I promise you, it gets easier It's not easy having a colostomy bag. Adapting to new changes. A whole new way of living. No one can tell you that it's going to be easy. It's not easy even for the strongest person. But I promise you, it will get easier! You will get used to it and you will be braver as time goes on. People will ask you questions. Lots of them. So[...]
When you have to live your day-to-day life with an Ostomy, you jump for joy at the thought of ANYTHING that makes your day a little bit easier. Most people don't have ostomies, most people don't know what that means but for those of us that do know, we know that it can feel degrading to have to get that up close and personal with your body waste. You become all too fa[...]
My stoma was never meant to be permanent. It was something that needed to happen in order for me to live and hate it as I did, it saved my life. I got my little friend "Francis" during an emergency procedure that saved my life after my colon was ruptured giving birth. You see, it (my colon) had been fused to my uterus and tugging my baby out my belly had caused my[...]
In September, after a number of complications, I woke up as an Ostomate. If you don't know what an Ostomate is, don't worry, neither did I till I was one. (Catch up on that story here) Ostomate, noun The definition of an ostomate is a person who has undergone a surgical procedure to create an opening in the body that will be used to discharge wastes. A person who h[...]