Hi Rose

1. Before you make a life changing decision on whether to have your operation or not it might be useful if you could talk with others who have stoma bags and their quality of life and practicalities of having one. Your surgeon will be able to give you answers on Wednesday on the likelyhood of needing a stoma bag. Dont rule anything out till then. Best of luck.

   Ed

Thank you for your reply  feeling a bit better after going for a walk yes I’m going to hear what the surgeon has to say also try and find other people to chat to 

HI Rose

I only replied to your post as my wife has Crohns disease and after surgery has had a bag for over 30 years. She leads a normal active life  enjoys belly dancing has had 3 children. Worked a full time job and loves travelling. It is entirely possible you will not need one at all but if you do you will get lots of help to learn how to manage a bag from the stoma nurse and it will just become part of your everyday routine. The alternative to her bag would have been to miss out on 30 years of great life. Im glad you are feeling a bit more upbeat after your walk.

Ed

HI Rose

I only replied to your post as my wife has Crohns disease and after surgery has had a bag for over 30 years. She leads a normal active life  enjoys belly dancing has had 3 children. Worked a full time job and loves travelling. It is entirely possible you will not need one at all but if you do you will get lots of help to learn how to manage a bag from the stoma nurse and it will just become part of your everyday routine. The alternative to her bag would have been to miss out on 30 years of great life. Im glad you are feeling a bit more upbeat after your walk.

Ed