Colostomy or not

Well it's done now, it has made a huge difference to my daily life, no more BM yay.
 The down side is a lot of discomfort for a week or two, not pain just discomfort. It's six weeks now I feel 100% better and the stitches and a thing called a rod, it keeps the stoma from going back inside, come out on Wednesday. Have had a few leakage issues but they seem to have been fixed now. It will be a lot better when when the stitches and rod come out and the stoma nurse can decide what bag is best for me.
Any questions about this surgery, please feel free to ask me about it. All I can say now is that it has changed my life, no more two hours sitting on the toilet and worrying about accidents, that s all a thing of the past.

I'm so glad it worked so well for you Butiki, starting to worry there may have been some complications.

Butiki, I'm so glad you are happy with the outcome. I hope I won't need one, but hearing that yours was successful and improved your quality of life makes me feel better about my own future. I've read that the tape on ostomies causes skin issues. How have you been with that?

Goisgo, I hadn't known that you had such a serious problem.

Hi, I am new here. I got a colostomy 2 years ago and it was the best decision I made but it still comes with the problem with the wafer not always creating a good seal resulting in leaks other than that they're great and will defiantly improve your quality of life.
Good luck!