now making it back in from only what i can presume was denial at what was going on and what needed to be done...but it has to happen now so I'm trying to...