I wish I could call the poop busters to clean me up after I have had a "ghost poop" in my chair :-)
My caregivers would appreciate it also. Who are you going to call? On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Eric W Rudd <[email protected]> wrote: > LMAO “ghost poop” > > Eric W Rudd > [email protected] > > *From:* nichole rohling <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, March 15, 2012 9:48 AM > *To:* 'Quadius' <[email protected]> ; > mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]> > *Subject:* RE: [QUAD-L] colostomy? > > > As for the mucus, I used to have what we called ghost poop (mucus like > jell). I started using a fleet enema after bowel program to just kind of > rinse things out and that seems to have helped me…….been doing it for over > 12 yrs **** > > **** > > *From:* Quadius [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 14, 2012 7:00 PM > *To:* quad-list > *Subject:* [QUAD-L] colostomy?**** > > **** > > Well, I'm back asking questions again. I went in for my consultation > about a week and a half ago and unfortunately I've had too many days of > feeling bad wasn't able to get back with you all. > > In the consultation for the ileovesicostomy the doctor noted that I had > had a previous doctor recommend that I think about doing a colostomy in the > near future. Well, now they're wondering if I want to consider doing a > colostomy at the same time I am having the ileovesicostomy performed. I'm > about 90% sure I'm going to have the ileovesicostomy, because I really > don't see any alternative. > > As for the colostomy, everyone I talk to down here seems to think it's a > good idea, including at least one quadriplegic who has one as well as > ileovesicostomy. > > When the doctor made this recommendation I was having a terrible time with > my bowels. Fortunately he was able to diagnose several of my problems and > I have improved quite a bit since that time. I am still having > difficulties though. The list of fruit and vegetables I can't eat or can > only eaten very limited quantities is much higher than the list the list I > am able to eat. My lactose intolerance has gotten progressively worse, to > the point where I almost completely have to eradicate dairy products if > possible. I have difficulty processing tomato sauces and am having trouble > almost every time I go out to be in a restaurant. > > Let me put this into perspective. I don't really have problems with > incontinence, but when I do have problems it's usually terrible pain > followed up by very loose stool. My bowel program has gotten much longer > over the last year and a half. A lot of this is because my body produces a > lot of mucus after the stool has passed. We usually check about every 15 > minutes and sadly my bowel program is now averaging around 3 1/2 hours. We > can probably cut it down to two hours and 45 minutes if I didn't worry too > much about the mucus and then had my caregiver cleaned up in the morning, > but she asked small fingers and I also risk having the mucus attack while I > am seated in the wheelchair if I do this. > > I'm leaning towards having the procedure done, but I haven't really heard > that many negatives other than the few comments I saw all on one forum. I > know darn well there's got to be negatives, so I'd appreciate if you could > pass them on to me. > > One of the quadriplegics who I talk to last year told me about some sort > of burping, but he didn't elaborate. I do not have the ability to move my > hands or arms at all, so I don't know what would happen if I need to do > something like burping. > > I'm going to continue to search the web, but I would appreciate some > feedback. You guys have been great on the ileovesicostomy and I really do > appreciate it. These are, as all of you know, decisions which we have to > live with. Sure I guess they are reversible, but I have known one person > who had his colostomy reversed after he went into remission and he had a > horrific time getting his bowels to work properly once again. In fact, he > ended up in the ICU on life support at one point. > > Thanks everyone, > Quadius > PS hopefully there are too many problems with this e-mail. I am in need > of a microphone change. :-) actually a soundcard would probably be better, > but I need something which improves my accuracy.**** >
