Managing Stoma Noise - Tips for Dating with an Ileostomy

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celtic
Apr 16, 2011 10:10 pm

I have an ileostomy and just love my food. I eat everything, including what I know I shouldn't.

But now I'm starting to date, I'm struggling to find what to eat that won't cause too much gas and noise with my bag...
Can anybody give me any helpful tips...

ron in mich
Apr 17, 2011 2:53 am

Hi, don't eat anything with beans. Good luck, Ron in Mich.

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celtic
Apr 17, 2011 3:43 am

Yeah, I stay away from the obvious,...but still have the same problem.

WOUNDED DOE
Apr 17, 2011 4:00 am

Hi, dairy makes me a bit noisy at times... and sauerkraut... I eat everything I shouldn't too... good luck, hun.

cagabolsa
Apr 17, 2011 10:03 pm

If you wish to live a normal life and eat anything you desire, but worry about dating, then maybe you just shouldn't date at all.
If you wish to date and not have to bother about belly farts, I hope you find someone normal and understanding, and the rest who finds belly farts offending or rude..... well just send them to shit basically.
Please don't put up with other people's narrow-minded selective moralities.
Live and enjoy your life.
Be assertive.

 

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cagabolsa
Apr 17, 2011 10:34 pm

And by the way... I am babysitting my kid's parrot (African red-tailed grey).
He perfectly imitates my belly farts, my burps, coughs, and laughter.
Would I have to avoid walking past his cage to not be embarrassed, especially when other people are around?
The answer is NO. He reproduces a belly fart, and I laugh about it.
The parrot then imitates my laugh, and I laugh even more.
In return, the parrot sets in again, and we soon cannot stop laughing (including whoever is around at that moment).
So, instead of developing belly fart anxiety syndrome, you should have a very good laugh.
Eat, drink, and laugh!

Maybe someone could design a stoma muffler (like the ones used in the exhaust of a car and motorbike).

funnygurl
Apr 18, 2011 3:51 am

Beano makes tablets now and they work! Try them.

celtic
Apr 18, 2011 4:31 am

Beano? Haven't heard of this!!

celtic
Apr 18, 2011 4:34 am
.....maybe I need a parrot...thanks for your positive words...I probably have more of a problem with the noise than anybody...I've seen me starve myself before a date and eaten only a couple bananas...eekkkk I know, I have to get over it!
Pinky
Apr 18, 2011 5:18 pm

BEANO
You may have to order it online if it's not available in NZ. It's an over-the-counter enzyme product - works very well either taken before eating or if you forget, it even works after eating.

celtic
Apr 18, 2011 8:03 pm

Thanks, Pinky. I'll look into it.

ayjay
Apr 19, 2011 7:03 pm

Hi there, I'm Angie. I've found things that cause embarrassing noises are any milk products, peas, vegetables, brown bread, especially the milk products. If I'm going anywhere, I just don't eat until I get back. I just drink water. Good luck.

Tee Bag
May 19, 2011 4:30 pm

Oily fish, coffee, broccoli, and beans were my noise makers. I also worried about that problem in the beginning of dating my boyfriend of over a year now, but I figured it's life and it happens, and if he wanted to be with me, then he'd have to accept it. I wasn't about to give up the foods I enjoy just because of being embarrassed by a sound. Not to mention, he jokes about the stoma noises and laughs right along with me at the silly sounds. He calls it my own personal squeak toy...lol
Another thing to laugh about is waking up with the "Hindenburg effect." That's always fun after a night of drinking a few beers

Best wishes to you.
jimcec29
May 24, 2011 8:42 am

I'm fine with most foods I eat, haven't really seen any problem with anything I eat. Going for my first operation on June 9th which is to attach my large intestine back together again, will still have the ileostomy, got another 2 operations after the first one before I'm (hopefully) back to normal, or as normal as I'm ever going to be.

austen
May 24, 2011 8:41 pm

Anytime my stoma makes fart noises, I lift my leg after it to look like it was a normal fart but with a delayed leg action. Always gets a good laugh. Give it a go.

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May 24, 2011 11:22 pm

   You're not related to me, Dad, are you?!    Love it, mate. Absolutely priceless!