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I had a loop ileostomy performed 3 years ago. Consequently, throughout my illness from a perforated colon (from being over radiated for prostate cancer), I developed fistulas and had a drain tube for a year or more. Doctors said they would not keep replacing it, so they decided not to replace it when it came out. Supposed to develop sepsis and die. I was sent out to a nursing home with Hospice, and I didn't get sepsis, but I had continuous draining from the fistula as well as my new ostomy. Drugs didn't touch the healing of the colon, so I just had an ostomy bag to collect infection which oozes out under my ostomy bag for stoma. Recently, the infection that drained out has completely stopped. Anyone ever dealt with this before? I'm wondering if the infection is diverted somewhere else. Maybe I will get the miracle of healing!!! Comments would be welcomed! Thank you!
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