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Posted 3/5/2016 7:22 PM (GMT -5)
Just at post op day 4 with new ostomy bag due to illiostomy. Question. Is it always so loud with gas or stool is dispelled into the bag? Sounds like an earthquake and I am not sure if this is so early after operation and the matter is liquidity. Just wanting to hear from anyone else who has gone through this. I will eventually be going back to work and don't want to fear that in s meeting or presentation. Geeze!
Posted 3/6/2016 7:05 AM (GMT -5)
Oh you brought me right back to the first few weeks after both my surgeries! I said to my husband, "I am never going to be able to leave the house again!" She was so noisy! I went from a loop to a permanent end ileo and after that surgery, she was even noisier! I had the same fear as you.....being in a meeting and having that noise come out.....I would have died! Thankfully everyone that I work with knows my situation so they wouldn't have batted an eye!

Yes, it does stop being THAT noisy. I think it took a month or so before it quieted down! Now, I rarely have gas or loud noises, little bit now and then but nothing out of the ordinary!

Take it easy and make sure you take the time you need to heal.

Kelly
Posted 3/6/2016 1:46 PM (GMT -5)
I don't remember whether it made loud noises at first or not. I've had mine since June of 2010...however...word to the wise...when you are able to eat...try to eat 6 small meals a day. I found that if I wait a long time between meals, or go without lunch and eat an early dinner, boom...sounds like an earthquake. Must be the air build up? Don't know. I remember being very embarrassed at church one Sunday morning rolleyes
Posted 3/6/2016 1:55 PM (GMT -5)
I had a temporary loop ileosotmy that made very loud farting noises! I figured the reason was becaus it was a loop ileo (more active) and that's why it was so noisy. I only had it for 4 months.....I seem to remember it got a little better as time went by. I'm sure yours will settle in time.
Posted 3/7/2016 3:43 PM (GMT -5)
Yes, had the same thing happen to me between 4:00am and 5:00 am every morning. First I would get this squirt sound - which was later told to me that is was my pancreatic juices squirting into my bag, then followed by loud rumblings from my bag.

I did find that as soon as I got up and ate, they went away. I always ate every few hours, so maybe that was why I never had them at any other time. Also found that bag contents was very liquidey in the morning, but as day went on would get thicker and thicker.

Good luck to you, all will be fine. Is it a temp ielo? Mine was, for 10 weeks.
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