Telling People About Your Ostomy
July 11, 2009There’s an interesting new article on C3Life entitled Telling People About Your Ostomy.
Written by Sheryl C., an ostomate of over 18 years, this article describes how she tells others about her ostomy, including friends, family, coworkers, and romantic partners.
For those of you who go through surgery, you will have to learn how to tell others about your ostomy. In many ways you can hide it and never have to mention it to some people. Other times it might be almost impossible not to bring it up. How you do it and what you tell people is up to you. But one thing I found was true, and I think most ostomates will agree, is that people won’t shun you just because you have an ostomy. They will still treat you as normal for the most part. Very rarely does somebody tell me that a loved one has rejected them because of an ostomy.
Keep fighting,
~Dennis
