Hey guys and girls, haven't been on the site for ages, but the last couple of days have made me remember how helpful you all were when I first got my colostomy just over 2 years ago.
Wednesday evening started with a painful tummy, took some paracetamol, and went to bed with a hot water bottle. By 4 am, I was woken by a lot more pain. By 6 am, I was calling the emergency paramedic. By now, I was being sick as well. An ambulance was also called, and away I went to the hospital. After getting better pain relief and blood tests and an x-ray, I was admitted to a ward. I read before on the site how painful a blockage can be, but I had not experienced one before, until this day, and now I know how bad it can be.
I now realize how important it is to keep properly hydrated and eat little and often and not skip meals. I think because of this, I was constipated. The whole experience is going to make me a lot more careful in the future, and I'm writing this to try and remind all how easy it is to get caught by being complacent and forgetting that there are some limitations with an ostomy, so let's be careful out there. Oh, and yes, I'm back out of the hospital now. Friday night, tummy is a bit tender, but stoma is working again and behaving.
Wednesday evening started with a painful tummy, took some paracetamol, and went to bed with a hot water bottle. By 4 am, I was woken by a lot more pain. By 6 am, I was calling the emergency paramedic. By now, I was being sick as well. An ambulance was also called, and away I went to the hospital. After getting better pain relief and blood tests and an x-ray, I was admitted to a ward. I read before on the site how painful a blockage can be, but I had not experienced one before, until this day, and now I know how bad it can be.
I now realize how important it is to keep properly hydrated and eat little and often and not skip meals. I think because of this, I was constipated. The whole experience is going to make me a lot more careful in the future, and I'm writing this to try and remind all how easy it is to get caught by being complacent and forgetting that there are some limitations with an ostomy, so let's be careful out there. Oh, and yes, I'm back out of the hospital now. Friday night, tummy is a bit tender, but stoma is working again and behaving.
