Colostomy Irrigation for Bowel Cancer & Colon Cancer

This is a 9 minute video for people who have had bowel cancer surgery and now have a colostomy. So many people with a colostomy do not know about colostomy irrigation and how it can get freedom and normality back into ones life. This video is an instructional guide on how to do a colostomy irrigation and I hope should be a great help to those who have had bowel cancer surgery.
If you have any questions or need support please email me to lifespantrust@gmail.com

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Colostomy
• bowel
• cancer
• colostomy
• irrigation

[edrevlis]

Brian thanks very much for your posting. I will follow your instructions. How severe was the cramping for you when you first started?

God bless.

[Lifespanz]

Hi there.. cramping was not really a problem at all. All one needs to do is to reduce the flow of water a little with the control valve to eliminate any cramping. Make sure water is at about body temperature. Recommended amount of water to use 600 mls to 1000 mls s

[Lifespanz]

Once you train your colon for a certain time, how long can it last before it gets untrained if you stop irrigating? ....not sure if I believe in training the bowel, you don’t need to if you irrigate, I just irrigate whenever it suits any time of the day. You can miss days or weeks, to no affect.

How long to train your colon? ....don’t think I ever did, not sure if one needs to but some people might like to irrigate at the same time each day. Once the bowel is empty its empty for 24 to 48 hours.

[Lifespanz]

My opinion

I’ve been irrigating 16 years

What is the biggest negative to irrigating?...none, although I find I don’t do it as often if my mood down, advantages are huge.

How long between irrigation and will I know?... I think it depends on how much I eat, 1 to 2 days ...I just wait until poop comes out, if I am going out I try to always irrigate.

Any long term negative effects for the colon when irrigating?...nothing that I know of, I often irrigate every day if I am going to work etc.

[bkpenta]

Does this work for an Illeostomy?? Or only a colostomy?

[Lifespanz]

Check with your doctor I think it only is colostomy

[rumba029]

I am a student nurse and i found this video very informative and easy to understand great work!

[hvguy]

very educational. not many people can make a video like this.

A+ very well done.

[PaRdSk8]

God bless you so much, my brother just had a colostomy, and I think this is going to help him a lot, the problem here in Lima, Peru is that this product, I mean this irrigation kit is not common; I mean I have been looking for this kit online in Peru, but I just can0t find it

Could anybody give some suggestions please, I would really appreciate it

My e-mail is: josecasaretto@gmail.com

[dottiepeper]

Thank you for this vid, i have learned a lot and after my third attempt at irrigation today i can;t wait for another crack at it tomorrow, good on you!

cancer Jan 2 ops later colostomy formed Feb 2011

[TooChill]

As a brand new colostomy user this video was invaluable mate! This definitely looks like the way to go! Thank you so much for taking the time to make this vid, I now have a pretty clear conceptualization of how to irrigate. Cheers!!

[yajnunez]

Brian...Very informative. I am a Nurse but never saw an irrigation performed. Great job! Thanks

[tylerlondon]

Thank you very much for posting this video. I am a nursing student who had difficulty grasping the concept of colostomy irrigation via written text alone. You were very informative and I cannot wait to share what I learned visually from an expert with the class tomorrow. You are a good man for doing what you do with such good humor.

[joanmurgita66]

i'm getting ready for the surgrey and this helps me understand some of the things i need to learn , and knowing i'm not alone in this makes me feel better about the whole thing . i was told i had colon cancer on 9/12/2011 and though not sure what stage i'm in due to my crohns disease has colon all messed up for them to tell , its not in liver or lungs so so far so good thankyou for this info

[panikigurl]

Thank you so much sir for sharing with the world. It would help my mom very much. May you have a wonderful and blessed life ahead of you. Blessings.

[setalora]

Thank you. Wonderful video and I will pass this information along to a person very close to me.

[DarkArwen929]

Very educational.