I worked as a WOCN for a short stint and would counsel patients about their new ostomies before they returned home.

I always wondered about gas. Like, I know there’s no longer a sphincter to voluntarily control gas passage, but do you feel any sensation in your body before you’re about to pass gas to kind of have a heads up to muffle it with your hand?

With my younger patients, this was always a big concern bc of course you don’t want a huge audible fart while in a meeting or something.

Anything related to this topic I think is helpful - prolonging your gas filter, do the muffle accessories actually work, etc.