It's been a long night. My bag has leaked 3 times meaning numerous changes of pjs, Glastonbury showers (see my leaking bag and shower rant post for a full explanation) and a general lack of sleep. With all the extra laundry I have to do I should get my washing powder on prescription! Where the output/poo gets onto your skin it makes it sore. This is because it's very acidic and actually causes it to burn. So all around my stoma is now red raw, inflamed and I'm in agony. Time to fish out the liquid morphine me thinks. Not sure why the bags are leaking so much. I haven't really over-indulged the last few days or eaten anything that I shouldn't have...apart from a few quality street and celebrations. Chocolate is not allowed on a low residue diet. Not sure why, I think it has something to do with bowel motility (how fast/slow things pass through the bowel). So whether those few chocolates have caused this (and I do mean a few, like 6 or 7, not what some of my friend...
Life's not been easy since losing my large bowel in 2009. Technically I didn't lose it in the same way you might lose your phone or your wallet- it was removed in an emergency operation after my bowel perforated due to Ulcerative Collitis. Since then I've been on a journey to get back to normal and still don't quite seem to have made it. This blog is a place to share some of the ups and downs, tears and laughter and hospital horrors that make up my life. Enjoy!