Hi everyone, I am a nursing student going to do a clinical on a colostomy reversal. What can I expect to see? I have looked all over my textbook and the net...
Dear Kim I came out of hospital yesterday (6th August) after a colostomy reversal on 26 July. It was not nearly as bad as I had expected it to be. The surgeon...
He probably has an incision from just above his belly button to his groin down the center. He will have an incision where they closed the stoma 1/2--2". That...
Hello Everyone,My Name is Kayla Nicole Rosado,I am 10yrs od,and i life in Ky.I have had an Colostomy since i was 3 weeks old,when i was 4 they tried to remove...
- I am so glad to see some of these posts. My husband is having a reversal done the first week of Sept. He has only had the colostomy since March . It is...
Hi Discharged 11 days after reversal. Peter ... From: K M <englady@...> To: colostomy@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, 13 August, 2006 5:16:57 AM Subject:...
Hello, I had my colostomy for about 11 mos. It was due to divurticulitis and peritonitis. I was allergic to the sutures they used to put the mesh in and...
I still need some advise with this irrigation process. Lately I have not been able to get more than 250cc of water in. It stops about then and usually I pass a...
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Jon: I took fiber supplements every day until my sigmoid colectomy. I found it to be unnecessary now, mostly due to significant changes in my diet, but I do...
Kevin, That was excellent advice that you gave to Jon about the fiber supplement. I'll try some myself and will also have my wife, who is not a colostomate...
Hi everyone! I am really looking for some assistance. To be honest, I am not the one that will have the colostomy done. My fiance will have the colostomy...
Hi Desiree, I had my colostomy surgery last October 2004 due to rectal cancer stage II, on the first year it was very difficult and difficult to accept. When...
Desiree, I had my surgery on an emergency basis in April 2005. I had a ruptured colon caused by who knows what, they had to remove several pieces of my...
Desiree: Jon's advice is spot on. I underwent my colestomy 31 July 2006. I am here to tell you that it significantly affects your life. I struggle to cope with...
Ken: In fact I do not have any problems with constipation. You are exactly correct, but I'm still a rookie colostomate (31 July 06) and I'm still trying to...
Desiree, Briefly, I'm a senior guy who had a colostomy (permanent & unreversible in my case) 14 years ago. I had cancer just inside my rectum, and under wise...
I just got home from my reversal..........went great, was in the hospital for 10 days, cause I had developed a huge hernia........which took longer to fix than...
PLEASE READ THIS IT IS IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A COLOSTOMY,SOME PEOPLE MAY ALREADY KNOW THIS AND SOME MAY NOT KNOW THIS YET SO I WANT TO INFORM...
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