Joining for Support After Husband's Stoma Surgery

Hi, my husband just had a stoma at the end of November. It's been a long recovery—10 weeks in the hospital. He's being discharged Friday, and I joined here to be among friends.

Lots of nice, helpful people on here.

Hello Lanswife,

Welcome. Hope all goes well during your husband's recovery. Any questions... post on this website. Someone with experience will answer.

What kind of ostomy did he receive?

Welcome to the site. You're a part of the journey as well as your husband. All the best for him to have a speedy recovery.

Welcome! I know you will get lots of advice as well as opportunities to vent here. Best of luck to your husband as he continues to recover. You sound like a wonderful support to him.

Welcome to you and your husband! Lots of good advice and support here, so don't be afraid to ask anything. There are no dumb questions.

Terry

Welcome, Ianswife. You are indeed among friends. You have come to the right place at the right time.

We can certainly help, provided you help us to help you with detailed information and keep us posted too.

Just be as specific as possible with your questions. I find putting in the date, for example, helps timely matters over the length of time and serves as a journal or chronological time stamp.

I realize you are new. 2024 asking here, but this thread will expand over time, and in a blink, it will be two years old.

I replied to a thread recently, for example. I didn't know it was from 2017. Ha!

Time stamping helps future readers. Just saying.

Blessings

Welcome to the site. I'm sure somebody here will have an answer or give you their life experience of how to live with an ostomy. Everyone is super nice here. It's good to have another person with us. Have a blessed day.

Welcome. People here are a wealth of information, and I hope your husband has a continued recovery at home and that he can make some friends on here too. It's an adjustment, but people on here are very nice and willing to lend an ear and give great advice.

Hello Ianswife, welcome to the site. If you can get your hubby on this site with you, there are hours of good reading here and info you won't get from the medical people.

Hello Ianswife, such a lot what your husband has been through all those 10 weeks, and you too of course.

Really nice for you both to be back together again from Friday, wishing him all the best for a very good recovery.

I'm not sure what it's called, he had a section of the small bowel removed following a twist and blockage that led to emergency surgery.

It is an ileostomy.