Reply to w30bob
In my experience, my stoma is never the same at each barrier change. Size can differ, so I only cut the opening just before use and hope I didn't get it too large, so I don't get an acid burn.
BobMac21
Mar 14, 2023 2:16 pm
w30bob
Mar 14, 2023 3:46 pm
Hi Bob,
I just had my stoma revised, and so far it's staying exactly the same size.......knock on wood. The mess of a stoma I had before was a different story, but now that I have a proper 'rosebud' it's behaving well. Speaking of behaving........my previous stoma was flush to my skin, for the most part, and no rosebud........just a real mess of skin. So I never actually saw my intestine sticking out, just the very tip of the opening. The other morning I was changing my barrier on my new stoma.......and it started moving! I was like WTF??? Then I realized I was seeing my own peristalsis for the first time. Very interesting.
;O)
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Mar 23, 2023 2:31 pm
Reply to Cplumber
She is awesome. I follow her on TikTok (basically all I look at on there is ostomy-related posts) and YouTube as well.
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BetaScience
Jul 24, 2023 1:28 am
I would never! I've hidden it my entire life (I'm in my 30s and had my colostomy at 1 day old because of a birth defect). I'm posting like crazy today because I tend to forget about this group- sorry for old post replies.
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Dec 26, 2023 4:59 am
Reply to Ben38
"With your bag out on show"
I have a really nice bag I wear. It's transparent and looks like a bag of chocolate with a pink strawberry at the top. I don't even like looking at it. Why would I expect others to like or want to see it?
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