I have a colostomy (since May 2016). I was noticing in September that my stomach around my stoma would get hard, I'd feel nauseous at times, have pings of sharp pain on the top or side of my stoma. I was able to see my ET nurse who said I had a hernia. But I don't understand why my stomach gets so rock hard for a few days to a week. When it's "normal" everything's fine but when it's hard I leak every day and have to change everything. I've asked about this in my support group and no one's heard of this before. I'm not sure what to do. My ET nurse said when it's hard it's probably full and just working but I have normal BMs during the time when it's hard. Once to twice a day.
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