Reversal can help you use your anus for bowel movements again ... And you won't need to wear or manage your ostomy bag. As for the cons, you may be sore, get bowel changes (diarrhea or ...

An ostomy pouch is the bag that collects the stool draining from your ostomy ... Change your ostomy pouch every seven days as follows: Use water or adhesive remover to gently remove the old pouch.

Reality star Louise Thompson has said a new Lego character with an ostomy bag is “so important” as she will “help children engage in a dialogue around visible and non-visible disabilities”.

This creates an opening, called a stoma, on the outside of the body for the stool, or feces, to pass through into a colostomy bag. Usually the colostomy is temporary, until the colon or rectum heals.

She notes that the patients who seem to have a tougher time getting used to life with ... defining themselves by an ostomy. It's not who you are, the girl with the bag — it's who you are because ...