Ive had a panproctocolectomy done 3 wk... - Living with a Stoma
Ive had a panproctocolectomy done 3 wks ago and I am now experiencing heaviness in my abdomen. Is this normal and part of my recovery
Hi there,
I think that it is still very early days for you and you will still have lots of swelling and and therefore lots recovering to do. Remember this is a big operation you have had done you will need time to rest and recover. If you are still having this pain in a week or so or if it get worse then I would advise that you need to see your stoma care nurse or consultant.
I hope this helps you and if there is anything else that we can help you with then please don't not hesitate in contacting us again.
Kind regards
Ostomy Lifestyle
Q: I'VE HAD A COLOSTOMY SINCE 1982-3 SORRY CAN'T ANSWER UR QUEERY AS I WAS OPERATED MANY YEARS AGO,I WAS QUITE LUCKY ONLY TROUBLE WAS I HAD SICKNESS &LOOSEMOTIOS OTHER WISE I HAVE BEEN LUCKY GETTING A BIT OF NIGILEY THINGS JUST STARTING WORKED ALL MY LIVE UPTILL NOW.What i would like to ask for advice please is around my stoma my skin starting to go red &get very sore causing me to use cream &calivon spray whitch it helps to slow down my problem skin is red &sore some times skin starts to break making the skin very tender&sore help please thanks
I have had the same problem this week also. The skin around my stoma got sore and red. It was because the hole in my stoma bag was to big because my stoma had shrunk. My stoma nurse advised me to use the smaller cut bags and to get a powder called Convatec Orahesive S106. apply the powder to the affected area and blow off the excess. Hope this is of some help to you.
Thanks for that advice will get in touch with my stoma nurse or Dr never herd off the powder hope it will help will let u know thanks
Hi there chalmers09 Sorry to hear that you have had sore skin - it happens to us all! After having a stoma for so long I am sure you know what you are doing but yes the powder might be able to help you. Ask your delivery company they might be able to send you a few samples of different things to try. I know you probably already know this but when you put your bag on make sure your skin around the stoma is very dry. Cavilon Barrier film or something similar would also help dry the skin and help the bag stick. If you are using a cream of some sort then you must also make sure that you a wiping off all the excess! I hope this helps and anything else that we can help with then please do not hesitate in coming back to us. Hope your skin get better soon regards Ostomy LIfestyle
Thanks Ostomy Lifestyle much ablige for u'r help it us just annoying after all these years of no problems just hope does not get any worse.I use cavilon spray &suda cream whitch helps i just worie my skin will break & cause seriose problems i could do without chers for the advise thanks all
That is ok I am just glad that we can help. I would advise though that you do not use sudo creme it is a barrier cream and is made to not let anything stick to it. Ostomy/stoma bags are made with Hydrocolloid which will help the skin to heal. Just the cavilon spray should do the job.
Thanks I really hope this helps Ostomy Lifestyle
As u say if stoma bags are made of Hydrocolloid to help the skin why is my skin breaking causing these prolems i got new type of stoma bag about yr ago material is more clothy but was advised nothing else has changed could tis be the problem if stoma bag flange has a slite diffrent glue.Thanks for te advise regaurding suda cream i put it in then spray cavilon on top why skin is sore &red seems to calm it down awaiting ur reply thanks
Sorry for the late reply - everyone reacts differently to all products. It is very uncommon but it could be that you have a slight allergic reaction to the flange. is your bag leaking at all? how have you been getting on in the past week?
Ostomy Lifestyle
