Has anybody's doctor requested they measure and record ileostomy output for the doctor to supposedly determine health?
tnmontan9721
Dec 19, 2024 8:20 pm
CrappyColon
Dec 19, 2024 9:19 pm
I had to measure for the first few weeks after I was home… Are you concerned about the reason the Dr asked you to do it or something else?
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Ben38
Dec 19, 2024 10:12 pm
Yes, when I first had my ileo, nurses did it in the hospital, and when I had my jejunostomy, nurses did it again, and I had to do it at home occasionally. Why does your doctor want you to measure it? Are you having high output or losing weight?
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infinitycastle52777
Dec 19, 2024 10:26 pm
When I was in the hospital with a blockage I had to do that, but not at home. I tracked it at first at home to know when to take imodium but now I don't need to do that anymore because I don't usually have enough output to need imodium. But only in the hospital did I have to record that by a doctor's order. Maybe your doctor is just doing that because you are a new ostomate?
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Axl
Dec 19, 2024 11:07 pm
Only while in hospital for a short period to determine if everything was flowing and functioning ok.
Past Member
Dec 20, 2024 1:28 am
When you're in the hospital, they always do until you go home. Then they will normally send you home with some measurement cylinders. A couple of reasons your doctor would want you to have them are: one, if you were slower than normal; another is if you're too liquidy. You don't want to have less than 700 cc, and you don't want to exceed 1400 cc.