Well I have been to see the soma support nurses again. This time I have come away with a fake stoma attached to me and a bag on. This is to try to find the best place for the final stoma. Couple of problems so far, the ideal place is much too high, in order that I can get trousers to cover up the stoma and bag I will need to wear trousers the same way as that twat Simon Cowell, much too high up. SO I need to get it put a bit lower down when the op is done. I hope this is OK as I really don't like waistband being too high, really uncomfortable. Other problem associated with the height of the waistband is due to the amount of weight I have to lose. My 'spare tyre' means that my trousers try to slide down towards my hips, not a problem at the moment but it looks like they will stop bang on top of the stoma. Probably not a good idea! Then of course, if the are below the stoma then the output will fill the top half of the bag and be stopped from going towards the bottom of the bag, bit like people who have a gastric band fitted! OK for them but not a good idea to have a stoma sitting in the output I think, it seems that it is quite acidic, something your large intestine sorts out but as I will not be using the large intestine any longer that part of the process will not be taking place.
One possible problem that the stoma care nurse mentioned was that she asked me what operation I was having. I was a bit confused and I said a loop ileostomy, why I asked her. She told me that she saw a list of upcoming operations and I am down for a colostomy. This is a similar op but done at the other end of the colon. As the whole idea is to rest my colon by bypassing it that is not going to achieve anything! She told me to make sure that when I sign the consent form to make doubly sure that I am consenting to the right operation. I will probably check that I have a bag attached to the right-hand side of my body as the very first thing I do when I come round on Monday! Anything on the left is WRONG!!!
Pre-assessment tomorrow so fingers crossed I am fit enough for the operation, if not I will be really pissed off!
On another note, today is my sister's birthday, so happy birthday Alison.
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