I just found your blog, I looked all over for an e...

2007-09-20T22:45:00.000-04:00

I just found your blog, I looked all over for an email address and finally settled for leaving a comment.

I'm 23, had a permanent ileostomy installed when I was 21 - after being diagnosed with Crohn's when I was 13. Went through a lot of the same stuff! I refused to tell anyone for a whole year when I got sick when I was 12 - doctors also told my mom I had anorexia. When I was 21 my colon split open, and now its gone.

A million embarrassing poop moments later I feel like Queen of the world. I'd much prefer for everyone to know I have an ostomy then to not know - I hate the constant paranoia that its showing through my clothes/is stinky/leaking.

I love reading your blog, have been through the surprise leaks at work, my ostomy falling off in bed - I live with my BF, no fun on that one....SO great to see someone else going through what I go through - that isn't over 60.

I had to have the VAC (Vacuum Assisted Closure) dr...

2007-06-19T08:02:00.000-04:00

I had to have the VAC (Vacuum Assisted Closure) dressings when I had my anus removed. The wound just wouldnt heal after 9 months even with daily sitz baths and wound cleaning. The challenge with the VAC dressings was getting a good seal so the dressing could work its magic. I spent 3 weeks in hospital to get it working right because you needed an experienced wound-care nurse, plus an anesthetist to give me Midazolam because it was unbelieveably painful when they changed the dressings. But in the end it worked really well.

We are lucky here in Australia to have a good public healthcare system because i priced the procedure using my private healthcare and they wouldnt cover it because it was too expensive!

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