Reply to "Living with a bag...."

ShazMember

I have to agree it does disturb me... to a degree... but I can understand it. People will always fear the unknown. For a lot of people they only know the myths, ie ostomies smell, no more sex, the bags are huge (some people visualise a hot water bottle type thing), etc.

We need to educate people and let them know that an permanent ostomy isn't even a little bit as bad as they're imagining. Imagination is what causes their greatest fears.

We need to let them know the truths about ostomies - we don't smell, we can have sex (and great sex too), we can venture further than our front door and no one, I mean NO ONE, need know about it unless we tell them about it.

2/18/137:07 AM

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