Ileostomy

The new plumbing was pretty bruised and the post-radiation tissue slow to heal, so they rerouted my business via an ileostomy, which is like the better-known colostomy, but coming off of the end of the small rather than large intestine. ❋ Unknown (2009)

She was fed formula through a gastric tube and stooled through this ileostomy opening into a bag. ❋ Md Meghan Maclean Weir (2011)

He spoke too fast for my brain, using words like fistula, ileostomy, and carcinomatosis. ❋ Mira Bartók (2011)

“What are these?” she asks, looking down at the stomas and the ileostomy bag that drains out her bile. ❋ Mira Bartók (2011)

I never told him about the ileostomy, but I did tell some of my boyfriends. ❋ MD Julian Seifter (2010)

Her ileostomy appliance just goes on the list, one more mundane irritation no different from the rest. ❋ MD Julian Seifter (2010)

Her brother warned her that no one would ever be interested in her sexually if she had the ileostomy. ❋ MD Julian Seifter (2010)

Leslie Snow, who had an ileostomy at age nineteen and suffers from multisystem disease, thinks the notion of self-induced illness is nonsense. ❋ MD Julian Seifter (2010)

Leslie Snow, my longtime patient with the ileostomy and a host of other problems, has brought her husband, Ken, to the appointment—a first. ❋ MD Julian Seifter (2010)

As a child Leslie had ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory disease that attacks the lining of the colon; at nineteen she underwent an ileostomy, a surgical diversion of the intestine to bypass the colon and deliver wastes into an external bag or pouch. ❋ MD Julian Seifter (2010)

The ileostomy “appliance” was an enormous bag; it had a holster that went around her waist with metal fittings and a vent to let out gas. ❋ MD Julian Seifter (2010)

Her mother was adamantly opposed to her having the ileostomy that would put an end to the crippling diarrhea. ❋ MD Julian Seifter (2010)

Unlike most, mine is a permanent ileostomy, with no chance of an inner pouch, as they removed my entire large intestine. ❋ Jack Canfield (2009)

I grew up with serious internal impairments, a trashed asthmatic immune system, incontinence, PTSD to the point of becoming violent while losing contact with reality, dyspraxia, asexuality, an ileostomy (for 1 year), and many obvious "developmental delay" (Autistic) traits. ❋ Dave Hingsburger (2007)

When I was told that I had two choices, an ileostomy or death, my friends started praying for me and offering suggestions for avoiding either one. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I've discussed the removal of a friend's colon and his ileostomy, and I've been quite open with my friends about my depression. ❋ Unknown (2007)