While recovering from the emergency #proctosigmoidectomy that gave me my #stoma, I was advised that I would still pass goo / mucus balls "occasionally".

I think the doctors underestimated just how much mucus my body produces 😅

I squeeze mucus out of my rectal pouch daily, sometimes even a couple of times in a day.

On the plus side, if the NHS ever actually gets around to reversing this for me, I won't have forgotten how to use my poop muscles 🤣

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That feeling when your stoma is starting to prolapse, but you're not sure if it's finished pooping yet, so you're unsure whether to put on your ostomy belt yet today 😅

Put it on too late & you've got a dangly stoma that you've got to squeeze back inside.

Put it on too early & you'll possibly blow out the bag if poop gets stuck around the top of the ostomy bag.

Fun times all round 🙃

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NGL: I love that the skorts I got can be pulled up high enough to cover my ostomy bag entirely without causing any issue or discomfort 🥰

I'm not at all ashamed of my stoma in the slightest, but I realise that most folks don't exactly feel comfortable seeing a my poop bag & a bit of my gut hanging out 😅

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CW for image: tummy & you can see the tip of my tummy scar

For anyone who wants more info:

The stump isn't connected to the rest of my colon currently, but is rather sealed off.

It does, however, still produce mucus, which results in me pooping out "goo balls" pretty regularly from it.

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I'm not sure what's up with my digestive system today, but I've filled up my ostomy bag twice & had to pass mucus from my arsehole thrice.

Plus I feel a bit shit 😔

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