This would be my first stricture; you can read about in detail here.
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| 10/7/2003: About four weeks after my surgery and my stoma had closed to the size of a pinhole. The doctor had trouble getting the scope inside because it was so small. | Because the stricture was so severe and I was only four weeks out of surgery, the doctor was very cautious and only dilated my stoma partly for fear of damaging the still fragile tissue. |
Second stricture you can read about here.
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| 10/22/03: This second stricture was inevitable since the first could only be partially dilated. | This time around he was able to dilate the stoma to about the normal width. |
To give you an idea of the width of a stoma in comparison to a regular stomach; here's a picture of my esophagus.
Finally we have the fun filled Christmas stricture adventure you can read all about here.
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| 12/28/03: This was a naughty lil stricture that developed slowly. | Ya see that big nasty white guy? That's an ulcer that most likely helped in the process of producing a stricture. |
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| And once again here's a happy and dilated stoma. | |
