Hi.
I had a choice. Sew my bum up and have a stoma bag for life, or the 'reversal' operation. I opted for the 'reversal', in the hope of a normal life. After the reversal, the only help I was given was to experiment with Loperamide until I get some sort of control. I am four years down the line now, and my life would have been a lot better had I had a bag.
Every time, from the word go, that I want to 'download' it is very painful. I never do a complete 'download', and what I do is very small, but soft. So why is it painful? Then I vigorously massage my stomach to get some more to come out. More does come out and still painful. After half an hour, I still feel there's more, but nothing I do can get it out. So I finish up. Within half an hour, I'm back in there to go through the same process, and pain, again. That continues until the bowel is empty enough for me to sleep.
The question is, if my bowel wants emptying why does it not 'all' come out in one session? Maybe because it just can't get through.
I have now come to the possibility that when my bowel was sewn up to my anus, it might have been sewn up to tight.
This is a possibility because it would have been sewn at the same time as the stoma was sewn to my body. The stoma sewn to my body was sewn too tight and 'solids' couldn't get through causing great pain and another week in hospital after a remedial operation the tension was released and it worked properly.
I can not think of any other reason as to why a lot of small, soft faeces can't all escape all together in one go.
I have recently seen my surgeon who stated straight away the the sewing to the anus is not too tight, and I am now going to have to have another 'live' scan to see how the innards are working.
Has anyone had such a problem?
Regards
Squibbs
