My stoma is called St.Ouma - the patron saint of bladderless bodies.
In South Africa, Ouma is the Afrikaans word for granny and also a brand of rusks which I enjoy.
Funny how I used to hate this thing protruding and dribbling from my stomach until the nurse said I must name it and take ownership of it.... Now we have a great relationship along with all the other items which come with a stoma...
I am just like you because I thought that I was the only one who named my stoma. Then I got this email and saw that you had also named your stoma. I gave my stoma a very silly name. I named it Shlomo the Stoma. Now I know that it is not a stoma. Convatec (the company that makes the product I use) made a video of me and I explain why I named it that in the video. Here is the link to that video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q1KP5wpWugARBh6lb9Zb2mIajMmvEtHh/view
This is a remarkable community of 40,818 members.
You will get real advice from fellow ostomates who truly understand you - things you won't find in the books.
And it's not all about ostomy - there is friendship and relationships too.
Privacy is very important - your profile is not visible to the outside world.
Eagles2023
Yeah wow, this site helped so much, I mean really who do you know with this infliction? No one, felt so alone and disgusted by myself every turn.
But it ended up being so damn strengthening, I got fucking moving, really only another choice.
That's
Honesty
Truth
I was damaged by a procedure and ended waking with this, I understand all of you.. perhaps you had to have it, I get it.. doesn't matter either way.
Just wanted to share that
We have so much in common because I also named my stoma. I gave it a silly name. I named it Shlomo the Stoma. I know it is not a stoma but it rhymes with Shlomo. The company that makes the product I use, Convatec, made a video of me and in that video I explain why I named it Shlomo. Here is the link to that video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q1KP5wpWugARBh6lb9Zb2mIajMmvEtHh/view
I named both my stoma and bag. My stoma is Chucky, from the movie "Child's Play," because he's a little shit that does whatever he wants, and the bag is Phillip.... No explanation needed.
That is funny, I had to laugh when I read that. Not laughing at you, mind you, just the way you describe the stoma and the bag. We have to have humor in our life or we would go crazy!
My nickname is Mikamouse... so my stoma is my Minnie me... so I named her Minnie!
Hello to you and your Stella...you never gave us the reason why it's a Stella?
Mine is Seymour, after the shop assistant in "Little House of Horrors" also known as my current body....
When I woke up from my emergency surgery and looked down at that moving part on my belly, all I could think of was "feed me Seymour"