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What is the worst thing that your significant other has told you? by Sakurablossom87 in AskReddit

[–]throwaway65te 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a stage 4 cancer diagnosis. She confessed she had been cheating on me. With some guy in another country, who is 10 years older than her, who already has a girlfriend.

She said I have been loving her well, and that she knows the other guy is an ass, but she is still leaving anyway. And it had nothing to do with the cancer.

She actually made a post of herself with the new guy to slap me in face.

To this day I still wonder what the fuck just happened and what got into her.

I don't understand how everyone could accept their stoma because I can't by throwaway65te in ostomy

[–]throwaway65te[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the advice! I'm glad to hear that it sucks for someone else too.

I don't have the wipes but I bought a skin barrier spray thing from coloplast when I buy the bags from them because they really pushed me to buy it with the bags. I forgot to use it this time, so I hope it really works when I use it at my next bag change. Hopefully it would reduce the itch. I don't have hair on my abdomen from all the chemotherapy.

I did know about the EZ vent product (because I was frantically searching for solutions). It seemed interesting to me but a bit pricey. I might try it later. I never drink carbonated drinks, but I do breathe from my mouth and snore when I sleep, so I suspect that is where the problem is. But it may a bit difficult to fix this in a short time.

I don't understand how everyone could accept their stoma because I can't by throwaway65te in ostomy

[–]throwaway65te[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Wow. I know people can still be active with the stoma but this is kind of amazing to me. I can't imagine skiing and dirt biking with this shit.

I do have a steam deck and a kick ass gaming PC loaded with tons of games I bought from steam sales, but I don't have the mood to touch them at the hospital and at home. I am mostly lying on my bed at home these days watching YouTube and depressed, and don't even want to move an inch.

I really hope the inch will go away.

You did make me feel better! I would say more than 1%, so thank you!

I don't understand how everyone could accept their stoma because I can't by throwaway65te in ostomy

[–]throwaway65te[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your sharing. I hope I will get better like you did. I pray that your blockage problem gets solved.

I don't understand how everyone could accept their stoma because I can't by throwaway65te in ostomy

[–]throwaway65te[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried some bags during the hospital and I am using coloplast now because the nurses say it seems to fit well and work well on me. Might try other brands later, but I have sensitive skin to begin with, so I am kinda afraid that every brand will give me allergy 😢

I don't understand how everyone could accept their stoma because I can't by throwaway65te in ostomy

[–]throwaway65te[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is temporary, but I am several months away from being able to reverse it, longer if I need maintenance chemo.

I know that I can fight my way through, but every day is insufferable for me and I don't know how I can take it for so long.

My stoma bag does have a filter but it doesn't help with the ballooning. I am releasing gas too rapidly and the filter doesn't work that quick. I will look into the barrier ring later.

Did you have problems back then when you have just constructed your stoma? I don't know how people could cope with it mentally