I would like to know if anyone can talk with me and give me some hope. On the 12th of July 2017 I became severely ill after eating supper. My husband took me to the ER and they did CT scans which showed abnormal lower bowel issues. The doctor was gravely concerned. I was rushed to emergency surgery where it was discovered that my lower bowel had died. He checked everything and could find no cause, it died in a 24 hour period. I spent two days in ICU and was moved to the surgery floor for another week. I have an Ilyostomy now. I was sliced from my sternum to my public area. I have staples in my stomach right now. I feel devistated!! I just retired in April and had many plans for my life. There were trips I wanted to go on, things I wanted to do and now I feel this will never happen. I came home Wednesday to papers, books, mailings from companies that supply items to deal with all of this but I feel so overwhelmed! I had my daughter here from the surgery until today helping me and we have changed the skin barrier to make sure I can do it. It went OK but it's almost like you have to have more than 2 hands to do everything that has to be done. I would like to know if anyone else has alot of pain when the stoma empties and how that is dealt with? Do those of you that had this surgery to remove the lower bowel have lower quadrant back pain that is pretty hard to relieve?? I did not have this horrible lower back pain before the surgery. I have another factor that has made my situation unique and that is on the 25th of June 2017 I fell over a piece of sunken concrete in Salt Lake City and broke my 5th metatarsal base bone. I had to have surgery to repair. I was ordered non weight bearing for 8 to 12 weeks. This has been very difficult to manage. So as you can see, I am very discouraged and sad over this. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated on how to manage all of this. There are no support groups here for Ilyostomy patients. Thank you so much.

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If you've had a colostomy or ileostomy, you may experience some common food-related issues.
The good news is that you can avoid them with some small changes in your diet.
The good news is that you can avoid them with some small changes in your diet.