Hey everyone,
I have recently been diagnosed with gallstones and need surgery. Anybody with an ileostomy and gallbladder removed? Any changes in output? I'm mostly concerned about the change in output, as I have never really had bad issues with leaks and whatnot. I know the more watery the output, the greater increase with leaks. Thanks for any insight or advice!
Around 2008-2010, I had gallstones removed by laparoscopy. I suspect that, had it affected my ostomy output or otherwise, I'd remember, and I don't believe that it did. Good luck with it. Hey, cops are tough; what're you worried about?
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About seven years ago, just about every aspect of my life was ostomy related. From the moment I was told an ostomy might be needed until some months down the road I existed as a person afflicted with a colostomy. I feared someone other than my immediate family might find out I had a bag. Ugh! What could be worse? Suppose it filled real fast when I was out with no place to hide and take care of myself. God forbid should it leak in church! Suppose I roll over on it in bed. I was a lesser creature, destined to a life of emotional anguish and physical routines different from most of the rest of the world. I felt like a freak. Then I found folks like you guys here, read your stuff, really “listened” to what you had to say and I began looking at things differently. We know perception is everything and I began to understand how good things were relative to what they could’ve been. So many folks had it so much worse than I did. That didn’t make my discomfort go away but it exposed how fortunate I was to be dealing with my stuff and not their’s. I felt a little guilt, maybe selfishness but quickly forgave myself by understanding I just wasn’t smart enough to fix my feelings. Then, I wonder what smarts have to do with feelings. My perception was warped so my perspective toward my existence was warped.
I learned over the last few years with the help of lots of folks right here at MAO that I could be better at living just by accepting some facts. It is what it is and so what? It’s not the worst thing to happen to a person.
I think everything is, in some way, related to everything else. I just put the ostomy thing in the back seat and drive forward.
Respectfully,
Mike
Thanks for the reply, Henry! Even "tough" cops can become wimps when they are shitting all over themselves! HaHa! I just don't want to disrupt anything! A heavy-duty belt is bad enough around the ostomy.........don't want to encourage leaks with really watery output. Thanks again!
I had my gallbladder out 22 years before my ileostomy. I never had a different output losing my gallbladder, just different now.
Hi Cop. I had my gall bladder removed a few years before th colostomy. I asked the surgeons if the absence of the gall bladder would compromise my plumbing system any further and they said it would not.
I'm not sure there's any worse pain than that from gall stones trying to rip away from their container. Get the surgery as soon as possible. It's simple!
Respectfully,
Mike
Thanks for the comment, Mike! I've had lots of kidney stones, but that was the first gallstone attack....that I'm aware of. I say that because they are very similar in pain. I think I'm gonna have a test run to determine how bad the gallbladder is, then make a decision to have surgery or not. So far....no other attacks since 2 weeks ago. I appreciate the feedback!
Hi there. During the height of COVID, of course, I began passing stones. It turned out to be uric acid stones. Ostomates apparently get them. No surgery but put on Allopurinol meds and potassium citrate and citric acid oral. So far, meds working. Good luck....
I experienced the same thing and have been on allopurinol for decades. Unless they passed quietly out of my system without telling me, I haven't had any uric acid stones since being on that drug.
I have a colostomy and had to have my gallbladder removed. The only thing I noticed after was my output was more on the liquid side. I still have a regular output, but two or three times a day it is more liquid. And no problem with my diet. I am just cautious about anything fried. Hope this helps even if you don't have a colostomy, and good luck with your surgery.
