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i've always pooped once a week, before it took me even longer. during that week, i sometimes get cramps (not really big ones) and pains, as if i could feel my bowels working to get the poop moving. i also often get a bit of brown discharge from my anus, like leftover poop, but i started having that when i started having hemorrhoids. i've had blood tests and x rays, that all came up perfect, unless that i had a lot of stool, but i think the x ray was taken before i had a bowel movement. it's normal for me, but i'm scared that this will lead to me getting a colostomy bag. it's kinda ridiculous, i know. but i'm scared that i'll have to change an aspect of my life, that i'll have more responsibilities added to my already existing ones. i know people live just fine with a bag, but it still scares me. it's more of a rant than a question, actually. but i want to know if anyone relates to my fears, not about exactly the same thing, but about future medical issues.
I'm sorry you're feeling this way. I do have an autoimmune disease, so I can understand fearing the future effects of it. Would solving your current issue (constipation) help relieve your fears?
I'm sorry you're feeling this way. I do have an autoimmune disease, so I can understand fearing the future effects of it. Would solving your current issue (constipation) help relieve your fears?
uh well
i tried a different diet and lots of things to help with constipation and none of them worked...
and my stools are perfectly okay too
there's a difference between my normal bowel movements and when i'm constipated so i probably have slower bowels?
if i ever get a doctors appointment i'll mention it to him
i hope you'll feel well in the future despite the disease :^)
(i don't know if it's an appropriate thing to say i'm so sorry if it isn't)
Capercrohnj
21-08-17, 05:43
The only people I know who get colostomies for constipation are those that go about once a month. They have severe symptoms. In these cases it is such a relief and improvement in quality of life.Even if this is the case usually just a resection is needed and the colostomy can be reversed or none is needed at all. This is very rare though. I have only met 2 people in ostomy groups with colostomies due to constipation (and there are thousands in these groups). Nothing you said sounds like you need a colostomy.
I personally have an ileostomy because of crohn's and it has made my life so much better.
oh, that's interesting! i've heard of people getting colostomies for crohn's, and my step mother has it but never got a colostomy,. is it optional, or needed when it gets bad? it seems like everyone lives with this disease differently
Capercrohnj
21-08-17, 06:08
In crohn's it's usually done when you get really bad or if you have cancer. For me my disease wasn't really that bad at the time if the operation because I was on biologics but I had very nasty fistulas which were not fixable so I had to for sure get my rectum removed and because of risks of relapse (I have severe Crohn's when flaring) he decided to take my colon as well (I had a total proctocolectomy). That's wht I have an ileostomy (my stoma is the end of my ileum) instead of a colostomy.
i see! i'm glad your life is better now that you had it done :^)
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