My boyfriend has been going through a flare up since March last year. He has been in hospital twice, hospital appointments, 3 doses of the worst antibiotics ever and MRI scans, CT scans etc.
During his last stay in hospital in December 17 he was told he would need surgery as his stoma does not work correctly. The stool comes out of different parts including the side meaning there's no way to stop it going directly onto the skin. It was also discovered he has fistulas near the stoma site.
His consultant told him he needs to put on at least a stone before a surgeon would do anything so we are working on that at the moment and he is on 26 scoops of Modulen (3 shakes) per day.
To get to the point of my question...has anyone else had to have surgery to 'refashion' their stoma? If so was it much less invasive as getting your stoma originally, how was the recovery/how long? He had a phone call from a consultant last week who has also mentioned getting him in hospital for TPN (total parenteral nutrition), did anyone else get this before surgery?
Thanks in advance.
During his last stay in hospital in December 17 he was told he would need surgery as his stoma does not work correctly. The stool comes out of different parts including the side meaning there's no way to stop it going directly onto the skin. It was also discovered he has fistulas near the stoma site.
His consultant told him he needs to put on at least a stone before a surgeon would do anything so we are working on that at the moment and he is on 26 scoops of Modulen (3 shakes) per day.
To get to the point of my question...has anyone else had to have surgery to 'refashion' their stoma? If so was it much less invasive as getting your stoma originally, how was the recovery/how long? He had a phone call from a consultant last week who has also mentioned getting him in hospital for TPN (total parenteral nutrition), did anyone else get this before surgery?
Thanks in advance.