Thanks Wildlife, the things you said to avoid eating are all my favorite things, LOL .I am willing to put those foods aside that's for sure. As far as milking the stoma, when it had my surgery in 07 the surgeon thought I would prefer a flat stoma, flush to my skin. To tell you the truth I didn't look into stoma at all. I had lost my husband in 06 , I had a anal fistula that was open to the vaginal wall. I went a year in so much pain I couldn't stand it any longer and had the surgery without much info to go on. I was just so happy to be out of pain, I couldn't sleep , I couldn't eat, I told my Dr. I thought I was loosing my mind, a year with no sleep was really getting to me. So I don't think milking the stom is possible for me. My Dr. Did tell me about a enema type thing that I could do every morning and then not be bothered with it the rest of the day, which I'm seriously considering. I also have an ileostomy, it doesn't give me much problems at all. But god my colostomy goes non stop, it drives me crazy. I must be in the bathroom 15-20 times a day. I can't stand having anything in my pouch. Thank you so much for the info, any help would be great. Aileen always in the bathroom Green, lol

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