Hi everybody.
I was wondering what kind of exercise you do.
I have my permanent ileostomy since September 2019 and never had any issues. The area does swell up and gets hard when I walk too much (like a day of shopping). But I had that issue since I had the temporary ostomy.
So I want to lose a few pounds and read that jumping rope is a low-impact cardio exercise that is perfect for ostomates.
So I bought one and 15 seconds in, I get a stabbing/cramp-like feeling. Kind of like being hit by a baseball bat in the abdomen.
I bend over, and in a reflex, I put my hand over my stoma. It was enormous. I peek in the bag and it looked like a very bloody massacre.
I go to the ER and it turned out I had a prolapse and it also ruptured. I was lucky enough they were able to stitch it back together. But that luck only lasted for a few days. Three days later, I wake up to popped stitches and I had emergency surgery. They removed about 10cm of intestine and made a new ostomy in the same place.
It doesn't hurt since they could do it from the outside and they didn't have to open me up. But I am very afraid something like this will happen again. My surgery report said that I have a VERY thin abdominal wall (doesn't surprise me, family history of hernias).
But what kind of exercise would be safe? Is belly dancing okay? Or could this also cause swelling like walking does?
Do hernia belts help to prevent this kind of stuff?
I have a full-time desk job, so exercise is needed.