It's not a stupid question. Nobody will notice anything. The only way
someone will know you have it is if you tell them. For the first while the
bag will be a bit annoying but after a while you get used to it and dont
even notice it is there. It sounds to me that a colostomy will improve your
life a whole lot. If you have any questions feel free to email me
helter_skelter_ie at yahoo.ie


----- Original Message -----
From: "septemberblonde4980" <no_reply@yahoogroups.com>
To: <ukostomysupport@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 1:39 PM
Subject: [UK Ostomy Support ] Re: Operation Date!


Sorry this is probably a stupid question .......... but does it feel
any different with an ileostomy/colosotomy??? Does anyone notice??

I want this operation cause it will make my life alot easier to deal
with .......... I just hope that I will be ok!

--- In ukostomysupport@yahoogroups.com, "Helter Skelter"
<helter_skelter_ie@y...> wrote:
> Hi Emily,
>
> I am a 25 year old bloke so I understand why you are worried about
what
> blokes will think about you. The only thing I can say is that if
they are so
> shallow and you having a colostomy is off putting to them, then
they are not
> worth it. You are better off without them. I had an ileostomy
operation last
> october and have been wearing a bag since. It takes some getting
used to but
> my life is almost back to normal now. It certainly beats all the
> pain/rushing to the toilet all the time I had to go through before
it.
>
> Ciarán
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "septemberblonde4980" <no_reply@yahoogroups.com>
> To: <ukostomysupport@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 9:48 PM
> Subject: [UK Ostomy Support ] Re: Operation Date!
>
>
> > Basically when i was born I had a colostomy as i didn't have a
back
> > passage. Then when i was seven it was reversed and I had a man
made
> > one. Now since the age of 7 I have been doing wash outs and taking
> > laxatives to help me go to the toilet. Which to be honest isn't
> > really that bad! but it has got to a point now where my body can't
> > really handle it anymore. My body has become ammune to the
laxtives
> > and wash outs don't really work. It has started to affect my life
> > style as well. Work, friends, family and social. If I wont to do
> > something then I have to arrange around the time I have to take my
> > medicine. Which means I might have to take a day of work or stay
in
> > the saturday so i can go out the sunday! It doesn't sound that bad
> > but it is for me. Also recently I have been getting a lot of
> > affections which is due to what is happening to me and it is
making
> > really ill. Not all the time but sometimes. Sunday is my
medicine
> > day and I tell you it can be REALlY PAINFUL! ... like today I have
> > been in so much pain just so i can go to the toilet! .... It
> > shouldn't be like that .. not really!
> >
> > I am also worried about blokes! typical thing for a 22 year old to
> > say ... but it is true!
> >
> > --- In ukostomysupport@yahoogroups.com, Helen Garratt
<babeof71@y...>
> > wrote:
> > > Dear Emily
> > >
> > > I elected to have my ileostomy in April 2002 after
> > > about 18months of putting it off. I wasn't delayed but
> > > was kind of determined, a lot like you say you were in
> > > October. What I would say to you is - has anything
> > > actually improved since October. If so is it enough to
> > > warrant changing your plan?
> > >
> > > I would have bottled out at any time were it not for
> > > the knowledge that things could only get better.
> > >
> > > I have still some niggling problems which I beleive
> > > are related to my reduced immunity following years of
> > > steroids (does anyone else have any experience of
> > > this) and my reduced confidence through dashing to the
> > > loo every half hour. This is gone but the after
> > > effects haven't left me yet!
> > >
> > > I wish you all the best whatever you decide. I am only
> > > 31 years old and agree it is too young to be lumbered
> > > with this kind of thing but the alternative was just
> > > as bad - alifetime of sitting on the loo and worrying.
> > >
> > > Hope everything goes well for you.
> > >
> > > Helen.
> > >
> > > --- septemberblonde4980 <no_reply@yahoogroups.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > <HR>
> > > <html><body>
> > >
> > >
> > > <tt>
> > > Hiya!<BR>
> > > <BR>
> > > I am scheduled to have my colostomy operation on the
> > > 27th January. <BR>
> > > Which is good as I have been waiting along time to
> > > have this done.&nbsp; I <BR>
> > > was surposed to have it done in October last year but
> > > it got <BR>
> > > cancelled on the day and it really upset me! Now it
> > > has all been <BR>
> > > arranged for the 27th.&nbsp; But this time I am having
> > > terrible doubts. A <BR>
> > > few people are saying that I shouldn't have it done
> > > and that I am to <BR>
> > > young! Am I? It makes me wonder when I am being told
> > > this.&nbsp; I mean <BR>
> > > there isn't much wrong with me ... in the sense that I
> > > have to have <BR>
> > > this done now! I could wait a little longer ....
> > > but???? There is <BR>
> > > this but now that wasn't there before.&nbsp; Am I
> > > doing the wrong thing! <BR>
> > > What if I am ....... what if I regret it and it makes
> > > me alot more <BR>
> > > depressed than what I am now! <BR>
> > > <BR>
> > > When I was going to have it done in October I was set
> > > to have it done <BR>
> > > and noting could change my mind but now ..... but now!
> > > Why are these <BR>
> > > doubts there ... I fault them off before but they have
> > > returned and <BR>
> > > this time I can't get rid of them.&nbsp; <BR>
> > > <BR>
> > > I am so scared ............ <BR>
> > > <BR>
> > > How have people coped! .... has anyone ever been in my
> > > situation <BR>
> > > where you could choose to have to operation?<BR>
> > > <BR>
> > > I have to go ....<BR>
> > > <BR>
> > > But hope to speak to you all soon.<BR>
> > > <BR>
> > > Emily<BR>
> > > <BR>
> > > </tt>
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