Good morning. I think I might have a stomach hernia. I would like to start wearing a belt. I am 6 months post-ileostomy. The medical team failed to tell me the risks of hernias. Recommendations for a belt would be appreciated.
Mbmach
Mar 03, 2025 4:05 pm
SusanT
Mar 03, 2025 5:21 pm
My surgical team failed to warn me about hernias too. That seems to be a common omission. Thanks to the people here for teaching me that.
Nu Hope is frequently recommended, and I am waiting on my custom belt from them (I have 2 stomas, so an off-the-shelf belt won't work).
I am using a belt from the following company, which I like but needed to pay for out of pocket. The Nu Hope belt is being covered by insurance.
https://ostomybagholder.com/?utm_source=yotpo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=map_logo&ref=yotpo_75
Stealth belts are frequently mentioned as good. I was unable to get the 2-hole belt I needed from them, so no personal experience.
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Gracie Bella
Mar 03, 2025 8:31 pm
Good morning from New Zealand,
Yep, nobody told me about hernias when I got my ileostomy 28 years ago either.
You said it was an abdominal hernia? Is it above your stoma or under your stoma? Hernias under your stoma are called a parastomal hernia, a visible bulge in the abdominal wall near the stoma. I have had both, and I had to have surgery for both.
My abdominal hernia, which was caused by my abdominal wall being weakened from at least (if not more) 33 open bowel surgeries, and I had to have a big piece of mesh put in to strengthen my abdominal wall.
I have had 5 parastomal hernias even though I was very careful, which is why I now have so many scars on my abdomen, which sometimes makes it tough injecting my insulin every day, as injecting into a scar is very painful.
I found that I could get very affordable hernia support belts on this site:
https://www.aliexpress.com/
For my parastomal hernia (which is very small), I got this hernia support belt:
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For my incisional hernia, I got a belt similar to this:
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Except I wore it above my stoma. It was not comfortable, and it was warm, but it did the job until I got my hernia operation.
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