[mic]

Hi.....right I have had numerous meetings with dr.s nurses n now my surgon and I am now on d waiting list for a colostoy opp. im in the north-east uk n due to bed problems it could be 3months beore im in.....howeva it cud be nytime upto three month so may be real soon, so can nybody n everybody give me ny advice on anything......is there anything i can do to prepare making things easier? nything i shud do after that help??? just anything really...i know all the normal precedure stuff that goes on but im sure people who have had the opp. have come across probs or things making it easier???

Thanks for ny help ppl :>)

Mike C5 complete for 10 years...

p.s world of warcraft is a very gud (but very addicitve) passtime when yr stuck in the house :O) ny1 else found this???

[Izziwhizzi]

Hiya

Do I read correctly that you are having a colostomy operation? Have you searched around to see who has had one, the pro's and cons etc?

Also have you considered peristeen anal irrigation if you are fed up with going to the loo?

I x

[cosmosmallpiece]

Hello
I had one 10 years ago but I got fed up waiting to go in a spinal centre so I went into a general hospital,
that was a big mistake.
they did not have any experence of how to handle a spinal injured person,
but I servived,
but it was one the best thing I have had done,
go for it.

This post has been edited by cosmosmallpiece: 10 February 2009 - 12:31 PM

[4tun8]

Mic,
I had mine done here in the States. It's routinely done when having a sacral flap surgery. It didn't go off without a hitch though. After five days of no bowel movement, well no solids anyway, I coded blue. After reviving me, slit me open and found there was a half twist in my large intestine. The surgeons then cut out three and a half feet of gangrene. I recovered quickly and started an ostomy program that is cleaner and less intrusive. Iwould reccomend it. Mark