hi all.
well its a year ago when i had my ileostomy and what a blast it has been. things have improved beyond anything i could have imagined and if there is anybody out there that is new to their ostomy and they feel their world has ended i hope you can take some hope from this.
this time last year every minute of my waking hours were devoted to this bag, checking, looking constantly stressing my self and evrybody around me. i would be in the shower without the bag on and unable to get out due to the stuff keep pumping out, we had it all over at times and there were days when i would just scream and cry, yes this mature man bawling and taking it out on everybody that got in my way.
people challenging me on why i was using a dissabled loo bought frustration and anger. doctors surgeries questioning me on the amount of supplies i needed caused me to flip and really lose the plot so much that i was sent to a medical shrink, that was a laugh.
i have managed to change things around by getting myself organised, a small amount of planning goes a long long way with this thing. i decided that the reason that people were asking why i was using the dissabled loo was cause i did not look disabled and that contary to what i thought, the bag did not show and that everybody was notstaring at me, in fact most people have forgotton about it now and someone at work even asked last week when did i get it reversed thinking that as i was back working full time i must not have it any more.
i even go out now with the hordes of spare bags and wipes and stuff,and sometimes i forget to take anythig at all
ive managed to loose weight and am fitter than ive been in 20 years, tomorrow im off with my walking pals in the northumberland hills and ill be leading the way.
ive listenned and talked with people on this site and you have all been a great help, i now realise its just normal folk that end up with ostomys and they all the same normal problems as me.
so if there there is any body that has just had this done and is struggling then have some hope
well its a year ago when i had my ileostomy and what a blast it has been. things have improved beyond anything i could have imagined and if there is anybody out there that is new to their ostomy and they feel their world has ended i hope you can take some hope from this.
this time last year every minute of my waking hours were devoted to this bag, checking, looking constantly stressing my self and evrybody around me. i would be in the shower without the bag on and unable to get out due to the stuff keep pumping out, we had it all over at times and there were days when i would just scream and cry, yes this mature man bawling and taking it out on everybody that got in my way.
people challenging me on why i was using a dissabled loo bought frustration and anger. doctors surgeries questioning me on the amount of supplies i needed caused me to flip and really lose the plot so much that i was sent to a medical shrink, that was a laugh.
i have managed to change things around by getting myself organised, a small amount of planning goes a long long way with this thing. i decided that the reason that people were asking why i was using the dissabled loo was cause i did not look disabled and that contary to what i thought, the bag did not show and that everybody was notstaring at me, in fact most people have forgotton about it now and someone at work even asked last week when did i get it reversed thinking that as i was back working full time i must not have it any more.
i even go out now with the hordes of spare bags and wipes and stuff,and sometimes i forget to take anythig at all
ive managed to loose weight and am fitter than ive been in 20 years, tomorrow im off with my walking pals in the northumberland hills and ill be leading the way.
ive listenned and talked with people on this site and you have all been a great help, i now realise its just normal folk that end up with ostomys and they all the same normal problems as me.
so if there there is any body that has just had this done and is struggling then have some hope