Melodie....the first 6 months after my surgery i would have a little blood in the form of a small clot....even got a staple once!!...but to my knowledge there has not been any that anyone has told me about...not that they are paying any attention to anything except the mucus and then tell me i have a kidney infection(not my uro..he knows better)..ER's are the worst. I do have occasional bleeding..very slight from my stoma which is normal.
our poor little bowel bladders take such abuse
Increased bowel surface area or contact time with urine results in greater solute reabsorption and more pronounced abnormalities. Patients with continent reservoirs, which have both a greater surface area for absorption and prolonged contact times with urine, have a higher incidence of metabolic abnormalities. Additionally, creatinine is not a good measure of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in a patient who received a continent diversion. Varying amounts of urinary creatinine are reabsorbed by the bowel segment used to store urine; therefore, elevated serum levels of creatinine may not accurately predict the GFR.
Just thought i'd throw that in !!
pat