Is It Normal to Have Anal Discharge 1.5 Months After a Bowel Movement?

Is it normal after 1 1/2 months to still have the urge to have a bowel movement and a small amount of something coming out, also watery brown stuff when I wipe?

I have the understanding that it is/does...

You got to explain a bit more on your condition.

Ileo? Colostomy? Sounds like you are not sewn up down there, so do tell.

 

3-1/2 years - still have the urge to purge and an occasional fart - love those, always puts a smile on my face unlike the old days. Rarely (if I go sit on the toilet) I also have had a baby-sized turdlet which I have been told is normal mucus (hate that word) - I refer to that as an escapee 🤭. jb

Perfectly normal. Here is a post that covers mucus discharge.

https://www.meetanostomate.org/discussion-forum/viewtopic.php?t=29731

 

Yes, as previously said, it's normal unless there's blood. Then go get checked right away. What's coming out is mucus/mucus plug. It can be just a little, or it can be a little "turd" you can see in the toilet (it can be sticky, so make sure you wipe well or use booty wipes). Sometimes people have Phantom Butt Syndrome. Yes, it's REAL, just like when people lose an arm or leg and sometimes feel it's still there. As long as you still have your stump intact, you'll probably feel like you have to 💩 normally. Just don't strain and cause more issues.

Interesting replies. I am puzzled at how a sewn-up hole can still weep or drip.

Recent Ken butt.

But since 2016, large colon was removed. No phantom BMs.

Since from that point in time, bloody mucus all those years, and that occurred without the need to sit on the toilet.

It would spit out into a pad I used.

With Ken butt presently, I can feel something dripping between cheeks as I sit watching TV.

Usually, I have to be relaxed when it drips while sitting.

Oh, that smell sucks too.

 

G-Day Warrior, Are you saying you have a Ken Butt and still getting some leaking??? That's impossible unless you have a small opening or a fistula. Check it out, mate. Regards, Ken Butt IGGIE

Yes, Iggie, very minor drip, squeeze between the cheeks. A very light weep if that.

Surgeon said it happens and is normal. Bullshit. 🤬

I don't like it. It smells. 💩

I keep it clean but it's just disappointing. 🤦

Somehow I know it's impossible, yet I think condensation happens, and this too. Ugh.

 

Was your rectum removed as well as your anus? I would get the surgeon to open it up and clean it out and re-stitch it again. You're wide open for infection. Regards, Iggie

Yes, that's correct. Everything has been removed: rectum, anus, large intestine, and all sewn up. But like I said, even before the surgery, he said you'd end up getting a little leakage or what he calls a weep effect. So he's looked at it recently, and he said everything looks good. So I see him again within a month to have him check it out again. But something, I don't know, something just doesn't seem right.

G-Day Warrior, I have had done all you said: colon removed, anus and rectum removed, and butt sewn up. Not only do I not get anything weeping out, but it is not supposed to. Tell your surgeon you're getting a second opinion after you've asked him where he studied being a surgeon. He has left something or forgot to do something right. Regards, IGGIE

Yes, it's normal. But if you have a lot of pain and blood, you might be getting diversion colitis. I did 5 weeks after my last ostomy (colostomy). It was painful and did a number on my rectum. But my reversal after three months solved the problem. Now I'm four weeks into an ileostomy. Praying it doesn't happen again. I do pass mucus every 3-4 days so far. Supposed to get reversed again in March 🤞🏻🤞🏻

G-Day PatriciaSz,

Which idiot told you it's normal, He has had his butt sewn closed so nothing should be coming out unless there is a hole or a fistula. Regards IGGIE

Iggie, I think Patricia is replying to the original poster, not me.

Thanks, mate