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Apr 1, 2007 1:01 pm
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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...
Hi Pat ,,,,, I'm not a Doctor however i do know that a Healthy Stoma does bleed and when it doesnt is where you'll have problems. i hope this helps in...
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...
... hard or ate ... try to ... it makes ... any pain its ... along with a ... being ... of blood. ... many other ... amounts ... and ... back to my ... had to...
I've had my stoma for about 6 months now and so far no problems. Just lately I have started to have a lot of itching around the wafer and when I change my...
Thanks everyone for your advice. I don't think I bumped it but it is possible that it is from my skin. I have been having constant skin breakdown since last...
Connie - I empathize with you. I'm going on 1 year with mine & the same thing happened to me as well. I found relief in taking a bath & as time progressed. The...
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Apr 8, 2007 10:56 am
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Connie, This is very common, and occurred with me too. It is very tempting to just start scratching like crazy once the wafer comes off at changing time, but...
don't scratch! It sounds like a bit of the yeasties to me, because of the warm moist environment we all tend to get them. If you aren't allergic to the...
Hi Connie ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, as your healing you will experience some itching , however you must refrain from scratching if it itching is under the wafer...
Hi Pat ,,, My surgeon also told me they could reverse it ,,, however i needed to be skinnier i also don't want another surgery ,, i chose to keep mine...
I developed itching under my wafer in the fall along with the skin breakdown. The ostomy nurse said it was a fungal infection caused by the moist conditions...
... just got my stoma four weeks ago when I had my Colon removed (Colitis) (J-pouch surgery). I have a problem with my skin around the stoma being red and...
Hi Billy, When I had this problem I would use paste and powder to heal the healing.Afew days that all it took. Now I do not have to use paste at all and I have...
Hi Sandy, Good luck with your recovery. Where can I find the powder? TIA Billy ... From: sandra Lyons To: ileostomy@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 10,...
Hi Cole, Ok! I'll try the paste. Thanks allot ! Billy ... From: courierpokr To: ileostomy@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 9:49 PM Subject:...
Question..... a friend of mine's daughter has a yeast infection around her stoma. What have you found successful for battling it? sue ... Be a PS3 game guru. ...
My nurse told me to use whatever yeast infection medicine I had at home. You clean up as usual and use a Very Small amount of the cream and rub it into the...
Usually when I get yeasty, I don't just have it under my appliance. I get it at the corners of my mouth and every other warm moist place on my body! So when...
do you have any stomahesive powder? that works great for sore & red skin..then put the no-sking wipes then another layer of powder..if you have any ? just...
Just got the powder today. I used powder then the paste on top of it. The skin is bloody around the stoma on one side. Should I do something different? What...
thanks for the ideas! sue super_tatee <super_tatee@...> wrote: My nurse told me to use whatever yeast infection medicine I had at home. You clean up as...
when i use the powder i don't put paste on top of it i use the wipes they are sticking & make the powder stick that much better...is the powder stomaahesive?...
Hi, I've had a new issue crop up the past week or so, and it's concerning me a bit. Coincidentally, I'm going to my gastro this week so I'll be sure to mention...
i had this problem once & it is quite scary...i had put the elastic from my pants on it & hadn't relized i had done it...maybe something is rubbing the...
Hi Sarah, I have only had mine for 5 weeks, but it always bleeds when cleaning it! ... From: sc_horizon_21 To: ileostomy@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April...
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