Hello, everyone. I'm hoping I can get some answers as I'm very concerned with my situation. I had loop ileostomy 4 weeks ago. This was as a diversion from my Jpouch which failed. In last few months, I started to lose lot of weight from my illness and at the time of surgery I was 86 pounds. Here it is a month later and I'm still 86. I'm 5 feet. I'm consuming average of 2300 calories per day but can't seem to gain. My surgeon tells me that I'll start to gain after 2 months or so. But my temperature hovers barely over 96.7 and my pulse goes up to 130 after walking a little bit.
I should mention that I also have cellulitis in my perianal area and although taking 2 types of antibiotics, it's not going away and getting worse. The whole reason for getting this surgery was so I could stop my active sick Jpouch from causing abscesses and cellulitis. But here I am, still can't sit without pain. I used to run high fever with this but now, my temperature is below normal which is just as dangerous.
Has anyone else experienced severe weight loss and low body temperature after ostomy surgery?
Any feedback will be really appreciated. Thank you.
