stoma diet

Thanks Artsie. The district nurse had a wee word with her the other day which has really helped. My wife was understandably not herself and was giving me grief for the least wee thing i.e. I was nagging her for asking what she would like to eat or I wasn't giving her enough pain killers or I wasn't filling her hot water bottle enough etc. Thankfully she is now a bit more of a "patient patient" and is now eating a bit more and hpefully things will improve as the days go bye.

Take care 

Hi Mr Mac

Yes, it's definitely a shock to the system.  Give it a bit of time though and I'm sure that Mrs Mac will definitely improve and feel much less vulnerable.  I know that I felt incredibly angry (mostly with myself) immediately after the diagnosis and op as I couldn't do what I wanted, couldn't eat what I wanted and just felt that my body had totally let me down.  That phase passed though and I now realise that I am actually very lucky.

Come and join us on the stoma group too.  Lots of kind folks and helpful advice on there -

community.macmillan.org.uk/.../ileostomy-and-colostomy-discussions-forum

Im sure things will start to improve as she starts to do more for herself.

As blueblue says lots of support on the stoma group.

All the best

Kath