Post-Operative Care After Colostomy Surgery

Running Head: POST-OPERATIVE CARE 1
Post-Operative Care After Colostomy Surgery
Name
Institutional Affiliation

POST-OPERATIVE CARE 2
Answer 1:
Ted might be affected by the surgery in several ways. According to the RLT, model,
the impacts of surgery might affect the activities of daily living which may then lead to
biopsychosocial, cultural and social challenges. Having a stoma can cause a patient to
experience the psychological, and social life of a patient (Ayaz‐Alkaya, 2019). The
psychological impact of this particular surgery on Ted will be for instance low self-esteem,
depression and anxiety. Ted is likely to be depressed because none of his family members is
close to looking after him. Ted will need always need to eliminate waste because he is
drinking and has been introduced to a light diet. This will likely affect his esteem because the
elimination of waste has been diverted from the natural way to using a colostomy bag. The
surgery will likely impact Ted's ability of mobility and might affect how he socialize with
others. that Ted has undergone whereby he has to use a colostomy bag that might limit his
involvement in social activities such as avoidance of gatherings and contact with the family.
Stomas normally increase the survival rate of patients diagnosed with tumours.
Spiritual and cultural factors are important domains of life. Considering that Ted lives alone
and complications such as diabetes heart failure and gout in the past, this surgery will likely
diminish his spiritual life. According to Repić and others (2018), spiritual life involves
finding a sense of inner peace and reason for being alive. Ted might fear to die after the
surgery thus affecting his spirituality. Having a stoma, whether temporary or permanent can
lead to several challenges such as stress that may affect a person’s spirituality. Several factors
may influence a person’s culture. Culture influences the perceptions of illness, health, death,
and beliefs among other aspects. The life experience and Ted’s age might influence his
culture and that of his family as well as post-op care. First, his wife died from pneumonia and
his children are not available physically to support him. He has experienced bouts of illnesses
such as diabetes before and he might, therefore, perceive the surgery.

POST-OPERATIVE CARE 3
Answer 2:
Stage two of the CRC cycle shoes that Ted is a widower. Before the death of his wife,
they had lived together for a very long period. Losing a long-term partner may be detrimental
to any person ‘s wellbeing and might trigger the pathogenesis of diseases to increase.
According to Zhou and Hearst, (2016), when aged persons might encounter detrimental
health consequences if they lose their long-term partners. Ted has moved into an Aged care
home close to where he used to live with wife. His decision to move into an elderly home
may not be a normal one. This is because if he was still alive, most probably he would have
decided to stay with her at their nearby home. It is also worth noting that he may have moved
to the care home because his children are not available to look after him. According to Holm
and colleagues (2019), when spouses lose their long-time partners to death, they are likely to
experience problems such as emotional challenges. These challenges are especially related to
the experiences of anxiety, depression, and bereavement. These experiences form the main
themes for persons trying to cope with emotional suffering and pain. If the affected person
does not get the necessary support to deal with the experiences then they may encounter
health complications or their existing disorders may get worse quickly.
Ted’s current situation can be related to his experiences while dealing with the
emotional loss of his long-time partner and loneliness. The inability to deal with emotional
pain can worsen a person’s situation. Perkins and others (2016), have shown that widowhood
in old age is a dreaded phase of life that has a significant influence on the well-being and
health of the individual. Emotional challenges that are especially related to bereavement may
trigger intense feelings of loneliness, sadness, hopelessness, and meaninglessness. These
emotions affect the lives of the widowers such as and may lead to a lack of activity, pleasure,
and energy and usually culminates in isolation and social withdrawal (Holm et al., 2019). All