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Re: Anyone with colostomy after hysterectomy?

From: Trisha (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Oct 10 11:25:31 2005


I'm not a nurse but I was scared of the same thing when I was told I might need a resection of my bowels,I did a lot of research and a possible colostomy didn't seem to be soemthing that a lot of women encountered, although I also read that a temporary is a possibility but not a strong one.

At Mon, 10 Oct 2005, anonymous wrote: >
>Sorry to hear about your situation. As a Nurse who has endo. I've
>taken care of several patients who have had a hysterectomy and I've not
>seen one with a colostomy at the same time post-operatively. The only
>reason I can possibly think of a person having a colostomy is if there's
>substantial amount of bowel involvement and colectomy (surgical removal
>of part of the bowel)is not possible. Best wishes.
>
>At Mon, 10 Oct 2005, shkl wrote:
>>
>>I'm scheduled for a hysterectomy and they said I would have a possible
>>colostomy. Really worried..........please help.




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