RE: [QUAD-L] Diverting Colonoscopy
thanks you for the information - did a colo-rectal surgeon do yours or general surgeon? Nicki From: greg [mailto:g...@eskimo.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 1:25 PM To: nichole rohling Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Diverting Colonoscopy I just had a colostomy a few months ago. I was sweating so bad every time I did my bowel routine and it often took two hours. Also it made me bleed a lot. Plus I have been in bed with a pressure sore. I have been thinking about getting a colostomy for many years. So I thought this would be a good time to get one. I am glad I did. And I do wish I had gotten one years ago. I can't say they are perfect. Although most problems are caused from attaching it incorrectly. A few times a corner has come loose and there was a slight odor, but I could notice it before anyone else. The only other issue that would concern others noticing is sometimes gas can be a little louder. There are a lot of options and the manufacturers do a good job of sending stuff for free until you find the right product for you. It is so nice not having to schedule everything around my B routine. It takes at most 10 minutes to change the whole thing, once every 3 to 5 days. In just two or three minutes you can change the bag. And Medicare lets you get two bags per day. I only need to change once a day at most. Though I don't go out much since I got my pressure sore. I might want to change to a new one just before I went out, just so there is no little bulge. and it is reversible. Greg
RE: [QUAD-L] AD episodes
Do you take any kind of pain medicine. You might even try Tylenol. This week I've been taking 1 Lortab and a Clonidine about an hour before I get up and it has helped tremendously. Nicki From: RONALD L PRACHT [mailto:r.pra...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 12:16 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] AD episodes There is a good chance the ad will lessen as time goes on. just make sure you have meds to lower your bp if you start getting a pounding headache. Ron From: Fragile To: quad-list Sent: Wednesday, February 5, 2014 8:34 AM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] AD episodes I've been having trouble with AD for the past 14 months after having a SP cath put in. The first few days after the catheter is changed, AD occurs every 10 minutes or so. Transferring in and out of my chair also sets it off. When getting dressed, any contact to the groin area also sets it off. The only thing that gets rid of it is to lay on my side. Blood pressure gets up to 180/120. Local Doctors are clueless. The supposed "good" doctors are 3 hours away, I'm afraid of trying to travel that far. On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 7:59 PM, Gmail wrote: I had a very bad AD "episode" back in 1986 before anybody knew what it was and what he signs are. I was hospitalized for severe headache's, they ended up putting an elderly woman who was almost complexly deaf in my room. Every person who came to communicate with her had to SHOUT! It ended up having a full blown stroke on my right side. I couldn't speak or move my left arm. Then I threw-up bile which was a clear indicator that my gallbladder was very bad. After they removed it I got my speech back and could move my left arm again ... I am SO LUCKY! As a result of the stroke I have some long-term memory loss. Bobbie Smile Everyday
Re: [QUAD-L] AD episodes
There is a good chance the ad will lessen as time goes on. just make sure you have meds to lower your bp if you start getting a pounding headache. Ron From: Fragile To: quad-list Sent: Wednesday, February 5, 2014 8:34 AM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] AD episodes I've been having trouble with AD for the past 14 months after having a SP cath put in. The first few days after the catheter is changed, AD occurs every 10 minutes or so. Transferring in and out of my chair also sets it off. When getting dressed, any contact to the groin area also sets it off. The only thing that gets rid of it is to lay on my side. Blood pressure gets up to 180/120. Local Doctors are clueless. The supposed "good" doctors are 3 hours away, I'm afraid of trying to travel that far. On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 7:59 PM, Gmail wrote: I had a very bad AD "episode" back in 1986 before anybody knew what it was and what he signs are. >I was hospitalized for severe headache's, they ended up putting an elderly >woman who was almost complexly deaf in my room. Every person who came to >communicate with her had to SHOUT! >It ended up having a full blown stroke on my right side. I couldn't speak or >move my left arm. Then I threw-up bile which was a clear indicator that my >gallbladder was very bad. After they removed it I got my speech back and could >move my left arm again ... I am SO LUCKY! >As a result of the stroke I have some long-term memory loss. >Bobbie > >Smile Everyday >
Re: [QUAD-L] AD episodes
I've been having trouble with AD for the past 14 months after having a SP cath put in. The first few days after the catheter is changed, AD occurs every 10 minutes or so. Transferring in and out of my chair also sets it off. When getting dressed, any contact to the groin area also sets it off. The only thing that gets rid of it is to lay on my side. Blood pressure gets up to 180/120. Local Doctors are clueless. The supposed "good" doctors are 3 hours away, I'm afraid of trying to travel that far. On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 7:59 PM, Gmail wrote: > I had a very bad AD "episode" back in 1986 before anybody knew what it was > and what he signs are. > I was hospitalized for severe headache's, they ended up putting an elderly > woman who was almost complexly deaf in my room. Every person who came to > communicate with her had to SHOUT! > It ended up having a full blown stroke on my right side. I couldn't speak > or move my left arm. Then I threw-up bile which was a clear indicator that > my gallbladder was very bad. After they removed it I got my speech back and > could move my left arm again ... I am SO LUCKY! > As a result of the stroke I have some long-term memory loss. > Bobbie > > Smile Everyday >
