Hey,
I'm about to have a TPE tomorrow after 11 years of various treatments related to HPV and then last year getting a diagnosis for vaginal Cancer for which I was treated with radchems.
I was hoping that would be the last of it for a while but then had the shock of being told it was back but this time to get clear margins I'd need a TPE.
I also found out last week my right kidney has shrunk as a result if the treatment so that's going too!
Needless to say it's going to big adjustment!
So any advice for those early days with an ostomy (or two) much appreciated.
Hi Kontikitoo
Good to hear from you again-I hope this topical stuff clears things for you. I was put on Metronizadole I after my surgery but it made me feel awful so I got it changed to something else, but can’t remember what. It was in tablet form, and I tolerated it better.
Since then I’ve refused to take metronidazole for anything so they try something else. I haven’t needed any type of antibiotics again in connection with my TPE but had a couple of procedures last year when I had a blocked bile duct and then surgery to remove my gallbladder. They came to me with antibiotics to be inserted in my rectum until I asked how they were imagining that would be possible! I wonder sometimes if anyone actually reads my notes!
Hope you’re feeling better soon.
Sarah xx
