The beginning of June '16 my intestines burst and I had an emergency surgery with a power wash as the Dr. put it. I woke up with colostomy and a wound vac for the long slice down my stomach. I am happy to be alive and I made it to my daughters highschool graduation before this fiasco so that keeps me grateful every day. But educated on this , I am not. They sent me home with the Hollister snap on bag that has a wafer. I usually warm up the wafer a little with the hair dryer and that makes it stick so I can leave the base on a week and change the bag every couple of days. Since it snaps off its easy to clean or empty if not super pasty stuff. I have seen people write about liners and deodorant that I would be interested to learn more, I see there iare a lot of companies. I'm challenged with wearing pants cuz it's right at belly button height. I'm just trying to figure out what it's all about. Dr. Said in 6-8 months they could do a reversal but that it is a bigger operation than the first because of scar tissue etc. I'm just focusing on healing from this wound. Anyway I just wanted to say hi and thanks for all the posts and your honesty on such a subject!
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