So…. What happens when you swallow gum and your colon is gone and you’ve had lots of abdominal surgeries (scars)? Asking for a friend 😉
I actually looked through this site and tried the ostoAI thing…. there has to have been someone who swallowed gum before yeesh.
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Hi Crossley. Ya know, I think it’s all about feelings. I don’t mean the pain feelings which could control everything. I mean the feelings inside our heads, our hearts and even our souls. I mean the feelings of who we are now compared to who we were; how we accept our situation or maybe we don’t. My wife asked how I felt and I said, “like crap”. She asked what hurt and I answered, “Nothing hurts, well, everything hurts, I don’t know, It all sucks.” That was a long time ago. You question if your feelings are normal. How normal is it to relocate your butt hole to your belly where it’s usually in the way of your belt and, you know. But that’s where we are and for lots of us we are so much better off than we were before, physically. Emotionally, psychologically, well, that might be a different story. I believe talk therapy is wonderful if we could find a real empathic or sympathetic listener. So guess what! I found MAO and began “talking” with a keyboard with some of the wisest, kindest most sympathetic and compassionate folks on the planet. Regardless of where we’ve been, lots of folks here have been there and worse places and found their way back healthier and happier. We really do help each other.
Keep “talking”,
Mike
I only swallowed Gum once, and my stoma blew a large bubble and popped waking up all the Kangaroos' and Koalas.
You know I wish this story was true since you mentioned kangaroos and koalas. 😁
Once I did when I was a kid. My first time around with an ostomy LOL. It just didn’t digest or anything. It was fine haha and I can’t believe I shared that. Hahaha
Jodie, how are you - oh, I mean how is your friend 😉 - post gum-swallowing?
Lori, hahahaha 😉 Puke-tastic at the moment but it’s hard to know if that’s to blame between Thanksgiving foods and also my kids both being down with the latest plague from school. Time or something will tell I guess?? 😁
Ha! I remembered when I was recovering from surgery day one and we are supposed to chew gum to move things along.....and I accidentally swallowed my gum. I wasnt frantic but I told a nurse right away. She said: "That is fine"
Lori, I did end up talking to a nurse friend with an ostomy because I’m down to just drinking lemonade at the moment and she said even with a colon it doesn’t digest well. She said it may hang out for a while but be prepared for something possibly funky and hydrate hydrate hydrate 😁