Hi Sarah, I also had a stoma following surgery a few years ago (I was fortunate that it was able to be reversed after 7 months). Like Garry who has posted above, I never experienced any leakages and always made sure I was well prepared when going out. My stoma was very active early evening and I had a very active social life so was worried it would cause me problems but I soon got used to having it and it didnt interfere with being able to go out and enjoy life. I had the odd bad day where I found it to be a bit of a pain having to sort it but I quickly reminded myself that having the stoma had saved my life. I guess what Im trying to say is that its normal to have a bad day every now and again but you will quickly get used to having it, it just becomes a part of you.

Good luck with the surgery, keep us posted how it all goes x

Hi Sarah, I also had a stoma following surgery a few years ago (I was fortunate that it was able to be reversed after 7 months). Like Garry who has posted above, I never experienced any leakages and always made sure I was well prepared when going out. My stoma was very active early evening and I had a very active social life so was worried it would cause me problems but I soon got used to having it and it didnt interfere with being able to go out and enjoy life. I had the odd bad day where I found it to be a bit of a pain having to sort it but I quickly reminded myself that having the stoma had saved my life. I guess what Im trying to say is that its normal to have a bad day every now and again but you will quickly get used to having it, it just becomes a part of you.

Good luck with the surgery, keep us posted how it all goes x