u/fadedcapybara

Uh I’m a little worried, I’m 4 weeks in since my surgery and I’ve noticed my stoma significantly bigger and so is the incision as well. Can anyone tell me what could cause this? I have lost weight from 215lbs (before surgery) to now 195lbs. Also my stoma output comes from the far right (right picture and far left (left picture) if you notice anything else please let me know i am a bit nervous.

Without looking at my profile.. Type Me.
I’m adventurous I enjoy going out whenever I get the chance but I also very much enjoy my alone time. I love going out but love staying in too and binging my favorite new show or re watching shows I’ve seen already. I like to talk to people about anything even if I’m not very knowledgeable about it, I always ask out of curiosity about other people’s interests and love sharing mine to see if there is a mutual interest. I love to talk but if someone talks more than me I tend to be quieter, thinking about what I’m going to say next as the other person is talking. A little personal but these things can shape a person, I have a narcissistic immigrant mother (I’m first generation) and I’ll leave it at that. I enjoy playing video games and reading manga, I’m also a huge fallout fan (I’ve played ALL of them Fallout 1 to Fallout 76 ( I enjoy doing Evil Karma Play-through ). I’m very social especially to those who aren’t, I love to make everyone feel included it almost feels like a parental instinct of mine. I’m opportunistic and can’t resist it, but I’ve learned to manage it to be safe and I’m more cautious and think twice before I make a decision now (how will it affect me and my relations?) My engram can make my Type seem contradictory. I’m open minded and love to share ideas and to take others ideas as well. “Reminds me of that time..” “Did you know that..” “That shit looks like..” I’m currently watching The Sopranos and enjoy Christopher’s character development so far, but he does piss me off sometimes. If I had to chose between fixing a past mistake or 10 million dollars I’d probably pick 10 million dollars. Good luck! I’m interested to see what you guys come up with.

Trying my absolute best to figure out how to properly measure my stoma. I had gotten acute diverticulitis initially and then was told I needed emergency surgery for a colon infection, not sure what went wrong but I guess surgery went wrong and I was in a coma for about 5 days. I’m just very happy to not be in the hospital anymore, but surgeon says I need to let my colon heal for the next 6-12 months before attempting to reattach. Anywho I just need help when it comes to measuring my stoma I’m not very confident about changing it out on my own unless I have someone who could help me measure it for me, but I understand it’s something I need to do independently. My life has completely changed in such little time it’s very stressful for me. I had my surgery 4/11 and was discharged 4/21.