My husband had his rectum and 12" of colon removed for stage 3 rectal cancer last May. Although his prostate wasn't painful, he ended up coming home with a foley catheter then had to straight cath...
Yeah, the vomiting was directly attributed to the quick diet progression. (At least for this surgery!) After a horrible experience in May that lasted 2-3 days, we had our anesthesia team mix up a...
Thanks so much for responding! I posted this on the ulcerative colitis forum as 3TimeChamp had recommended and received some great advice. We met with our senior ostomy nurse on Monday and she WAS...
Hi dear friends, I had to check out for a day. I think everything hit me and I was exhausted all day yesterday. And it's weird how lost you feel when getting back to a routine. Tim is still...
Thank you again for your responses and prayers. Keith, great advice on the printout and notes. I used to do that with my kid's pediatricians. We'll have to sit down and make a list. Our doctor is...
We went downtown today (2.5 hrs round trip...) and saw our ostomy nurse. When I spoke with her on the phone this morning, the first thing she said was, "I hope you sent these photo's to (your...
My husband had his second take down on February 1st, 11 days ago. Frankly, I was shocked when I saw his 'stoma'... more like a crater in his stomach. The 6 days we were in the hospital post surgery,...
Today I tried using a ring pressed into the moldable wafer and added some paste around the edges. We have met our deductible with his surgeries and 10 day hospital stay this month... Also, the rep...
Thanks for the reply, ks1905! I have a myriad of wafers, bags, powder, rings, paste... I had a great deal of success with his old ileostomy stoma using ConvaTec convex moldable wafers and I've tried...
I posted this on the Ostomy board forum and it was suggested that I post it here. After a year of treatment for rectal cancer, my husband had his ileostomy take down on Dec. 7th. We survived a...
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My husband was having very runny stools for a while this morning and took about 7.5 ml (1/4 dose) of Imodium and it worked great!...
After a year of treatment for rectal cancer, my husband had his ileostomy take down on Dec. 7th. We survived a horrifying 7 1/2 weeks of horrible bloating and complete incontinence since then due to...
Thank you!! Surgery went well today.......
One thing I found interesting when my husband had his ileostomy was when I switched to convex barriers with a moldable opening, his stoma protruded more and got larger. It was getting so small that I...
Thank you so much for your response! This is wonderful confirmation and that's exactly where we had our ostomy nurse put it. Unfortunately our ostomy nurse isn't our favorite person; we've been...
Hi Donna, I'm not too knowledgeable about all the aspects of your description, but I'm currently with my husband who is having his second diversion 8 weeks after his ileostomy take down. (He is...
After a brutal year of rectal cancer treatment and about 7 months with an ileostomy, my husband had his take-down in early December. He's had one serious complication after another and we are back...