STOMA SIZE AND SHAPE.
Those with stomas know full well
that they may shrink or they may swell
and that won’t help with management,
which can lead to discouragement.
When stomas start to shrink, I think
the wafers start to leak and stink
because they do not fit so tight
until we start to put things right.
As we see our receding gut
make stomas smaller, the hole gets cut
to match the size it has become
and, to frustration some succumb.
It’s good to have stability,
for then there’s an ability
to get into a good routine
and keep our stomas pristine clean.
As many ostomates will know
it’s much the same when stomas grow
out of shape and have a kink,
which throws our routines out of sync.
Prolapsed stomas, so I’m told
probably will fit this mould,
where suddenly it can expand
and then this can get out of hand.
My solution has been to try
to fathom out the reasons why
designers of devices seem not
to have addressed this vexing spot.
Is it that they can’t profit
from the time that’s spent on it?
Or could it be that changes may
be too much from day to day?
Meanwhile, we must struggle on
and hope these problems will be gone.
B. Withers 2025
My sincere thanks to infinitycastle for supplying the concept.