My husband and I have been married for 48 years. Born with extrophy of the bladder, I was given a ureterosigmoidostomy. At age 69, with a bowel perforation, I had to get a colostomy and a uro conduit. For the past 9 years in a king bed, I could only sleep on my right side, tethered to an overnight bag. My husband accepted the ostomies, but only once or twice came over to cuddle me. Every night, he turned on his left side and went to sleep. Finally, after missing "touch," I moved out of the bedroom and decreased any opportunity of neglect.
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