Living with a Stoma | HealthUnlocked

Hi i have not posted in a while. Loads of changes of having to live with stoma. Nearly 9yrs ago, my journey started. Always having problems with leaking bag,...

Hi, I’m really worried my stoma has sucked itself back inside so now it’s flat to my skin no dongle bit 😭 I don’t know why this happened I was in a lot of...

I just got home from hospital after a 2 and a half week nitemare stay in hospital after very complicated surgery to remove my whole colon. I was OK in hospital...

Hi lovely people, I have a friend who after issues with their jpouch for a few years has now gone back to a stoma bag. All was going well for a couple weeks...

I am 73 and I live in England. Amongst several other conditions, I have a very slow transit bowel and SIBO. These, combined with a contribution from my...

Hi I am waiting to have a Colostomy Operation done when my blood sugars have gone back down so don't know how long I will be waiting!!!!!! Dolphin628.

We're gradually feeling our way through things but my husband has advised me that he is having difficulties with waistbands - he either needs to pull his...

Hi All- a couple of weeks ago, I posted on here for the first time on behalf of my husband. Everyone was very reassuring and helpful. It turned out that my...

My husband had stoma surgery two weeks ago and got home a week later. Since coming home he seems to be deteriorating not improving. On the advice of his...

Hi, I am posting the same thing in the osteoporosis forum and the stoma forum at the suggestion of my friend. My mum has had a stoma for over 50 years and is...

I was diagnosed 2 years ago stage 4 high serious ovarian part bowel removed and 6 sessions chemo lived normal 18months then recurrence and more chemo then...

Hi, I have had my ileostomy 3 weeks today and whilst I love having the ileostomy my digestive system has gone into meltdown I have terrible cramps I was...

Hi, I recently had my ileostomy surgery last on the 26th October and I’ve been out of hospital for 4 days and I’ve been getting very high out put which I have...

Hi everyone, Just wanted to introduce myself and hope that I’m ok to be here to chat and listen to all things ostomy!! I hope that this finds you all...

I had a colostomy due to CT scan showing holes in my colon and abscesses on the wall behind. I began to have clear fluid leaking from the stump like a...

I’ve been vomiting and feeling nauseous for a few days . Lots of liquid output and noises from stoma . I have no pain or cramps so I don’t think it’s a...

has anyone accidentally swallowed a cherry stone with an ileostomy . Did it block ???

Now that I have a colostomy, I actually love it! Two years ago, I had a rectal prolapse. Doctor removed about a foot of my colon and I was left...

On April 25, I went to the emergency room at a hospital north of me. Doctor diagnosed me as being constipated and sent me home. On April 29th, I again called...

I’ve had prior Cancers like Bowell Cancer, Stage3 Testicular Cancer which are in remission and then Bladder Cancer. It was cleared but I was having...

Hey, newly installed loop ileostomy (2 months), and having a lot of troubles with eating still. Was advised to eat small portions of soft food for a while...

I have a stoma since birth from hirshprungs that left me with a permenant colostomy. I have been told surgery for the stoma 23 years later as it had started...

I have just had a liver transplant and went back for my first check up, everything is going so well so far. While I was waiting for my liver transplant I had...

Hello! My husband is about to have a urostomy surgery. He is scared, of course. He is 68 and needs the urostomy because of irreparable damage from post...

I am new to the world of suprapubic catheter. As it gets colder I try to wear long pj. Now I have the issue here as it is very u comfortable here. How can I...

i had my stoma reversed 18 years ago and have slwats had the occasional pain but the ladt month it has been awful. The pain last for hours and either dull or...

Hi. I am new to this group. I have had a stoma since last November, but still having problems with the output being eratic, and having to take Imodium to calm...

I had my stoma reversed on 10/28/20 Healing took awhile since in November I was on chemo every three weeks However by late January it had healed There was...

I had an emergency surgery in January and landed up with a stoma bag. Now my husband has been diagnosed with colonic cancer and will have an operation on 17...

Hi all, I am 7 weeks post op with a ileostomy with i am slowly adjusting to (thanks to endometriosis which damaged by bowel!) Was wondering if anyone has any...