In 2020 (I was 77) I went to my primary doctor thinking I had hemorrhoids. I did, and had them for quite a few years. I was having some pretty profuse bleeding suddenly though. I would sit down on the toilet and blood would splash into the water! It turned out that I had a rectal prolapse and was referred to a general surgeon at our local hospital. He scheduled me for prolapse repair. I was led to believe that I should not wait to do the procedure because of the bleeding. I would advise you to do some research and find the best colo-rectal surgeon that you can to do this. It sounds like it is not an emergent situation for you yet. I had the surgery done and I found that it resulted in a recto-vaginal fistula. I now had stool coming out of my rectum and my vagina!!! The next step then, was to have a 'temporary' colostomy in order to bypass the rectum, allow the passage to clean out before attempting to repair the fistula. My primary doctor said "I hope the surgeon told you a fistula is a very difficult problem to fix". Well, he hadn't...he did say there were several options for treatment. So the colostomy surgery was scheduled. A week or so later I began to retain urine and eventually after a couple visits to the ER for catherization, had an indwelling catheter installed. I wore the urine bags until my colostomy surgery a couple weeks later. My recovery after the colostomy was lengthy but I had home health coming in which helped a great deal learning to handle the care of the incision and dealing with emptying and installing a new bag. Within a day or two I discovered that I was eliminating stool not only into the ostomy bag but through my rectum as well!!!!!! I didn't know this at first because of the nerve block-I had no sensation there and I was wearing Depends as I also had in the hospital. But when I was at home I discovered that this colostomy was not adequate and wasn't functioning as intended.
There's more to the story but what I want to impress upon you is to look online for well-credentialed specialists, even if you have to travel, as we ended up having to do. I researched to find someone who I wish I had found at the beginning. I had my colostomy reversal at UW Madison Hospital. I am able to function without the ostomy bag. It's not the same as before all this started and I have to follow a high fiber diet, drink plenty of water and keep a somewhat rigid schedule. But I am bagless!! I wish you the best of outcomes. Please do your research first.