Stoma and Ileostomy photoshoot
When surgery became a possibility I did what we all do these days and googled it… THAT was a mistake (seriously don’t google stomas, you’ll give yourself nightmares!!)
Many images are medical, none are particularly flattering, most are terrifying.
Since having my subtotal colectomy and ileostomy I have realised that neither is anywhere near as frightening as I thought they would be. My bag is barely noticeable and my stoma is kind of cute to be honest!
I had two separate emails from women recently, one saying she had a stoma and an ileostomy a few years ago and didn’t leave the house for six months till she had the takedown surgery. And another from a woman due to have surgery who spoke of her fears of being ‘ugly’ and ‘disgusting’. Both emails broke my heart. I feel so sad that this life saving operation has such a bad reputation when it comes to looks and self esteem.
I understand the feelings. When I first had my surgery I was to scared to look at my stoma. The thought of my intestines being on the outside horrified me and from the images I had seen online, I believed my femininity and any form of attractiveness would have been removed along with my diseased bowel.
Since then I have been googling A LOT – I wanted to find some powerful, beautiful images of women with ileostomy or colostomy bags and stomas to share on this blog. I struggled…. There are some model shoots for stoma products that I found cheesy. There are plenty of medical photos and quite a few selfies!
So I decided that as I live with a photographer and Im not really a wallflower that I may as well do a photo shoot to show off my bag and stoma and hopefully to create a series of photos that show femininity, sexuality, creativity and beauty.
I would LOVE your feedback as Im feeling quite nervous about putting these out there… I wanted to show others the true face of stomas and ileostomies. Im obviously not a model, Im a normal size 16 woman with wobbly bits and stretch marks.
I have a stoma and I wear an ileostomy bag but they are such a small part of what I am. I hope this can inspire others who have had or are due to have the surgery. Your body is awesome. This surgery saves lives and that little bit of intestine doesn’t change who you are – be proud, be confident and be amazing.
Love Sam xx
All photography is by the awesome Timm Cleasby of The Picture Foundry.
Wow Sam, you are looking great. I really hope that other sufferers will take encouragement from seeing these photos.
Thanks Lynn! I hoped I too x
Inspirational pics. I feel cheered up having seen them and it’s only day 2 after the op!
Wow Sam, you are looking great. I really hope that other sufferers will take encouragement from seeing these photos.
Thanks Lynn! I hoped I too x
Inspirational pics. I feel cheered up having seen them and it’s only day 2 after the op!
Sam, you know I love these. You are beautiful and you have created the photos you were looking for x
Thanks Corinne x
Sam, you know I love these. You are beautiful and you have created the photos you were looking for x
Thanks Corinne x
Good for you Sam,you will inspire young women and show them they can still be confident,happy and sexy! Great photos xx
Thanks Jo x
Good for you Sam,you will inspire young women and show them they can still be confident,happy and sexy! Great photos xx
Thanks Jo x
Wow those are beautiful. Shows you just what a tiny part of us our stoma actually is! Xx
Exactly! I thought it would be huge and take over my whole stomach – it’s so small really x
I know it’s been 3+ years. I was wondering how you are doing now. Thank you for being real and I loved your photos
Wow those are beautiful. Shows you just what a tiny part of us our stoma actually is! Xx
Exactly! I thought it would be huge and take over my whole stomach – it’s so small really x
WOW…..You look fantastic and thats just it…this journey has been hard for you but you just turned that into a positive for others. I wish i had half your confidence…oh and also loving your sequin pants x x x
Thanks Tracey xxx
WOW…..You look fantastic and thats just it…this journey has been hard for you but you just turned that into a positive for others. I wish i had half your confidence…oh and also loving your sequin pants x x x
Thanks Tracey xxx
you are marvelous and stunning xxxxxx
Thank you Jo x
you are marvelous and stunning xxxxxx
Thank you Jo x
Sam, you always have been, and always will be, a beautiful and sexy woman and these photos do not surprise me one little bit.
Thanks a lot Mandy! You’re making me blush!
Sam, you always have been, and always will be, a beautiful and sexy woman and these photos do not surprise me one little bit.
Thanks a lot Mandy! You’re making me blush!
You look gorgeous.
Xx
You look gorgeous.
Xx
Sam. These are amazing. Truly. You’ve done a remarkable thing I think.
My daughter had a colostomy when she was newborn due to an ano-rectal malformation. It was reversed when she was about 7 months old so she never had to deal with any negative feelings about herself thankfully. It’s amazing how quickly everyone gets used to it though. (She’s 10 now and doesn’t even know she has a scar on her tummy)
I’m not sure why I mention that except to say I understand a tiny tiny bit of what you’re going through right now. Much love and healing to you and yours while your recovery continues. Xxx
Thanks so much for sharing – it’s hard enough when it’s myself, I can’t imagine how difficult it is to watch your baby go through it.
Glad she’s doing we’ll now x
Sam. These are amazing. Truly. You’ve done a remarkable thing I think.
My daughter had a colostomy when she was newborn due to an ano-rectal malformation. It was reversed when she was about 7 months old so she never had to deal with any negative feelings about herself thankfully. It’s amazing how quickly everyone gets used to it though. (She’s 10 now and doesn’t even know she has a scar on her tummy)
I’m not sure why I mention that except to say I understand a tiny tiny bit of what you’re going through right now. Much love and healing to you and yours while your recovery continues. Xxx
Thanks so much for sharing – it’s hard enough when it’s myself, I can’t imagine how difficult it is to watch your baby go through it.
Glad she’s doing we’ll now x
Amazing photos photos of a beautiful woman. Completely and utterly inspiring 🙂
Thank you x
Amazing photos photos of a beautiful woman. Completely and utterly inspiring 🙂
Thank you x
That is a fantastic and brave thing you’ve done there Sam… I hope you and this excellent photo shoot by Timm will inspire and even help other folk, especially women, in similar situations to cope just that bit better. xx Roi
Cheers Roi, I hope it helps others going through similar things xx
That is a fantastic and brave thing you’ve done there Sam… I hope you and this excellent photo shoot by Timm will inspire and even help other folk, especially women, in similar situations to cope just that bit better. xx Roi
Cheers Roi, I hope it helps others going through similar things xx
Wow! You look so beautiful and so well…and do you know what? It was your face and eyes I noticed first, not your bag .xxx
It’s such a small part of me but at times it feels that it’s all people see. Thank you x
Wow! You look so beautiful and so well…and do you know what? It was your face and eyes I noticed first, not your bag .xxx
It’s such a small part of me but at times it feels that it’s all people see. Thank you x
I think you nailed it. Beautiful pictures of a strong woman not being defined by her surgery, non cheesy? All check and check. Awesome.
Thank you lovely x
I think you nailed it. Beautiful pictures of a strong woman not being defined by her surgery, non cheesy? All check and check. Awesome.
Thank you lovely x
Hey you. I like your pants. so sequeeny!
You gotta have sparkly pants!!!
Hey you. I like your pants. so sequeeny!
You gotta have sparkly pants!!!
Sexy beeatch 😀 You look fantastic and the stoma just looks like one of the Strawberry naevus things that people have. I’m surprised at how small and discreet the bag is!!
Well done you for giving hope to other women through these photos xxxxx
It’s so small! A lot smaller than I thought it would be!
Sexy beeatch 😀 You look fantastic and the stoma just looks like one of the Strawberry naevus things that people have. I’m surprised at how small and discreet the bag is!!
Well done you for giving hope to other women through these photos xxxxx
It’s so small! A lot smaller than I thought it would be!
You are absolutely stunning! Well done you!
Xx
You are absolutely stunning! Well done you!
Xx
Looking very sexy Mrs! Xxx
Why thank you!! X
Looking very sexy Mrs! Xxx
Why thank you!! X
You look amazing and these photographs are wonderful. I hope that other women will be inspired by these and feelnas beautiful as you obviously do
Cheers x
You look amazing and these photographs are wonderful. I hope that other women will be inspired by these and feelnas beautiful as you obviously do
Cheers x
Love you a bit. x
*blush*
Love you a bit. x
*blush*
Inspirational & you look truly amazing 🙂
Inspirational & you look truly amazing 🙂
Wonderful. I’m glad that you can and have taken these. Inspirational to many.
Wonderful. I’m glad that you can and have taken these. Inspirational to many.
Sam you are a brave and very beautiful,you are an inspirational to every one about to have the same surgary.
Sam you are a brave and very beautiful,you are an inspirational to every one about to have the same surgary.
Great photos. Interesting to view the stoma and surgery scars in the context of other body modifications and choices (tattoos, hair, clothes). I know it is not a choice and these photos can’t possibly reflect all you have been through, but they put the stoma in its place as just another life event in a full life. The medical photos never show this so the stomas always seem huge. If I end up having a stoma these photos show that I will not become the bag. Thanks for sharing.
Id never thought of it like that! Thank you xx
Great photos. Interesting to view the stoma and surgery scars in the context of other body modifications and choices (tattoos, hair, clothes). I know it is not a choice and these photos can’t possibly reflect all you have been through, but they put the stoma in its place as just another life event in a full life. The medical photos never show this so the stomas always seem huge. If I end up having a stoma these photos show that I will not become the bag. Thanks for sharing.
Id never thought of it like that! Thank you xx
Lil sis as your brother in law there’s something’s I shouldn’t see, you shouldn’t have worn those bloody stockings!!
On a serious note, totally beautiful pictures xxxxx
Hahaha sorry Rev!! Just getting you back for never having clothes on when we Skype!!! xx
Lil sis as your brother in law there’s something’s I shouldn’t see, you shouldn’t have worn those bloody stockings!!
On a serious note, totally beautiful pictures xxxxx
Hahaha sorry Rev!! Just getting you back for never having clothes on when we Skype!!! xx
Selfless and great thing to do. Debunked and de-mystified, and showing that you did, you can and do still look good!
Selfless and great thing to do. Debunked and de-mystified, and showing that you did, you can and do still look good!
I came back to look again as I am really taken with these photos. You need to SEO the becheebus out of these pics so every woman (or man) who googles for stoma or ileostomy feels slightly more like a human. Fanks x
I came back to look again as I am really taken with these photos. You need to SEO the becheebus out of these pics so every woman (or man) who googles for stoma or ileostomy feels slightly more like a human. Fanks x
Those pictures are amazing – lucky you living with a photographer! Not that I’m saying you don’t look gorgeous all the time, ahem. Anyhow I really admire you for getting this post out there to help others, as I’m sure there muct be plenty of others who need that boost in confidence and to know it doesn’t stop you being the rest of who you are (if that makes sense?!). x
Those pictures are amazing – lucky you living with a photographer! Not that I’m saying you don’t look gorgeous all the time, ahem. Anyhow I really admire you for getting this post out there to help others, as I’m sure there muct be plenty of others who need that boost in confidence and to know it doesn’t stop you being the rest of who you are (if that makes sense?!). x
Damn! You are and look amazing. I love how you are smashing taboos. I love how you are owning your body, your stoma and your own sexuality. By you doing it, you are also giving ‘permission’ and encouragement to EVERY woman. You are my heroine and woman crush. Hahah! Does that sound creepy? Sorry! Sam: you rock!
Little bit creepy but I love it!! Hahaha never been a woman crush before 😀 xxxxx
Damn! You are and look amazing. I love how you are smashing taboos. I love how you are owning your body, your stoma and your own sexuality. By you doing it, you are also giving ‘permission’ and encouragement to EVERY woman. You are my heroine and woman crush. Hahah! Does that sound creepy? Sorry! Sam: you rock!
Little bit creepy but I love it!! Hahaha never been a woman crush before 😀 xxxxx
Think your amazing Sam your photos are gorgeous! my mum has a urostomy so I know how she felt when she first had it and she still feels very conscious about it now years later. You are an inspiration to others! x
Think your amazing Sam your photos are gorgeous! my mum has a urostomy so I know how she felt when she first had it and she still feels very conscious about it now years later. You are an inspiration to others! x
You are a courageous young lady to help others through such an ordeal. Half the battle is to eliminate the fear. And your beautiful..
You are a courageous young lady to help others through such an ordeal. Half the battle is to eliminate the fear. And your beautiful..
My son is on peritoneal dialysis and has a peritoneal dialysis catheter in his stomach . He has never let it limit his activities. He had a kidney transplant in 2000, but a respiratory infection set off a rejection of the kidney in Sept of this year.He did not get depressed at going back on dialysis, just faced it as something he had to do to live.
My son is on peritoneal dialysis and has a peritoneal dialysis catheter in his stomach . He has never let it limit his activities. He had a kidney transplant in 2000, but a respiratory infection set off a rejection of the kidney in Sept of this year.He did not get depressed at going back on dialysis, just faced it as something he had to do to live.
Beautifully done! I was a Home Health nurse and dealt with several patients with both colostomies and ileostomies and it really isn’t that bad – especially if they have good surgeons. Thank you for sharing these lovely photos.
Beautifully done! I was a Home Health nurse and dealt with several patients with both colostomies and ileostomies and it really isn’t that bad – especially if they have good surgeons. Thank you for sharing these lovely photos.
These are stunning, I have been hoping to have some black and white photos done of my new post op body. You are exactly right about the images on the internet, they are terrifying. These are just the right kind of images the world needs to see – you look fantastic.
These are stunning, I have been hoping to have some black and white photos done of my new post op body. You are exactly right about the images on the internet, they are terrifying. These are just the right kind of images the world needs to see – you look fantastic.
Lady, you are ROCKING! Seriously. You are a beautiful woman. Who gives a shit (ha ha) how that shit ( see what I did there?) exits your body? I’m jealous of your stoma. Mine was a car crash compared with yours. Giggle….stoma envy….words I never thought I’d say 😉
Continue Super Human, you are the best xxx
Lady, you are ROCKING! Seriously. You are a beautiful woman. Who gives a shit (ha ha) how that shit ( see what I did there?) exits your body? I’m jealous of your stoma. Mine was a car crash compared with yours. Giggle….stoma envy….words I never thought I’d say 😉
Continue Super Human, you are the best xxx
You look amazing! You’ve done so much to help other people, you should be so proud of yourself x
You look amazing! You’ve done so much to help other people, you should be so proud of yourself x
Great job and great blog, keep smashing it!
Great job and great blog, keep smashing it!
What amazingly powerful images. So beautiful. So brave. xxx
What amazingly powerful images. So beautiful. So brave. xxx
i love these!!! i have been thinking of doing some pics for my husband…. he has been my rock for so many years. i am not ashamed of my stoma….. it has brought me to where i am in life today… i am for free than i have been in a long long time!! you are a beautiful woman…. keep rocking it…. looking forward to seeing more!!
Thanks for your comment! You should definitely have some photos taken, it was very empowering x
i love these!!! i have been thinking of doing some pics for my husband…. he has been my rock for so many years. i am not ashamed of my stoma….. it has brought me to where i am in life today… i am for free than i have been in a long long time!! you are a beautiful woman…. keep rocking it…. looking forward to seeing more!!
Thanks for your comment! You should definitely have some photos taken, it was very empowering x
Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous, absolutely love these pictures, you look amazing! Such positive images, you should be bloody proud of yourself!!!
Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous, absolutely love these pictures, you look amazing! Such positive images, you should be bloody proud of yourself!!!
Thank you so much for posting these beautiful pictures!! My disabled son is having this surgery & I too have been afraid to look online at all the “scary unmanaged” stoma pictures, until I ran across YOU on Pinterest!! You are so lovely & you just made me feel so much better!! Thanks so much honey, keep doing what you’re doing. God bless from Los Angeles!! =)
Oh thank you Leah, thats so sweet of you to comment! lots of love to you and your son xxx
Thank you so much for posting these beautiful pictures!! My disabled son is having this surgery & I too have been afraid to look online at all the “scary unmanaged” stoma pictures, until I ran across YOU on Pinterest!! You are so lovely & you just made me feel so much better!! Thanks so much honey, keep doing what you’re doing. God bless from Los Angeles!! =)
Oh thank you Leah, thats so sweet of you to comment! lots of love to you and your son xxx
Sam you are beautiful and amazing! If I am lucky enough to get pregnant again I plan to ask my husband to take pictures throughout. In my last pregnancy I looked for stoma pictures in pregnancy and after much searching found a lonely blog in a foreign language. These photos are so important for people to see normal people with a stoma!
Sam you are beautiful and amazing! If I am lucky enough to get pregnant again I plan to ask my husband to take pictures throughout. In my last pregnancy I looked for stoma pictures in pregnancy and after much searching found a lonely blog in a foreign language. These photos are so important for people to see normal people with a stoma!
I’m about to have my second ileostomy. My op is planned for this week. I want pictures like yours in fact when I have my bag put on if you want I will get some pictures done and send them to you so you can use them to hopefully show others that we are still sexy hot ladies. I’d love to do something to help at least one person so please contact me if you need any help thanks lorna
Thanks Lorna!
Best of luck with your surgery, keep in touch x
I’m about to have my second ileostomy. My op is planned for this week. I want pictures like yours in fact when I have my bag put on if you want I will get some pictures done and send them to you so you can use them to hopefully show others that we are still sexy hot ladies. I’d love to do something to help at least one person so please contact me if you need any help thanks lorna
Thanks Lorna!
Best of luck with your surgery, keep in touch x
Going for my surgery in a few days and seeing these photos made me less terrified. Thank you. Wish I had your courage.
You must be helping so many people you will never meet.
Stell xx
Going for my surgery in a few days and seeing these photos made me less terrified. Thank you. Wish I had your courage.
You must be helping so many people you will never meet.
Stell xx
Beautiful photos! I wish I’d seen these photos before my husband’s ileostomy op yesterday as I was a little nervous after seeing other photos online. He had his operation yesterday and we eventually plucked up the courage to look at it for the first time last night. My first thought and comment was that it was really cute, quite small and not scary at all. In fact I found your blog after googling ‘my husband’s stoma is cute’! I wish I’d seen your photos before as we would have been far less nervous, and I’m going to encourage him to have some photos done in the future when/if he feels ready to. Thanks again 🙂
Thanks Kirsty! Hope your husband is recovering well xxx
Beautiful photos! I wish I’d seen these photos before my husband’s ileostomy op yesterday as I was a little nervous after seeing other photos online. He had his operation yesterday and we eventually plucked up the courage to look at it for the first time last night. My first thought and comment was that it was really cute, quite small and not scary at all. In fact I found your blog after googling ‘my husband’s stoma is cute’! I wish I’d seen your photos before as we would have been far less nervous, and I’m going to encourage him to have some photos done in the future when/if he feels ready to. Thanks again 🙂
Thanks Kirsty! Hope your husband is recovering well xxx
Hi 🙂 Great photos! Im 52, had illeostomy surgery when I was 28. I can remember the “BAG” being to the forefront of absolutely everything I did for about the first year and then life took over! Three kids, a farm to help farm with my hubby, horses to break in…as I returned to full health the “BAG” reduced to a tiny little insignificant part of my life…even to the point where having the odd whoopsie when not at home has become a “meh…weas the baby wipes” moment. ALWAYS carry a spare bag wherever you go and you’ll be sweet 🙂
Thanks for reading and for your comment x
Hi 🙂 Great photos! Im 52, had illeostomy surgery when I was 28. I can remember the “BAG” being to the forefront of absolutely everything I did for about the first year and then life took over! Three kids, a farm to help farm with my hubby, horses to break in…as I returned to full health the “BAG” reduced to a tiny little insignificant part of my life…even to the point where having the odd whoopsie when not at home has become a “meh…weas the baby wipes” moment. ALWAYS carry a spare bag wherever you go and you’ll be sweet 🙂
Thanks for reading and for your comment x
Wow this is so inspiring, I am lucky enough to have had my stoma reversed now but still stuffer with bile acid malabsorption and inflammation. At the time at had my stoma I wish I had seen your blog, I was so ashamed and withdrawn I avoided social situations and wore clothes miles to big. Keep writing and inspiring so refreshing to see and read xxxx
Thanks so much! Xxx
Wow this is so inspiring, I am lucky enough to have had my stoma reversed now but still stuffer with bile acid malabsorption and inflammation. At the time at had my stoma I wish I had seen your blog, I was so ashamed and withdrawn I avoided social situations and wore clothes miles to big. Keep writing and inspiring so refreshing to see and read xxxx
Thanks so much! Xxx
Stunning, I wish I had your body confidence with my urostomy pouch x
Thanks so much xxx
Stunning, I wish I had your body confidence with my urostomy pouch x
Thanks so much xxx
Well done for raising awareness for something that no-one should be ashamed of. They should have posters of you in Stoma Clinics all over the world 🙂
I had an emergency colostomy 8 years ago and didnt have the first clue what it was all about. Thankfully SA has an amazing Stoma Clinic who helped me with all the do and donts on how to care not only for the stoma but my own self confidence issues. It was still the hardest 7 months before the reversal procedure as hardly anyone, even close friends and family who had never heard of the procedure had even the faintest idea what it all meant and in the beginning everyone was all grossed out and ‘keep it behind closed doors’ attitude. Its the uninformed general public who can often be the cruelest.
Well done for raising awareness for something that no-one should be ashamed of. They should have posters of you in Stoma Clinics all over the world 🙂
I had an emergency colostomy 8 years ago and didnt have the first clue what it was all about. Thankfully SA has an amazing Stoma Clinic who helped me with all the do and donts on how to care not only for the stoma but my own self confidence issues. It was still the hardest 7 months before the reversal procedure as hardly anyone, even close friends and family who had never heard of the procedure had even the faintest idea what it all meant and in the beginning everyone was all grossed out and ‘keep it behind closed doors’ attitude. Its the uninformed general public who can often be the cruelest.
Just saw your fantastic photos. You certainly showed what you intended and definitely sexy. I applaud you and thank you for your guts. (Hahaha – truth anf a little stoma joke to boot!)
I had a colostomy November 2016. I think my stoma is so kind of pretty too. Mine is tear drop shaped since it is a “double barrel” stoma.
So again, thanks for being so daring. I think your pics should be in every stoma clinic.
Take care! Xxxx
Thank you x
Thank you. I needed this. Had my emergency operation early morning on March 26th and woke up to my ileostomy. Been in hiding except to the doctor’s and one friend’s house ever since. My boyfriend is very caring but my mind is not quite there yet. Looking for the day of my takedown but also glad I’ve experienced this. Makes life a little more interesting but nothing we can’t handle here. As I’m trying to stay optimistic I’m worrying about my new figure and if I’ll ever be up to a good weight again.
Thank you for giving me the strength I needed to wake up tomorrow and be a better me for a change. Going to get my self esteem right back up. Bag or not, healing scar or not I’m still me.
With warmest regards and well wishes, Jen
You are so right with all your blog comments and they must give confidence to others with Stomas.
I was given my Storma in March 2014 after a massive hemorage and was told, after having 9 units of blood, that they could not keep putting blood into me as it was coming straight out. The doctor said if they didn’t operate I would die!i am so grateful for my Storma, it saved my life! I still feel feminine and wear nice sexy underwear which helps my confidence.
I think you are absolutely amazing….brave and beautiful. Huge kudos to you for sharing your story and lovely pics in the interest of helping others. Love, blessings and huge good health to you. xxx
Thank you x
I just looked at your photo shoot series.
I am jealous of the great looking skin around your stoma.
I am a new ileostomy owner and the skin around my stoma is not happy.
Thanks for sharing your journey and pictures – it is encouraging.
Raven
Dear Sam,
After reading your blog I wanted to get in touch. I had my ileostomy in 2015, my operation didn’t go quite to plan, and I ended up in an induced coma after having two operations back to back totalling 24 hours in theatre. My family were told to prepare for the worst as the doctors didn’t think I would make it through the second operation, but I proved them wrong. I spent three months in hospital and 3 years fighting problems with my stoma, lots of pain, sleepless nights, depression, memory loss, bladder problems and a range of infections which I still have but hopefully will be sorted out soon. I got so down I wouldn’t leave the house for months. Not only did I suffer with depression but I would get anxious when I had to go any where. I would only leave the house when I had a hospital appointment of which there were many and that was a struggle. Constantly worrying about my bag and if it would leak. Then one day I told myself that I needed to snap out of my depression and get on with my life. I had battled through so much and I still had a life to lead. I forced myself to get out of the house more. Little walks at first. I couldn’t leave without my phone and earphones so I could listen to music to chill me out in case I panicked and it worked, and the little walks became longer walks. I bought a treadmill and started working out, my first time on a treadmill I could only manage ten minutes but as time went by I could manage an hour but the treadmill started to become repetitive and I needed a challenge. My brother suggested weight lifting and after consulting my stoma nurse she told me that building my core would help to improve my stoma,. You see a month after getting the all clear in 2017 from my consultant I was getting what I can only describe as niggle pain and a CT scan revealed that I had a stomal hernia, some small hernia’s and a tumour in what was left of my bowel. I can’t say the news didn’t affect me because it did but it just made me more determined to push myself. Its been 9 months since I first started lifting, my body has changed a lot. Its not perfect I am a size 16 now and have lost 3 dresses sizes, I have muscles where I didn’t have any before, and I can lift some serious weight, though I am really careful when lifting heavy weight and wear a support around my stoma. I had my first accident the other day in the gym. I put a 16kg dumbbell on my stoma bag without thinking and it leaked out onto my gym clothing. I would have panicked about it once but I just laughed it off changed into my extra gym gear and continued on with my session.
That’s amazing! I’m so impressed by you, well done xxx
After seeing some of the pictures of people with stomas I feel happy it turned out as well as it did.No pun intended.I tired of the belt I ware I,m afraid of how far it will pop out. And it hurts causes pain at the wound sight.