For years I suffered with a crooked stoma. At first, I thought it was just me not being able to apply my wafer. However, over the years my stoma hasn't changed and my leakage problems still persist. A few years ago, I went to my original surgeon to see if he would help by fixing my stoma. He flatly refused!!! He told me that he gave me a "perfect stoma" and he wasn't gonna do nothing about it. So I continued to live with the leakage problems and my skin breaking down until I couldn't take it anymore. I found a new surgeon and asked him to help. He agreed that I shouldn't have to live with a crooked stoma and so my surgery is set. My problem now is, I'm getting really nervous about the upcoming surgery. This will be my 5th surgery in 6 years and for some reason, I'm really nervous about this surgery. Is this normal? Has anyone else had the same thing done? I know this will solve my problems but I just don't understand why I'm nervous about this particular surgery. Can anyone shed some light on this for me? I think I need someone to talk to about it... Thanks, for any help on this matter.
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