Frequent Urges Post-Ostomy: Anyone Else?

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rcdc13
Jun 25, 2015 10:21 pm

Hey after my shock at finding out that I would still occasionally  have the urges to go to the  bathroom out the backdoor, I have found over the last year or so that those are much more frequent now. anybody else experiencing this?

moonshine
Jun 26, 2015 1:36 am

they are caused by peristalic waves......you may even pass muscus............'i call them butt braxton hicks'  ........if they are bothersom ask your doc if you can use a glycerine suppository once a week...................or try to pass the mucus.........

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megalyman
Jun 26, 2015 11:49 pm

Iv'e had them a few times but I am a Ken doll and have no place to put a suppository.  I have heard of others who have had this and one of the easiest things is to sit on the pot and make your mind think you are taking a poop.

Don

Durrrrl34
Jun 27, 2015 6:53 am

Ha, funny I read this now because I just had that feeling a few minutes ago. I've had my colostomy almost 3 years now and I still experience this fairly regularly, probably at least a few times a week. 

petgirl
Nov 22, 2015 10:46 pm
Very helpful


I had have my ileostomy for 27 yrs..25 without a place to put a suppository. I experience this at least monthly, and I agree with Don, just go sit down and imagine you are having a bowel movement. It helps 99 % of the time.

 

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