The need for a stoma depends on the site of the growth and how much bowel is removed. They aren't always necessary and those that are aren't always permanent.
Is a stoma a bowel type thing, where as a colostomy bag a bladder thing?
Sorry to hear about your mum's friend. Cancer is a horrible, horrible disease which catches up with us all eventually, either directly or indirectly.
If you are in real life as crazy, kind and thoughtful as you are on Mansized, then I'm fairly sure that that is the guy that your mum's friend would like you to continue to be.
Hugs and kisses if that is your style - and maybe even if it isn't your style, it might be all that she needs to know that you care.
Whatever way, don't be afraid to act the same as you always do - you will know when the time is right to act differently.
As regards the illness, don't agonise about what will or won't happen; whatever your beliefs, that is not in our hands.
Be assured that she will get the best possible treatment and care, and remember to support your mum, and her friend's family.
The need for a stoma depends on the site of the growth and how much bowel is removed. They aren't always necessary and those that are aren't always permanent.
Is a stoma a bowel type thing, where as a colostomy bag a bladder thing?
no...... colostomy and ileostomy bags are both for different parts of the bowel. If a bag is needed to drain urine into, for instance if the bladder is removed, it is called a urostomy bag.
both artificial - new openings are 'stoma' I think.
I don't know much about cancer but I do know that my friend's nan had bowel cancer last year. She was in her late seventies and they operated. She had to have a colostomy bag for a while but that's now been removed and she's back in her own home and doing really well. Back to her old self!
Her recovery after the op was slow, but then she was quite an old woman.
I don't know much about cancer but I do know that my friend's nan had bowel cancer last year. She was in her late seventies and they operated. She had to have a colostomy bag for a while but that's now been removed and she's back in her own home and doing really well. Back to her old self!
Her recovery after the op was slow, but then she was quite an old woman.
Cheers pugs,
She has it in her liver also now so it's not looking good. It's sad intit.
She has it in her liver also now so it's not looking good. It's sad intit.
Not necesarily - the liver can still be effective when part of it has been removed, if that is necessary, and I think (if my GCSE biology memory is treating me well today) it is the only organ in the body that is able to regenerate itself, so even if some is removed, it is able to grow back.
Cancer is a disease that often comes with a whole lot of wrong misconceptions, and many people often think it is the end. Some people are lucky, and any cancer is removed in an operation, but others may need follow up treatment such as radio- and/or chemotherapy, and possibly even further operations to remove other tumours, or do reconstruction. Also, many people live with, and have the condition managed with medication by their medical teams for many years.
One really important thing is to make sure your Mum's friend remains positive, and is aware of all of the outcomes of her illness, both good and bad.
