My-ileostomy.co.uk

About me

After years of medical training as a doctor and a surgeon, including general surgery, bowel surgery, performing colectomies (removal of sections of the large bowel) and advising patients. I am well-qualified to write a website and blog about my experiences of having an ileostomy myself on the NHS!

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  • My ileostomy blog
  • Patient Advice
    • How to avoid a DVT (thrombosis)
    • My first reaction and accepting my iliostomy
    • The problems with using a PCA pump (patient controlled analgesia pump)
    • My schedule of bed exercises
    • The best way to change an iliostomy bag
    • The best way to empty an iliostomy bag
    • Walking again: Help and advice following surgery
    • Returning to the gym after bowel surgery
  • Patient guides
    • Tips for managing life with an iliostomy
    • Living with a stoma
    • A low residue diet sheet
    • What to do if the skin around the stoma becomes inflammed
    • Nutrition and supplyments for rapid weight gain
    • Pain relief after surgery
    • Spinal anaethetic
    • Local anaesthetic
    • Anti-inflammatory medication: NSAID’s
    • Deep venous thrombosis: DVT
    • MRSA or the superbug
  • Medical Info
    • Diverticular disease and diverticulitis
    • Surgery for diverticulitis
    • Laproscopic bowel surgery
    • An ileostomy guide
    • Irritable bowel disease
    • Coeliac Disease and Gluten Intolerance
    • Ulcerative colitis and crohn’s disease
    • Toxic megacolon
    • Bowel cancer: a guide
    • Bowel obstruction
    • Glossary
  • Shop for Stoma care products
    • Stoma care products
    • Shop, products, supports clothes, Nutrition, etc
    • Links, Associations and Help Groups

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What this web site does

In this website I provide help and information about stomas, ileostomies and colostomies. It is designed to help and provide an insight, practical advice and information for patients, carers, nurses and doctors.

About the author

Paul Thompson

Paul Thompson

Surgeon, patient and author

I am an experienced surgeon who underwent major surgery of a colectomy (bowel resection) and an ileostomy. learn about how to recover using all the tricks of the trade.

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My-ileostomy.co.uk provides this Internet site for general information only. The advice contained within the web site is limited and does not take account of the medical history or undertaken any examination. Any advice does not assume or take over any care from the primary treating local clinician or doctor. Any opinion expressed is not to be taken as a clinical consultation or relied upon for any treatment decisions. You should always check with your local doctor, health care professional and original treating doctor or clinician before submitting to any treatment or changing a treatment plan.
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