I'm over the moon and doing a happy dance. I just got to wear my jeans out shopping.
My first time wearing jeans since the operation! They fitted just under the flange surrounding Tomi and sat really well. They were comfortable too!
I had to make slight adjustments to the top I was wearing so that it covered the bag fully, but I did it and headed out to the shops.
I felt attractive and confident for the first time in ages. I looked good and healthy and had some nice compliments too, so that was even better.
I am so very happy because I am not a skirt kind of girl... Jeans and a pretty top do it for me, so the last 3 months of skirts has been a challenge. I have found I can tolerate skirts a lot better than I did before... well, I wouldn't be seen dead in a skirt or a dress. Jeans and trousers all the way.
I just wanted to share because I am so happy that I could wear jeans (and I've lost enough bloat around the middle to wear jeans I thought I had outgrown... yippee) and they were comfortable.
Happy happy happy!
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Hi gang,
I was thinking what a great resource this site has been for me since I found it. It would have been really helpful, but maybe a bit scary, to have found it before my ostomy, but that's water under the bridge. But I got thinking about it, and now I'm questioning why doctors and hospitals don't provide this site's contact info to any patient even considering an ostomy today. And how can we change that so potential ostomates can learn about the road ahead for them by getting on here and asking questions before the docs go chop-chop. How exactly do you get all hospitals to provide their patients specific information, like this website?
I just happened to find this site something like 4 years after my ostomy when I Googled "ostomy forum" or something like that. But I never found it during previous searches.....so I found this site pretty much by pure luck. We need to find a way to make this site available to new or soon-to-be ostomates......as that's when we really need to commiserate with fellow ostomates. Anybody have any thoughts on how we do this?
Thanks,
Bob
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That's so cute. I was like that as well. Lolol, I never thought I would ever. So we all get it, I think. Lol. Next: shorts and bikini top. That's me. Wait for summer though. Hahahh
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So happy that you are. Good on ya, Mare!
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Hi Lilac. I am so happy for you! It's a great feeling to go out amongst the living and feel good about yourself. I have a question for you. Maybe ignorance is bliss for me? I have been wearing jeans since I came home in November. Was there some kind of "rule" that mandated no wearing of jeans? Am I at risk for leakage? Now I am worried. Your thoughts, please. Yaya
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I'm still over the moon about getting to wear my jeans. It was a huge deal for me
I didn't have a rule about not wearing jeans - it's more that I was so bloated and in so much pain for about 6 months before my operation that I couldn't wear jeans no matter how much I wanted to, then I had the operation and well, that was about 6 weeks ago so the tummy has been a little delicate ever since. Yesterday I tried on the jeans and found they fit and so I was off and running (okay, toddling - still a bit wobbly on my pins lol)
Such a major accomplishment - I'd lost heaps of bloat - 2 dress sizes worth of bloat - and my stomach had stopped aching and feeling delicate - so I gave it a go
and I am so pleased I did
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