Hi, the advice I was given was to use a glycerine suppository, I use childs
size and cut them in half, use one of these, they sting a bit but they
loosen the stuff up and make it come out without any worries about infection
from other foreign bodies that you might be tempted to put up there!!!! This
can be done regularly and doesn't harm anything. You insert it in the rectum
using thin rubber gloves and a little KY Jelly so you don't tear the
delicate skin down there, the glycerine suppositories are sealed for hygene
and you lie on your side for ten minutes or so and it dissolves and you feel
like you need to pass something, and the hardened mucus is freed up, you
feel like you need to keep passing something for a few hours, then the
feeling dies down and it has washed out all the stuff in there and you
should remain comfortable for a few weeks before you have to do it again!!!!
But it does take away the mucus and the feeling you have a stone in your
rectum!!!!!

Hope this helps

Carey

-----Original Message-----
From: Nancy Heard [mailto:dnheard@...]
Sent: 26 February 2005 14:17
To: ukostomysupport@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [UK Ostomy Support ] Rectal Discharge


First of all, I am a 68 year old female. I am having the same experience.
The doctor tells me that it is the job of the Sigmoid colon to manufacture a

liquid substance that makes the stool move easier and on out, (under normal
circumstances). What colon we have left is still doing its work. Sometimes
there is a waxy substance in this mucous also. I don't like it. I thought
I would get out of using a wedgie when I had my surgery but no such luck.
My colostomy is a year old so every day is a new day and something else to
figure out.
But, I have joined my local chapter of the American Ostomy Association and
we are to have a round table discussion meeting on March 8th. The program
directors are a couple of ostomy nurses and I intend to ask them about a
"wash out" that I read about. I have thought about trying plain water with
an ear syringe but I don't know if you can expel all of the liquid. If you
can't, that would just add more to the problem. Of course, I am a female
and I can always wear a mini-pad where it would be inconvenient for you.
Also, there are days that it is worse than others but for the life of me I
can't figure out why. I have thought maybe when I eat more but giving up
eating is that last thing in this world I intend to do. I will let you know

what I find out at our meeting. Hope you find a solution. I just know,
Life is so much better, even though I have this problem discharge, I
wouldn't swap my life now with the one I had before for any thing in the
world. CU L8R

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne R. Adkins"
To:
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 5:59 AM
Subject: [UK Ostomy Support ] Rectal Discharge


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> I'm seeking the advice/insight of any ostomates who still have the
> rectal portion of their digestive tracts. I had an emergency ostomy
> 5+ years ago when my large intestine burst due to crohn's disease. I
> had the majority of my tranverse & descending colon removed, but i
> still have the sigmoid colon & rectum (though non-functoinal). In the
> past 5 years, I have had occasional discharge from from my rectum,
> but more recently it has become an almost daily experience. Anyone
> out there with similar experience? If so, please write me at
> greenlantern108@.... Wayne
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