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Hi Dianne,

I am so tired...But I am sure that you are too and Jeff's condition is not just a break like my hubby's.

I am running. That is my life. Running. There and back (I have become a private duty nurse to him)...I am there from noon to 8pm daily except when I am working.

I am now walking home (45mins) to clear my mind otherwise I just break down.

New pouch diet too...the only thing that I want to eat in the daytime is fruit (melon, bananas, strawberries & cherries) and chicken with lettuce. I have added buckwheat crackers and smoked salmon at night.

Obviously tons of coffee and water plus a sugar binge when I get home (not pouch-friendly) but I am keeping afloat that way...

My back is officially gone again. I think that it is gone for good. Getting him up and down, catching him when he topples over (no balance on the left leg), turning or lifting him...no matter how hard I try, whatever I do, my back is killing me.

In the morning my pouch is screaming. I am exhausted so I don't wake up in the middle of the night to empty it and in the morning it is full to bursting. Puts pressure on things and I feel like I have been kicked in the kidney. Can't stand up strait of bend to find my slippers.

Look 90 again.

Since hubby is supposed to be stuck there for another 2 weeks or more I am having work done in the house. Repainting, changing the floor, just changed the toilet to a bidet/toilet thingy (he won't be able to climb the stairs to the bedroom/bathroom ) so that way he has some comfort & cleanliness.

He is day 12 with a backed up colon. No movement.  2 enemas, suppositories daily, metamucil, prune purée, prune juice...

I have managed to get some activity going but yesterday morning he called me and said that he has asked them to send him back to the hospital (he is in a rehab center) for abdominal x-rays. He is in a panic.

They refuse to do more than  2 enemas/week. They say that it is too dangerous. I say that a mega colon is more dangerous. We are at a stalemate...today I will get my way or get angry and do it myself. 

The last thing that I need is a hubby with a ruptured colon!

Gotta go....time to run

Sharon

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