Colostomy Bag Keeps Coming Off
Colostomy bag keeps coming off because stoma keeps recessing and fecal keeps building up under the sticky pad. What to do?
View 1 RepliesColostomy For Faecal Incontinence
Anyone out there had a colostomy for faecal incontinence. Anyone got a colostomy done recently and how are you coping.
View 2 RepliesHidradenitis Suppurativa Led To Colostomy Bag
I am in a new relationship with someone who has had Hidradenitis Suppurativa for the past 10 years. Due to the severity of this condition in the past , he was fitted over a year ago with a colostomy bag, the doctor suggest this is a perm bag? if this condition is controlled can this be reversed? ( he is only 27)we no this condition is very hard to control, he has just started a new antibiotic and believes it is starting to work, he also has chemo once a month to try and put this into remission...
View 1 RepliesColostomy Bag Reversal For 71 Years Old
My mom had emergency surgery that almost cost her her life. She had her bowels rupture into her stomach and she almost died. She went septic and it was really bad and scary. She has a colostomy and it will be reversed in six months. Her surgeon said to see a special doctor that specializes in reversals. She is 71 years old and they said she will make the decision to reverse or just end up keeping it. I know it is major surgery again and your age is a risk factor and your health etc. They also said if she were to decide to reverse it, she would need a colonoscopy done first. It scares me, because we almost lost her once. She is doing well with the colostomy and I actually helped her with it and we did well our first time on our own. I was proud.
The one thing she does do all the time is pull her pants down to check it all the time. Is this something that is normal in the beginning? I will be standing in the room and she has her pants down checking it.
Colostomy Reversal Recovery?
I am a US citizen living in Costa Rica the last 10 years. I had my second child on Nov. 28th at age 40. It was a difficult birth and the wall between my anus and vagina was torn 10 cm. They had to do emergency surgery to repair the wall and also did a colostomy in order to prevent infections to the repaired wall.
The stoma education provided in a third world country is lacking in every way possible. If it wasn't for the internet I wouldn't have survived the first difficult weeks. Eventually I was able to live a pretty normal life, even with a colostomy bag.
It is six months later, and I am scheduled for my colostomy reversal in two days. I have started a clear liquid diet. What can I expect? Is it a painful recovery? How soon will I have a bowel movement?
How Many Times A Day To Change Colostomy Bag?
I often find I am changing up to 8 times a day not because the bag is full but because my skin sweating causes the adhesive to break down and the leaks begin. This is worse in hot countries and when travelling as I will need to change to make sure I have an empty bag before queuing up for aircraft etc. I also need to change before driving any distance as the seat belt position can cause leaks. Is there anyone out there with a similar problem
View 4 RepliesRaynaud's Phenomenon And Family History
If someone in your family has raynaud's should I be tested.
View 5 RepliesIrritable Bowel Syndrome :: Colostomy Bag?
Has anyone had a colostomy bag fitted through having severe IBS-D?
View 8 RepliesBowel Disorders :: Diet After Colostomy?
My grandmother just had a big surgery through which she had removed her ovaries, uterus and part of her gross intestine. Part of her surgery was colostomy.
I know that she now needs a low-fiber diet but I am not sure what can she eat and what not!
What are the worst regular foods for the right now?
What are the good foods?
What kind of tea should she drink?
Stoma Bag :: How Often Is Necessary To Change Colostomy Wafer?
I had total colectomy and ileostomy five weeks ago and even though I do have some help from my ostomy nurse, I’m now left alone to take care of my stoma bag and I immediately ran into one simple question – how often should I change the wafer? I’ve been changing the bag every three days and when I changed it last time I noticed skin underneath the wafer is reddish, so I’m wondering if I’m changing the wafer too rarely, or am I doing something else wrong? I do first put the protective powder, then the wafer then the pouch, but like I said, the skin underneath the wafer is red and maybe I’m supposed to change it more often?
View 1 RepliesPregnancy :: Varicose Veins - Family History
Has anyone gotten them before? I'm preg with #6 and I think I have signs of them. I'm concerned because on my mother's side the women have them severely (to the point my sister almost lost a leg in pregnancy). I'm high risk and on adjusted bed rest so it's not from standing too long and I'm only 12w so it's not from pressure.
View 3 RepliesBowel Disorders :: Colostomy And Fecal Incontinence
Has anyone got a colostomy or recently had the op. It is possible this is what i will need in the near future and i am terrified as i swim three times a week at a class. Have fecal incontinence which is making me more and more housebound.
View 3 RepliesWeak Sphincter Muscle And Colostomy Reversal
I have a 38 year old developmentally handicapped son who had emergency abdominal surgery due to Fournier's Gangrene last August which resulted in a temporary transverse colostomy in order to give his rectal area a change to heal. There was infection around his sphincter muscles and that is why the colostomy was done. We are now contemplating have this reversed. The surgeon says that his sphincter muscles are working but not as good as they should and she is afraid she may render him incontinent if she reverses it and he will be unhappy but he cannot be more unhappy than he is right now.His transverse is in a terrible place and we encounter a lot of flange changes as it doesn't stick even with paste, etc. and is bowel is prolapsed which is very upsetting to him. Another option is to move it down lower in his abdomen but we are considering having it reversed and seeing if he can control his muscles. We are believing that we have to try. Are there others out there with the same issue of weak sphincter muscles who have opted for a reversal?.
View 6 RepliesOvarian Cysts Removal :: Thyroid Cancer History
I am a 50 year old who started having left back pain two months ago. After pelvic US discover 3.8 cm complex cyst. Gyro recommended waiting and follow up ultrasound, so two months later repeat ultrasound showed an additional 2.5 cm complex cyst, original was measured at 3.1 cm. Gyno Dr recommended surgery to remove left ovary and both cysts. I still have left back pain, some pain when urinating, constipation, so stomach upset. Part of me wants to continue waiting in pain to see if they resolve, but it's not fun having the not severe but constant ache in my left side. Have a history of thyroid cancer, but have been cancer free for 4 years. I am in perimenopause, periods are very irregular. Went 3 months without a period, had a period, and now it's been two months with no period. Have a surgical consult with gyn/ob at Kaiser Mr. Talbert in Sunnyside Oregon next Thursday. I need advice and suggestions on what to ask Dr. Part of me just wants to do the surgery and get it over with, but the other part thinks what if I wait and they go away? With my history of cancer (I had a 10% chance that my thyroid tumor would have been cancerous and it was) I'm a little leary of just saying that since there is only a slight chance of complex cyst being cancer I shouldn't worry about that. Maybe should have the cancer test?
View 1 RepliesBreasts :: Throbbing Pain - No Breast Cancer History
I have been having throbbing pain left side of my breast for almost 2 days. I'm only 22 no history of breast cancer in my bloodlines before .
View 2 RepliesSjogren's Syndrome :: Blood Type, Family History (DNA)
Share your blood type and family history of Sjogren's. Let's share and solve the mystery of this syndrome. My family is O pos and father and mother have Sjogren's as well.
View 45 RepliesBreasts :: Discharge And Itching With Family History Of Cancer
I'm 34 years old. Family history of breast cancer.
My first benign breast (right) tumor was surgically removed when I was 15 years old. It was a mass that grew in size with time but, thankfully, benign.
In 2013 I had a lump in my left breast (mammo and ultrasound showed lump w/ it's own blood supply and jagged edges) and when I was having my biopsy done the Dr. saw there was puss. Biopsy returned normal and diagnosis was mastitis even though I wasn't breast feeding. After weeks and weeks of strong antibiotics, the mass was surgically removed.
In 2014 I had another lump in my right breast(mammo and ultrasound showed lump w/ it's own blood supply and jagged edges). During the biopsy my Dr. was able to break the mass apart. No surgery was needed after this one. No antibiotics. And again, biopsy was normal.
Now it's 2015 and about 2 weeks ago I woke up with pain on my right breast. It was very swollen, red around the areola, felt very dense/heavy, and was very warm. A few days later, symptoms are the same but now I had green discharge coming out of the nipple. I didn't squeeze to get the discharge out. I noticed it on my bra. Some days there was more discharge than other days, but always green. I think I might have seen a reddish brown color at one point but wasn't too sure as it was faded into the padding I was putting in my bra. Went to the Dr. and was seen by a nurse practitioner and she felt a lump (though to me, it didn't feel like a lump, more of just a very dense/thick area) and we noticed that my nipple was inverted and it wasn't before. I was finally scheduled for a mammo & ultrasound a week and half after the symptoms first started and by then, the swelling had gone down, the pain wasn't constant - more of a shooting sharp pain throughout my breast and nipple area, but the discharge continued. The nipple is still slightly inverted, specially at the bottom. Mammo and ultrasound came back fine except Dr noticed that there is debris in my milk ducts. Oh and no fever at any time, no feeling sick, and my breast is very itchy... nipple area is flaky... maybe from scratching?? Should I get a 2nd opinion or does this sound like something I should concerned about? I've had so many issues with my breast already I just get really scared that there is something bad going on. I'm sure this is benign but worried at the same time.
Ovarian Cyst Of 4 Cm With High CA 125 (family History Of Cancer)
6 weeks ago I went into hospital and was told I had a cyst on my left ovary , which was about 4cm. I have recently been back to my doctors and had some blood tests done and waiting for a repeat scan. My ca125 has come back high, and I have got to go and see a gynecologist a week monday. I am 44 years old, I was sterilised 2 years ago. I am so worried. I lost both my parents to cancer.
I have pain in my left side all of the time, could this be because of the cyst?
Bowel Disorders :: I.B.S.? Had Colostomy Then Ileostomy, Now Severe Pain
Had colostomy surgery, etc * see above *
Is it normal to develop I.B.S. after these kinds of surgery. It have been going on for around 4 years now.