My surgeon, Dr. Quack, has just informed me that I still have 6 cm of dead colon up my jacksie.
I have had a colostomy for 33 years.
I asked about this stoma-like (well, feels like) thing that makes a hell of a mess of my gruts.
He called it a stump and it was quite common, but the fix isn't worth investigating (I know how bad that sounds, but he wrote it in a letter that he sent to my GP, Dr. Quack).
Has anyone had the same thing? I hope not, but having a colostomy, urostomy, and being told to wear pantyliners/nappies doesn't wash.
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