Since having the colostomy operation, I am having to use the disabled toilets when I am out shopping, and I have already been given the disapproving stare because I don't look disabled.
Are disabled toilets for people with disabilities or only those with visible and obvious disabilities?
I got the most disapproving stare from some girl who was running at high speed to use the disabled toilet... gave me the impression she was attempting to jump the queue in the ladies'... but I said sorry because I was there and needed to use it for a bag change, but I don't want to spend my life apologizing for needing to use the disabled toilets.
I hate this aspect of the stoma, and I find this embarrassing.
I can handle most of it, but this is really confronting.
I just can't do a bag change on the toilet in the ladies' room - there isn't enough room in that there squatty cubicle.
Can anyone advise me on what to do in this situation before my head explodes with embarrassment or I give someone a flurry of words and invite them to have dear Tomi the stoma for a couple of days and see how they like it.
I do not want to lose it over something that may be minor or have an easy solution.
Thanks heaps.
Are disabled toilets for people with disabilities or only those with visible and obvious disabilities?
I got the most disapproving stare from some girl who was running at high speed to use the disabled toilet... gave me the impression she was attempting to jump the queue in the ladies'... but I said sorry because I was there and needed to use it for a bag change, but I don't want to spend my life apologizing for needing to use the disabled toilets.
I hate this aspect of the stoma, and I find this embarrassing.
I can handle most of it, but this is really confronting.
I just can't do a bag change on the toilet in the ladies' room - there isn't enough room in that there squatty cubicle.
Can anyone advise me on what to do in this situation before my head explodes with embarrassment or I give someone a flurry of words and invite them to have dear Tomi the stoma for a couple of days and see how they like it.
I do not want to lose it over something that may be minor or have an easy solution.
Thanks heaps.