I had my Urostomy surgery back in 1999 the very same that is described below. Two times I had a open sore under neither what is called the "stoma" and it was difficult to heal . . . but I did. Bobbie
Smile Everyday > On Mar 14, 2014, at 5:50 PM, Quadius <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've been away for a couple of days in the hospital, but I'll probably write > about that in a few days. This was part of the procedure that they did on the > almost 2 years ago. It was part of my urostomy. The name is a little bit > longer and I don't have it in my voice profile, but what they ended up doing > was expanding the volume of my bladder, attaching a portion of my intestine > to my bladder and running it up through my abdomen and creating a stoma to > the right of my belly button. > > I have had some mixed results, but for me it still is much better than what > was occurring with my suprapubic. But I had some very unusual reactions to > the suprapubic. > > I would be glad to talk to him about my experiences, but from what I've been > told I am one of the few who have some negative results. > > Quadius > > >> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 10:44 PM, Britt Martin <[email protected]> wrote: >> hi everyone! >> >> i'm writing this on behalf of my dad, a c6-7 quad. >> he's going to get his bladder enlarged on the 20th of march (not sure the >> official name of the procedure-- but they use the intestine to expand the >> capacity of the bladder) but was looking to see if any of you have done this >> and/or if you'd be willing to talk to my dad about it beforehand? >> >> thanks! >> brittany >
