Hi everybody
I was wondering what kind of excercise you do.
I have my permanent ileostomy sinsce september 2019 and never had any issues. The area does swell up and gets hard when i walk to much (like a day of shopping). But i had that issue since i had the temporary ostomy.
So i want to loose a few pounds and read that jumping rope is a low impact cardio excersise that is perfect for ostomates.
So i bought one and 15 seconde in i get a stabbing/cramp like feeling. Kind of like being hit by a baseball bat in the abdomen.
I bend over, and in a reflex i put my hand over my stoma. It was enormous. I peek in the bag and it looked like a very bloody massacre.
I go the the ER and it turned out i had a prolapse and it also ruptured. I was lucky enough they were able to stitch it back together. But that luck only lasted for a few days. 3 days later i wake up to popped stitches and i had emergancy surgery. They removed about 10cm of intestine and made a new ostomy on the same place.
It doesnt hurt since they could do it from the outside and they didnt had to open me up. But i am very afraid something like this will happen again. My surgery report said that i have a VERY thin abdominal wall. ( doesnt surprise my, family history of hernias).
But what kind of excersise would be safe? Is belly dancing okay? Or could this also cause swelling like walking does?
Do hernia belts help to prevent this kind of stuff?
I have a full time desk job so excersise is needed.
