Stoma Site Characteristics - Flat or Protruding?

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letsrock
Mar 30, 2016 11:27 pm

Just curious for the colostomy folks on here. Is the area where your stoma is located flat like the rest of the stomach or do you have a hill or protruding round area?...........

AlistairC
Mar 31, 2016 12:39 am

Hey, Alistair here...

I had a big mound when I first got mine. It was so big I had a tough time getting the wafer to stay on. I called it my "Ostomy Boob". After I was done with my post-surgery chemo treatments, I had another surgery to flatten it out. It was a big hernia caused by the first surgery. My surgeon installed some mesh to help with future hernia problems... so far so good.

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Cc
Mar 31, 2016 4:36 pm

Two years ago when the colostomy was done, it was flat. Now it has become an "ostomy boob". I am heading back to the US in about two weeks and will check with the doctor. I will report the findings.

letsrock
Mar 31, 2016 5:04 pm

Mine has never been flat, sort of a small hill. I went to have it checked out, not a hernia, according to them, but not as flat as promised...

Bill
Apr 01, 2016 5:51 am

Mine's always been a mound - I love the term "ostomy boob"

 

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Mrs.A
Apr 03, 2016 9:52 pm

My stomach hasn't been flat since my first pregnancy. Since the colostomy, it now looks like two distinctive halves of a once-round object. Kind of like one's backside

Newbie Dana
Apr 04, 2016 10:59 pm

Amen, Mrs. A! I, too, have my backside on my front side after 2 C-sections, colon resection, and colostomy, all leaving scar tissue in the same area! Oh well, I just look at it as my "living life war medals"!