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    Stomal Prolapse + Inspissation

    I have had Crohn's Disease for 27 years and a colostomy bag for the last 5. I have a couple of problems and I wondered if anyone out there has either or even both. 1. Prolapse: My stoma has been prolapsing since I was in hospital. It is a loop colostomy which I believe are most prone to...
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    Crohn's Disease, Stomal Prolapse + Inspissation

    I have had Crohn's Disease for 27 years and a colostomy bag for the last 5. I have a couple of problems and I wondered if anyone out there has either or even both. 1. Prolapse: My stoma has been prolapsing since I was in hospital. It is a loop colostomy which I believe are most prone to...
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    My Dilemma...

    I have had Crohn's for 23 years, I am now 38. I had a major flare last year which just crept up on me and it is nearly a year since I have had my colostomy. I got a bowel obstruction right at the distal end of my colon which caused severe bloating, and eventually faecal vomiting which wasn't...
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    I fixed my prolapse!!!

    It has only taken me 6 months but I found a method of stopping my prolapse. I have had a loop colostomy since September 2011 and ever since I came out of hospital it has been prolapsing. It prolapses from both stomas up to a maximum length of about 20cm. The bowel still works fine and there is...
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    Failing Colostomy Bags

    I have had several problems with my bags since my colostomy op last September. Now I know that you can get leakage from underneath the wafer/half moons. I also know that if your bag gets full the weight of it can literally pull the bag from your stomach. Sometimes if the bag fills up suddenly...
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    Immodium + My Stoma

    When I was in hospital last Autumn, I was kept in an extra 4 weeks because my colostomy output just would not slow down. It got up as high as 7+ litres in a 24 hour period as mentioned in another thread. I was prescribed up to 32 tablets of immodium a day in 4 doses. I was also advised to empty...
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    Prolapsing Stoma

    I have had a Colostomy since September 2011 and since I got home it has been constantly prolapsed. I wear what I call the 'Dansac Big Boy' because it is huge and the stoma prolapse fills the top half of the bag. It is a loop colostomy and the bowel comes out about 6" in total. It will not be...
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    7+ litres Colostomy output in 24 hours!

    Is 7+ litres colostomy output in 24 hours a record. I achieved this figure twice whilst in hospital last Autumn. Only one of the many many consultants had ever come across a larger output than mine. As well as the 7+ litres I also managed many 6l, 5l and 4l days too. Thankfully the output did...
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    Crohn's + colostomy, My Humerous Story

    I was 15 when I was diagnosed with Crohn's, I am now 38; I am also transsexual (m to f) which will become of importance later on in my story! I came down one morning at my parent's second house in Stratford-upon-Avon and my mother asked what I had in my mouth. I was surprised by this and said I...
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    Partial blockage.....worried

    My name is Emma and I am a 37 yr old diagnosed with Crohn's Disease when I was 15. The early years were horrific and things came to a head when I was 21 I was x-rayed and diagnosed with two tight strictures of the small bowel. I underwent surgery for a bowel resection shortly afterwards...
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    Crohn's + IBS anyone else suffer?

    I am a 37 year old female and was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease aged 15. My parents used to have a house in Stratford-Upon-Avon and I came down one morning and mum asked me what I had in my mouth. Nothing I told her, she thought I had a golf ball in my mouth as it was swollen on one side along...
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