Good morning everyone - now I know that a lot of us experience some form of rectal discharge and the feeling that we have to go from time to time. I checked with my surgeon the first time I had this happen to me and found out that in my case it was nothing to be alarmed about. Well, I actually had a butt fart last night - not a stoma fart. I have never done this before and I did use to joke that I missed being able to do it. But now I'm scared - has anybody with an ileostomy (not sure that it matters whether it is an ileostomy or a colostomy) had this happen to them - there is no pain or swelling that I can feel. Well, there is some pain near the top of my incision but it is not high on the pain scale and I think it's just healing pain. No fever, no nausea - nothing out of the ordinary other than the fart. I just started back to work this week for half days and I wonder if this has something to do with it. Any experience that anyone can share with me will be helpful. Thanks so much, Terry

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