Hi everyone,
Love the help I get here! Thanks to you, I can now irrigate, though I am not doing it every day... but I can when something is coming up that I want to be sure I have no output.
My question today is about Pilates. I don't mean just a Pilates class at your local gym. But rather going to a proper Pilates studio where they use the Reformer and Cadillac machines, and where the instructors are fully certified in the Pilates methods. Classes are pricey and often one-on-one, so you get individual attention. Does anyone here do this?
I have a large peristomal hernia. I am sick of being out of shape and not flexible like I used to be. Since 2008 and two year-long fights with colon cancer, surgeries, ileostomy, permanent colostomy, and untold doses of chemo, I mourn the loss of my health. I have checked with my doctor who says go ahead. I have also read in many places where it says exercising with a hernia will only make things worse.
Pilates uses isometric exercises and seems to me to be a reasoned approach to making changes carefully and slowly as your body can handle it. Anyway, I have signed up for a one-on-one evaluation with an instructor tomorrow who thinks she can help me.
Would appreciate any feedback from anyone doing this already!

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