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colostomy

faith05
faith05 CSN Member Posts: 2
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
Has anyone had leakage at rectum after having colostomy . My mother has had colostomy for two years and after being in hospital from severe diarrhea and nausea from Erbitux she noticed some discharge from rectum
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  • FRANTIC
    FRANTIC CSN Member Posts: 106
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    What kind of leakage? Is it stool or muscous?? I have a rectal stump with an illeostomy. The lining of the rectum secrets mucous. Normally when connected the whole colon and rectum has a mucous lining which helps the stool move along. So when not in use it still produces active cells. My GI Dr said also when not in use you get a colitis. Hope this answers your question.
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  • spongebob
    spongebob CSN Member Posts: 2,565 Member
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    Ahoy, Faith -

    I have a number of friends who have had a rectal discharge with an ostomy. Just be sure to let the doc know.

    - SpongeBob
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  • JohnWest
    JohnWest CSN Member Posts: 14
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    FRANTIC said:

    What kind of leakage? Is it stool or muscous?? I have a rectal stump with an illeostomy. The lining of the rectum secrets mucous. Normally when connected the whole colon and rectum has a mucous lining which helps the stool move along. So when not in use it still produces active cells. My GI Dr said also when not in use you get a colitis. Hope this answers your question.

    I had a rectal stump for 10 years until Apr 2005. It always discharged mucous (a thimblefull daily). Some days there was blood due to colitis. Then precancer was found Dec 04. I had the rectum out in Apr 05 and they discovered a tumour Dukes stage 3 (4 out of 22 lymph nodes affected). So dont wait too long if you have UC in colon or rectum!!! I'm currently 8 weeks into 12 week 5FU with infusion pump. I've had no adverse side effects. Just metallic taste in mouth. See http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jmwest/ileo.htm for more details.

    Best wishes John West
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