Just throwing this out there as a FYI If anyone has had a urinary diversion or bladder augmentation and has developed chronic diarrhea as a result of the surgery, I have a solution. I take Cholestyramine (Questran), a powder mixed with water that is primarily used to lower cholesterol. I have had very few embarrassing accidents since I started taking it. I realy like the fact that the dosage is easy to adjust, so if I get loose stool or constipation I can take more or less to regulate my bowels.
Nan On Friday, March 14, 2014 8:00 PM, Gmail <[email protected]> wrote: 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 >
