stein85

Hey there! Former colostomy bag user here. I have a few questions, more from a curious guy that never talked with someone that uses the bag than anything else. If you don't want to answer, no problem!

1. Is the bag all "glued" to your tummy, or the bag is attached to something that is attached to your tummy?
2. How frequent do you clean the bag?
3. Have you ever had any problems with the bag, like leaking or something like that?
4. When you go out and suddenly your body decide it's time to fill up the bag, do you feel bad?

Ok, now i'm getting more curious.

1. How do you clean your bag when you're not at home? I'm asking this because the only way that I cleaned up my bag was under the shower. If I was in a place with no accessible shower, I couldn't clean it. I mean, yes I could try to take some of the poop from the bag, but usually was a messy job.
2. Is your poop solid or liquid?

I know you didn't ask, but I'll tell you my story. December 2013, rushed to the E.R. because something was wrong. One tomography later and the doctor told me that I had to go to surgery because something was wrong. Opened up and the doctor removed 25cm from my intestines. Later, I found out that I had that I had that disease that starts with an C and ends with ANCER. I think you know what I'm talking about. So, got out of surgery with the bag, used for a whole year. Last February I went to the hospital to put it all back together. What was supposed to be a week stay at the hospital turned into a 23-days "vacation" on the hospital, including 8 days on the ICU. Now I'm fine, recovering from the surgery at home with some kick ass scars on my tummy.