Hi all, well I've had my (Eric) stoma. I had a full one with a stump left, if you get what I mean. Since Feb last year, it's been a real tough year. And this year, I've had 2 blockages in less than 2 months.
I mean, I eat all the right stuff and drink plenty. I had real bad pain the other day for 24 hours. I was sick and the pain got really great. I went to the hospital to be told by the X-ray dept DCS that no blockage was seen on X-ray. So, I got discharged the next day after being in for a day. They said to me blockages and pain are what I need to get used to and gave me painkillers. Well, what I need to know from other people is:
a) When you start getting pain from behind your stoma and it's only pure liquid coming out or nothing is coming out and you're in pain, when do you say enough is enough and go to the hospital?
b) How do I avoid keep getting blockages? I eat the right stuff, okay? My stress levels are huge at the moment. Surely it's not the stress that's doing it, but I just keep going and trying my best to get through the day.
c) I have a hernia just above my stoma, and my stoma nurse says it's not a good idea to get it fixed because normally it doesn't do much. And as I've only had my stoma for a year, they don't recommend it. I'm waiting for support to help with it, but the bulge is big and people notice my stoma, which seems to put females off big time when it comes to dating or dining with someone special ;(
So finally,
D) If there's anyone out there that likes my profile, feel free to mail me. LOL. Because trying to meet women when you have a stoma seems to be at a dead loss ;(
Would love to hear people's comments.
From Tall Geoff
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