Thursday, February 4, 2016

Hernias are super common

When an ileostomy is created, there essentially create a hernia for the bud of the small intestine. A hernia is a separation of the muscle tissue, where guts ooze out from and form a lump. I have said lump around my rosebud.

I went and drank the dye they gave me and had a CAT scan, bud I don't think the dye had digested far enoguh along to show the hernia, because they said 'OH hey--you don't have a hernia" and I'm all like "then what is this huge lump formed around my ileostomy site!?" Ugh

If I had a camera, I would take picture, but it died last year and I have no money for cigarettes, much less a new phone or camera (my phone is also ancient and wont take pictures, voicemail, or let me get on the internet. Yes, I live in the stone ages now.)

Stoma hernias can be caused by being overweight, coughing a lot (I had pneumonia again this year) lifting heavy shit, or infection from the get-go of receiving an ileostomy. I have trouble fitting the wafer over my hernia and ileostomy, causing the wafer to crack a lot and out seeps liquid feces--thank you so very much, body. Come on, can't you just make it work?

I was hoping to at least get a hernia belt or some form of elastic fabric to hold it in, but no.

Here is a link of some products that are supposed to help with this... that i may just try!


<3

7 comments:

  1. They really, really are and at times they can be a real pain. As somebody who struggled to find supplies which would work well with my hernia it was a constant nightmare. However, there are an array of convex seals that work wonders. http://trioostomycare.com/ is just one company who does convex seals! :) Love the blogs and hope to see more coming soon. ;)

    ReplyDelete
  2. This comment has been removed by the author.

    ReplyDelete
  3. i love this blog so much - dont stop posting!! one of the only things that can make me feel better about my ileo :)

    ReplyDelete
  4. wow i honestly had no idea i had a blogspot account. I just found ur blog via google a read every post. i have an ileo and it blows and also MDD and it extra blows and ur blog has made me feel good and not alone and laugh and generally been overall a great find. Thank you for writing it. Thank you so so much.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Really Nice Blog, ConvaTec is a global medical products and technologies company, We providing Like...urostomy bag ,colostomy surgery ,ostomy bag ,ileostomy bag ,ostomy care,therapeutics, continence and critical care, and infusion devices etc...
    ostomy bag
    stoma care
    ileostomy bag
    urostomy bag
    ostomy care

    ReplyDelete