Stoma Patient

I was having a bowel cancer, yeah, and they remove it but they find out that it's going through my liver. That's why I have the bag. So you had the part of the colon removed? Yeah. And you had the stoma placed? Yeah. Was it a temporary one or a permanent one? It's a temporary one. ileostomy so that was placed there to allow the bowel to join to heal and then the intention is to reverse it at some point yeah but now because I'm having chemo they say they want me to finish everything before you have that reversed because they don't want you to have an operation and risk the bowel not healing when they rejoin it while you're having the chemo that's a very important point I guess to do things in the safest possible way. Is there anything that was unexpected in your journey that you were surprised? Yeah I was surprised when I have it yeah but now it has become part of me at the beginning it was bothering me but now it has become part of my daily life. How long do you think it took you to get used to it? It took me a long time because I have my family so they were supporting me throughout. So now I'm used to it. Is there anything you'd like to tell a patient who's maybe thinking about having a having a having surgery which involves ileostomy? Yeah I think that when you have it at first you'll be shocked but as time goes on you will get used to it yeah and it will become part of you so you go on as life goes on.