Hi Shahla,
Do you have access to a stoma nurse? They are worth their weight in
gold and could give you some good support and advice.

There are stoma support garments available in the form of underpants
or wide "belts". The belt is a very flexible band that is secured with
velcro. It goes around the abdominal area and gives firm but not tight
support. I wear one when I am doing any "more strenuous" activities
... eg sweeping, mopping, maybe a bit of light gardening etc.
I think the one I use is made by Omnigon. The pants are also designed
to give firm but not tight support but have to be fitted better (the
belt is adjustable).

It is important for you to speak to your doctor or stomal nurse to ask
what type of activities you can do safely and which to avoid.

Hope that is helpful,
Good luck with all that,
Aussie hugs, Kay :)



--- In ileostomy@yahoogroups.com, shahla soofbafian <shahalaca@...> wrote:
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> Hi everybody,
> I had 3 surgeries in the year of 2006 and 2007 and 2008,
> the last one was on november 2008,... 3 months ago, they fixed the
hernia of the right side , then reside the stoma to the left side, ...
now after this operation I have a pain in the left side, and the
mussels under the stoma is getting sowallow and I really scare to get
hernia this side, so if anybody has any advise to protect and prevent
hernia, please let me know, I will be very appritiated, Good luck, Shahla
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