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Post Surgery Depression

by terry55555,
I went in for laprascopic surgery on October 13, 2009 to remove a porti...

urostomy trouble

by mostfunintown,
Hi, my name is kate 1 am 28yo and I have just had my ileal conduit with...

More surgery - will it ever end?

by Scarlett007,
I went in for an outpatient hernia repair and was admitted 2 days later...
3

I'm scared

by jojo24,
I have posted here before, but this is really serious. I'm 27 and had ...

crohns disease folks with j pouch

by IBDissed09,
any crohns disease survivers with ileostomy that had reversal(j pouch) ...

Perforated Colon

by mem37,
My mom had her colon surgery two years ago, and has had numerous proble...

ileostomy reversal

by sistercare7,
My brother had an ileostomy reversal around the 19th of August this uea...
3

stoma bag

by g64,
wondering what i might be missing with my stoma bags, as i have now cha...
1

Diarrhea from Reverse Colostomy

by joyce1936,
My husband is presently in hospital and had a reverse colostomy, suffer...

sex

by zora79,
while on top having sex facing his feet i get a very sharp pain on the ...

soitary ulcer disease

by wilma1952,
I have been soildary ulcer disease started with a proplase rectum and b...
1

Ileostomy and Diamox?

by yaya0123,
I have had an ileostomy for many years. I'm traveling to high altitude...
1

Worried about a colonoscopy

by rmn,
Has any one had a colonoscopy through their colostomy? Do they use th...
1

ileostomy

by treefrog468,
hi im 50 and have resently come out of hospital after haveing my lower ...
2

willit be ok

by treefrog468,
hi im 50 and have resently come out of hospital after haveing my lowe...
1

stoma problem

by karenwoodcraft,
is it normal when the bag is changed for the stoma to bleed on to the f...
3

changing bag when output is high

by 2caryon,
My 87 yr old mother has just had an ileostomy. In addition to being ver...
1

ileostomy reversal

by shell396,
I had an anterior resection 4 years ago due to fibroids from endeometri...
1

Ileostomy reversal

by zippo888,
I'm 45yo and had a total colectomy due to stage 2 colon cancer, i have ...
1

Colostomy

by dolly1916,
I had a colostomy Feb 12, 2007 and then it obstructed in Sept 2008 I ha...

Stoppin' and Startin'

by Walshie,
I have been taking FLOMAX for a little over a year. At about the 6 mon...
16

Ilestomy reversal with no J-Pouch

by charchar2003,
I have had an ilestomy for 5 years and am considering having it reverse...
2

J-Pouch to ileostomy

by DKinMN,
I was diagnosed with Familial Polyposis in 2002 and given a j-pouch at ...
2

Is adjusting to an ileostomy tough?

by DKinMN,
I am looking for any and all advice and opinions regarding ileostomies....
1

New to group/new to living w/ a colostomy

by ng033009,
Here's the gist of my story. Can anyone relate?? I was recently relea...
2

diet and nutrition

by Ellis804,
I have had a total colectomy (my entire colon removed), over two yrs ag...
3

j-tube feeding

by stealbin,
I know someone who is J-tube fed because of swallowing issues. He coul...
1

Bowel movements

by Polly735,
I have had a colostomy for 23 years. I have always irrigated and manag...
1

One Large hard white lump and several small ones inside of anus 

by chickcindy12,
Hi I am a 26 yr old female, I have these hard white in color lumps just...
1

left side pain after colectomy 

by alfredlewis,
34 male, 257lbs, 5' 10" , i had my sigmoid colon removed 3 weeks ago. ...
1

removal peg tube

by vickyweeks,
why don't the doctors put a stich in the hole when they remove the peg ...
2

Post Ileostomy Reversal

by wmcg,
I had my ileostomy reversed in February 2007. The initial months post ...
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