I had this exact surgery. After they created my pouch I had to wait three months for the reattachment surgery. In the meantime, I named my stoma Pierre, we got along famously. I guess it was sort of a coping mechanism. Dunno why he was french...or a he... >_>
Did you name your stoma? And do you find, at times, that you still have nightmares of exploding ostomy bags?
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I had this exact surgery. After they created my pouch I had to wait three months for the reattachment surgery. In the meantime, I named my stoma Pierre, we got along famously. I guess it was sort of a coping mechanism. Dunno why he was french...or a he... >_>
Did you name your stoma? And do you find, at times, that you still have nightmares of exploding ostomy bags?
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