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On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 18:41:07 +1200, be <be1952 @ hotmail.dot.com> wrote: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->hey folk, >its been just over a year since i joined the club. >most days i have a small amount of pinkish blood discharge from the rectal stump, >i was at a doctor (to get a mole checked) yesterday and related this, >mentioned i was feeling fine taking pentasa daily etc but he seemed to >think it shouldnt happen and referred me to a gastroenterologist. >whilst i’m happy that a mucous discharge is normal, is the blood discharge >also normal, a year later? >the other thing that suprised me was he said that just because i’ve had >most of my bowell removed i was not necessarily immune to bowell cancer. >granted i didnt expect to be immune, but i expected ileostomates would >definitely be in the minority for bowell cancer? >any comments appreciated.

Well, this doesn’t help you out much, but thought it was sorta connected: When I got home from my procto-colectomy in January ‘96, I had a few visits from a home nurse, to make sure I was recovering properly, since I ended up being inpatient for over 3 weeks with complications, caused mainly by gastric ulcers developed post-op. (They wouldn’t let me eat until my nasogastric tube stopped draining, which would stop draining when my stomach/small bowel started "working again". That didn’t happen cause of the ulcers. They thought I had adhesions or a blockage, and didn’t figure out the ulcers until I puked up a big blood clot.) I mentioned to the nurse that I had a little brownish drainage staining my underwear, she basically said that it was normal for me to have drainage from my rectal stump, until they did the reconnect (anastamosis). When I told her I had a PROCTOcolectomy, she made me get a checkup. Turns out, a few of the stitches from the proctectomy had popped. It took about 6+ months of twice daily (morning/evening) nursing visits, packing the wound with gauze, for it to totally heal and close up… -Martin O’B

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Had rectum removed at time of ostomy surgery…not a drop has come out since. Susan

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i’ve had such a bad run with doctors over the years being treated for everything from piles to low blood pressure without anyone finding that i had crohns until after my ileostomy,  it wouldnt suprise me if this doctor was referring to my toe nails. when i look at the  laboratory reports, from my time in hospital immediately after surgery, of the section removed and see that it says "acute appendicitis" i give up and just think myself lucky that i survived the surgery. thanks for the comments Ron & Kristen313 they give me confidence that there isnt anything wrong with a bit of blood. i agree that it doesnt take much for that little stump to fill! cheers bruce – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 09:26:24 -0500, Ron Gould wrote: > Hi– >     I wonder if he meant that you could still get cancer in the Rectal > Stump. >     When I chose to have mine removed along with my ileostomy, the Surgeon > mentioned that I could never have cancer of the bowels, because he had > just removed the rectal stump also. He explained that *now* there was > nothing left where I could (future) have gotten bowel cancer. >     Maybe s/he was thinking of the short rectal stump that you have left? >     Best— > Ron

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>most days i have a small amount of pinkish blood discharge from the rectal >stump, >i was at a doctor (to get a mole checked) yesterday and related this, >mentioned i was feeling fine taking pentasa daily etc but he seemed to >think it shouldnt happen and referred me to a gastroenterologist. >whilst i’m happy that a mucous discharge is normal, is the blood discharge >also normal, a year later? >the other thing that suprised me was he said that just because i’ve had >most of my bowell removed i was not necessarily immune to bowell cancer. >granted i didnt expect to be immune, but i expected ileostomates would >definitely be in the minority for bowell cancer? >any comments appreciated

Hi,   I had my total colectomy with ileostomy in 1994. Beginning as early as when I got back to my hospital room after surgery, I had bloody, mucousy drainage that never went away.  I did the rowasa enemas but they never worked.  It became so bad I even occasionally had ‘accidents’.  (How embarrassing!!!)  I ultimately had a proctectomy (rectum removed) in 2000.  I should have had it sooner, I guess, but to me that made it absolutely definite I would never be able to get rid of the ileostomy. Oh, well, I am no longer sick all the time, and I’m alive! Kristen

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hey folk, its been just over a year since i joined the club. most days i have a small amount of pinkish blood discharge from the rectal stump, i was at a doctor (to get a mole checked) yesterday and related this, mentioned i was feeling fine taking pentasa daily etc but he seemed to think it shouldnt happen and referred me to a gastroenterologist. whilst i’m happy that a mucous discharge is normal, is the blood discharge also normal, a year later? the other thing that suprised me was he said that just because i’ve had most of my bowell removed i was not necessarily immune to bowell cancer. granted i didnt expect to be immune, but i expected ileostomates would definitely be in the minority for bowell cancer? any comments appreciated.

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Hi–     I wonder if he meant that you could still get cancer in the Rectal Stump.     When I chose to have mine removed along with my ileostomy, the Surgeon mentioned that I could never have cancer of the bowels, because he had just removed the rectal stump also. He explained that *now* there was nothing left where I could (future) have gotten bowel cancer.     Maybe s/he was thinking of the short rectal stump that you have left?     Best— Ron be <be1952 @ hotmail.dot.com> wrote in message news:pan.2003.08.13.06.41.03.654005@hotmail.dot.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> hey folk, > its been just over a year since i joined the club. > most days i have a small amount of pinkish blood discharge from the rectal stump, > i was at a doctor (to get a mole checked) yesterday and related this, > mentioned i was feeling fine taking pentasa daily etc but he seemed to > think it shouldnt happen and referred me to a gastroenterologist. > whilst i’m happy that a mucous discharge is normal, is the blood discharge > also normal, a year later? > the other thing that suprised me was he said that just because i’ve had > most of my bowell removed i was not necessarily immune to bowell cancer. > granted i didnt expect to be immune, but i expected ileostomates would > definitely be in the minority for bowell cancer? > any comments appreciated.

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