Looking straight down on that side. Really punked out a bit more noticeable.
Squared up to the sink. It's just one side. It's not HORRIBLE and not huge. I saw one on the sites the other day that literally looked like a breast!! Yikes!!
Are you counting the future surgeries? Sigh. I am. I have a reversal and a hernia repair (if I'm lucky they can do those both at the same time) AND I have gallstones that will have to be dealt with in time!!
The binder is to support the stoma area and the hernia area. So it doesn't get bigger. I have a full belly one from the hospital but they cut a hole for the stoma area as it has no nerve endings and can't feel if it's getting irritated or killed by pressure. So we avoid pressure. It DID have the added bonus of keeping the drain tubes held in place well :)
My burbling stoma is on my right side. I say that as it just burped loudly and wettly. Ha! It's funny at times but I can see how folks would be disconcerted by it. Ha! They sell "mufflers" which are layers of soft material to muffle the sounds that can emit from the body. The plus? ZERO smell. Hahaha
If you think apple coring sounded bad, the hospital report on how HARD it was to disconnect my bowels from around my spleen area sounded horrible. Apparently I'm very well attached. Well or was!
As of today I am tube free all the way!! I had my drain pulled today. Yay me!!!! I so excited !!!
Ok so this is the diary of sorts of output from the drain...
Started out pretty high the. You see it dwindling down to NOTHING in the end! It's been a trial in patience!!
So THIS is the tube that was IN me. From tip to stitch area. Compare to my huge hand!! Not good enough to know HOW long that is? Me either, so I measured it!
19" of tubing in my groin, rectal area. Yeah. That's an image isn't it? Yeah, it was run through my body and back to the area where they removed all of the tumor and surrounding tissues. Ewh, hu? Well it had to be done! Glad they know to do this now!! Either way it did the trick and helped. Me heal. NOT sad to see it go however!! The first tug was met with a "holy mother" comment! The 2nd pull wasn't nearly as painful. Whew! It's OUT!!!
The patch - and a neighborhood residual healing spot from surgery.
The bathroom trash looks like medical waste area between left over stuff that needed to be chucked from the catheter time as well.
I DID finally pick up wet wipes and they were great for the bag change today as well.
Today was a good example of "listen to your body". I have a feeling things weren't right on the appliance change from Monday.
Well it wasn't. My stoma had changed shapes AND I tried a new approach with paste rather than the ring.
Well, apparently that didn't work well and there were quite a few spots that had contact with fecal matter. Lordie.
So. Back to the ring and hoping the irritation doesn't get things stirred up. Sigh. Steep learning curve but NOW I know what leaking feels like. And I only let it "go" for a day or so!! Hopefully
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