I hate my stoma bag

I've recently been told they can't reverse my stoma bag.,I'm devastated as I really hate having it. Many a time I have woken up covered in my own ****, it's degrading. I was standing in a line waiting to go into a shop when I noticed **** all down my trousers and my shoes, I was mortified. My wife has left me and I'm now apprehensive about meeting new people and how they will react to me having a bag. 

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  • Hello davey,

                       l well understand your frustrations,l was lucky to have had mine reversed after 14 months but it came with a very, very large bill to be paid for doing so.In my case l reacted to the adhesive,so my site never healed and l trying to stick bags onto raw ,bleeding skin, which does not work well. In the end if l found a bag made a good attachment,l was flushing the contents out whilst still attached to me and l could get two days,maybe three before changing.

                                                                                                                                   There are other types of bag that maybe work better, and belts that the pouch can be held in,but it feels like a stone age solution,and l always felt that surely a better solution could be found.All you can do now is see if you can find a better alternative to what you are using at present,which hopefully might prove a little more acceptable than you have at present,

                                                                      take care, David

  • Sorry for the late reply. Thank you for your message

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