Saturday Morning 31st March
The past few weeks have been a life changing experience. Just the simple things like Sue let out a big fart last night in bed and I envied her - What's that all about? But look on the positive side I can have a crap whist in bed, whilst talking to my mother and on the phone (I think I might have done that one before though). I have been self conscious that that the bag may smell and I'm not aware of it however Sue and Graham have assured me it doesn't. Apparently the modern bags are totally odour free due to the high tech filter which allows any Flatus or in layman's terms "Farts" to escape.
Looking after Bob is the major change and as I said before it's like looking after a baby. Prior to changing a nappy or a stoma bag everything has to be to hand so planning is essential. It can smell just the same and it can get sore if the skin around it is not kept clean and dry. in addition just like a nappy it has to fit perfectly so that there are no leaks and the mess does not contact my stomach skin which will get irritated by the acid. I'm still hoping that unlike a baby Bob will shrink in size over the coming weeks which means the hole size in the daily bag change will need altering regularly. By the time I'm ready for the reversal he will have just settled down.
Thursday Graham picked me up to go down to Pandrol for Johnny Clarke's retirement presentation to which Pat introduced me as a special guest. It was nice to see all the lads and hopefully I did not steal John's thunder on his special day.
I had some normality on Thursday night when Uncle Barry picked me up to go to the Parish Oven quiz night along with Graham and Mick Mac Michael. Although we crashed and burned in the quiz I thoroughly enjoyed the 3 halves of Tetley Smooth and the banter that goes with it.
I've taken it easy yesterday because I still have that pain in the lower part of my butt although it has subsided quite a lot. The District Nurse came to take out by wound staples and check my drain hole wound which is healing nicely. Last night was the worst nights sleep that I have had since I came home. Maybe I've had enough of laying around.
