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Ostomy: Adapting to life after colostomy, ileostomy or urostomy

Ostomy | Last Active: Mar 24 1:09pm | Replies (419)
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@mlmcg

If you have chronic diarrhea run, do not walk, to see your doctor. Over the counter meds are not what you need. If you do not get help from the first doctor see another one. I take two different meds for my diarrhea. Good luck

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Marko82 | @marko82 | Jul 19, 2021

I did go to a Gastro - was told to take probiotics, fiber caps and Imodium.
Thank goodness it seems to be clearing up after 7 mos.

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greg68 | @greg68 | Dec 29, 2023

I have been to 4 different gastrointestinal doctors between Texas and now Tennessee. None can tell me why I have had chronic diarrhea for 21 years now. I was stage 3 rectal cancer in 2003, but they have seen nothing since in many colonoscopies. I have tried diet, pelvic floor specialist, Vibrezi, steroids, etc. Nothing stops it controls it. I mix 4 different prescriptions now to provide a modicum of relief. The last specialist didn’t look at any MRI, or anything. He simply said , “ Nothing else anyone can do. You must have a colostomy.
Is there no one out there who can at least try and identify what is going on with me? I worry as I age, it is only going to keep getting worse. I am now on disability for this and for diabetic complications.
Any advice would be gladly accepted. Dark , bleak thoughts are seeping in , more and more!

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