Has anyone else had this problem of a granuloma on your stoma? I have one at the edge that gets irritated and bleeds because the skin barrier/flange seems to rub against it. I've read that they can be treated with silver nitrate, but here's the issue: My primary doc knows zero about a colostomy. The surgeon who did my surgery (2.5 years ago) left the group and moved out of state, and since I'm not a candidate for reversal, I really don't have a surgeon right now. My GI is new to me. I've only really seen him for a routine colonoscopy, and when I asked him a different question before about my stoma, he deflected it by saying he "doesn't deal with stomas" and suggested I ask an ostomy nurse! (He did do my scope via the colostomy.) The only ostomy nurse I've ever seen is the one who was part of my home care team right after surgery who visited me for about 2-3 weeks till I was back on my feet. But there aren't free-standing (ambulatory) ostomy clinics to visit around here, and Medicare won't cover the services of a home care nurse once you are able to leave your home. So, my question is, if you've had one or more granulomas on your stoma, who did you see for treatment? GP (primary)?, GI?, surgeon?, ostomy nurse? I feel like nobody is medically responsible for my stoma!
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