I had that Ghost poop problem yrs ago when I used regular suppositories.they
never did the job and hours later I would have that come out. I FINALLY was
saved by the magic bullet and NEVER have a problem. They get it all out as long
as your diet is good. Good luck with your medical decisions, its not easy .
Best,
Shirley Bell
www.ShirleyBellDesigns.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Quadius
To: Eric W Rudd
Cc: Quad-List@Eskimo. Com
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] colostomy?
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 <c5sc...@gmail.com> wrote:
LMAO “ghost poop”
Eric W Rudd
c5sc...@gmail.com
From: nichole rohling
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 9:48 AM
To: 'Quadius' ; mailto:quad-list@eskimo.com
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:quad...@gmail.com]
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.
