I have been reading recently about people on here who have had the parastomal hernia repair surgery and had their stoma sink into their skin/have trouble keeping a bag on, etc. Has anyone had a success story with a parastomal hernia repair? Where their stoma did not sink into their skin? I am about to have this surgery along with incisional hernia repair in a month and a half, and I just want some reassurance that I am not going to have an issue. I already have enough trouble trying to keep my stoma above my skin level, and I thought that was due to the hernia. But if hernia repair is going to leave me worse off than I am now, I am not sure I want it. Can anyone say they had great success with parastomal hernia repair?

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