Hey Pat don't worry to much about it if you bumped your stoma to hard or ate
something can do it if you keep having the problem you may want to try to
change everything see if your skin is fine sometimes i get a leak it makes
my skin bleed it goes up over my stoma. As long your not having any pain its
not allot wouldn't worry to much about it.
Diana

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From: Pat Connaughan
Date: 04/06/2007 11:04:38 AM
To: ileostomy@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [The Ileostomy Group] I'm Very Concerned

Last Jan my GCP ordered a complete set of blood work to be done along with a
urine and stool sample. The blood work came back with everything being
fairly normal. However, the urine and stool samples showed traces of blood.
He had them redone and they came back the same but there were so many other
bacteria etc that he wasn't concerned since they only showed trace amounts
of blood.

I had to change my appliance yesterday. I used a new type of bag and
decided this morning that I didn't like it and was going to go back to my
usual one. When I put it on, I didn't get it on quite right and had to take
it off to reposition it. When I took it off, there was blood on the inside
of the bag where my stoma would touch it. I checked it a couple of hours
later and wiped off the end of my stoma. There was still a small amount of
blood coming from my stoma.

I don't know what is causing it and I don't know what to do. It's useless
to call any of my doctors. They are all off tomorrow for Good Friday and
again on Monday. I have an appointment with my GCP for Wed and one with my
gastro on the 16th. I guess I am going to have to just keep an eye on it to
see if it stops or gets worse.

Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this and whether I should be
overly concerned or not.

Pat


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