--Thanks for the advice......need all we can get. Sorry hub don't get
on puter and won't he don't like them. Sort of old fashioned ya know
but it is ok with me. Again thanks forthe help.





- In colostomy@yahoogroups.com, Peter Gowing <mancsman@...> wrote:
>
> Had the reconnection last July/August. Had been in awful pain but
was forming small stools - doctors wanted to know that.
>
> I have been told to take a fibre (fiber-US) supplement with at
least 2.5l water per day. Drinking a half UK gallon (5 or 6 US
pints) takes some doing but well worth it. No pain. No smell. No
desperate urgency.
>
> Was also recommended that if I get the attack of the runs, I take a
prescription only course of Multivitamins to get back what I have
lost but only for a few days after the attack stops.
>
> Other than that, no treatment, no drugs and fighting fit.
>
> I have noticed within this group that it is very often that women
are asking questions on behalf of their husbands. Come on men, stop
being pussys. Nothing emasculating about a colostomy. After all,
you've got it already.
>
> Drink plenty of water, take the fibre, drop the amount of meat
(only by a little in my case) eat veg and walk, walk, walk. Work
that stuff out of you.
>
> Colostomy makes no life changes and a reversal is even better.
>
> Peter
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: carla <carla_grooms2001@...>
> To: colostomy@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, 15 February, 2007 5:00:58 PM
> Subject: [colostomy] Reconnection problems?
>
> My hub had reconnection and is having some worries of course. He is
> worried that not using the bathroom every day is a problem. What do
you
> all eat to keep things regular? A lot of stomach hurting on the
bottom
> and soreness. Is this normal? Do yuo all have this trouble after
> resection? He is eating a lot of veggies and things but what else
helps
> keep no constipation? Carla and Lonnie
>