Hi my father has had a colostomy after a blockage in the bowel approx 12
months ago. He has been treated for cancer over the past 12 months and
has been given clean bill of health. He had his iliostomy surgery about
2 months ago. He was in hospital for 15 days after the surgery, then
home for a couple of weeks and has since been re admitted as he is de
hydrated, not able to eat and has severere diarrhoea. He has been back
in hopsital eating (via tube)a full supplement diet. Still no
improvement. The doc now says that perhaps he has adhesions and that
they must operate agian to see what the deal is - I'm not sure what that
is and how it can be treated, but there was no mention of this happening
post the iliostomy. Is this extra surgery required? Is there any oral
treatment for adhesions? How long is the recovery period after a normal
iliostomy operation? Is he better to have a reversak back to the
colostomy?
Any thoughts would be most appreciated.