Please do not strain this much. Straining is a major cause of several different anorectal pathologies, not least prolapse-intussusception spectrum conditions, hemorrhoid, fissure. The main danger is stretching the pudendal nerves, which will leave you with permanent nerve damage and lowered resting tone of the anal canal. This translates to mucus leak, or worse.There has been times when i have been drenched in sweat, and i feel it trying to come out but it just won't come
why do you think when you get the spasms it stops any proceeding attempts at one? i get this, its as if i get one chance to get it out, and when things contract against my wishes, it all gets pushed into a little zone that i cant push on, i can feel it but cant push on it. i get it when urinating as well, its my theory things are completely imbalanced, 1 muscle is weak and the other stronger, so when the 2 muscles are supposed to work together, they dont and force things back inside. fuck knows why it goes into this zone and stays there though.Wasn't offered biofeedback, nurse said it would be useless to me as i know how to push. It's half way through that the spasms kick in and completely stops the b.m and any proceeding attempts at one. I won't be trying the irrigation again, the pain i end up in trying to (unsuccessfully) get the water out is crazy and it seems to intensify the odor with me.
First and foremost i'm not getting a colostomy for IBS. Secondly it's hilarious how you can call a surgeon who i've seen multiple times who's been a colorectal surgeon for 30 plus unethical it really is quite pathetic.Do they do stoma operations for IBS? That might be unethical as I've never heard that before. Stomas are for cancer patients and people with bowel disease mainly. There are a lot of things that can go wrong with stomas, and they're not always reversible. Sometimes the odour is worse.
http://www.colostomyassociation.org.uk/index.php?p=201&pp=3&page=Problematic
This study says the morbidity after stomal closure was 20%. Problems can include wound infection and scarring.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00384-008-0549-2#page-1
Also it seems you have to empty them quite frequently, up to 13 times a day. Having a stoma would give me major depression.
Intothewild, can you go on welfare? Work is the worst aspect for me. Your pain could be largely stress related from trying to evacuate so you don't have LG at work. We have subsidised housing over here for low income earners, which I benefit from. I couldn't cope financially otherwise. I'd rather live on welfare and in a caravan if it meant I didn't have to have LG at work anywhere. Our problem is trying to work out how much of our constipation is mechanical or innate and how much of it is idiopathic or fixable. Idiopathic just means that after all the tests are run the doctors don't know what's wrong. It doesn't mean that the problem isn't organic, it just means that whatever is causing the constipation doesn't show up on tests. A neurological condition could have bioactive agents that will make things worse. Not everyone with faulty IBS genes will develop IBS, or maybe their symptoms are minor. A lot of people swear by a SCD type diet to reduce symptoms. It's the actual gas from starches and fibre that aggravate the problem. Gasses are bioactive. It's hard to do definitive testing for methane or hydrogen but it's possible these actually cause IBS. Constipation might be alleviated by a more bland diet that doesn't cause spasms. You still need soluble fibre, as it's believed this swells and helps peristalsis. It's the pressure on the colon wall that helps move things along, but you have to be really careful. This should be low FODMAP fibre. Too much fibre or the wrong kind can lead to non-propagating spasms. I'm "lucky" in that I have eczema as well, so if I have nuts for instance my skin will tell me off before my colon does.
Dunno mate think that's why the call it parodoxical sphincter contractions. I was reading a yahoo post by this guy a few years ago who was diagnosed with it, they didn't know what caused it and they tried giving him enemas and irrigation and it didn't work at all just made matters worse. They sent him home saying they didn't know what to do about it the guy was right back at square one. Hopefully he's got it resolved now but thank god i'm not gonna be in that situation.why do you think when you get the spasms it stops any proceeding attempts at one? i get this, its as if i get one chance to get it out, and when things contract against my wishes, it all gets pushed into a little zone that i cant push on, i can feel it but cant push on it. i get it when urinating as well, its my theory things are completely imbalanced, 1 muscle is weak and the other stronger, so when the 2 muscles are supposed to work together, they dont and force things back inside. $$$$$$ knows why it goes into this zone and stays there though.
Well they should be since people with stomas don't seem to smell at all so i'd assume so. I've tried every diet there is and it's done nothing for me except take me to some very dark places. I wouldn't wish the candida diet on my worst enemy. It is a last resort man i've had most tests done and tried everything they've given me but nothing has worked and most have made it worse. The reason for the odor with me is because i can't empty out because of the Paradoxical Sphincter Contractions. As the surgeon was saying if i get a stoma i won't have to use the sphincter muscles to get rid of the waste the stoma will take care of that, so hopefully that will get rid of the odor (in theory it really should). He is gonna make sure it's reversable as well but this will be for all intents and purposes permenant.tummyrumbles I'm sure I've asked you this before but why do you talk about ibs in virtually every post you make even when we're talking about defects with our anal seals?
Intothewild, are you sure stomas are air tight? Seems like a last resort even if they are. I take it you've tried a long term restrictive diet and all the usual supplements? Can you get it down to a manageable smell?