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Need some advice

Fadedblue
Fadedblue CSN Member Posts: 5
in Colorectal Cancer #1

Ihaven't visited for a while, my husband became very ill and was on life support for a few weeks. Thankfully he is recovering.

I have had to postpone my hyperbaric oxygen treatments and my re-section surgery.

What I wpold like to ask, has anyone ever had a rectel bleeding problem while having a colostomy pouch?

I bleed a fairly good bit every day and when I tell my surgeon,he doe's not seem concerned about it.

Should I be concerned?

Hope everyone else is doing well.

Thanks for any advice you could give me.

 

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  • Chelsea71
    Chelsea71 CSN Member Posts: 1,169 Member
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    My understanding is that this
    My understanding is that this is normal.

    Chelsea
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  • karguy
    karguy CSN Member Posts: 1,020 Member
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    When

    When I first got my colosomy my rectum was draining blood/healing,and it has to heal from the inside out and it really smelled.It took from august untill the holidays to heal completely.Your doctor should have told you,my doctor had a nurse come by every day to change the packing in the wound.A wound vac will help it heal quicker,but has some drawbacks.I hope this helps,good luck.

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  • Fadedblue
    Fadedblue CSN Member Posts: 5
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    karguy said:

    When

    When I first got my colosomy my rectum was draining blood/healing,and it has to heal from the inside out and it really smelled.It took from august untill the holidays to heal completely.Your doctor should have told you,my doctor had a nurse come by every day to change the packing in the wound.A wound vac will help it heal quicker,but has some drawbacks.I hope this helps,good luck.

    Thank you

    Thanks for the information. No one has ever mentioned a wound vav. to me. I will look into it.

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