Since my colectomy I have been on more shopping trips than my bank account cares to remember. Woohoo! gone are the miserable days sat at home hopping from loo to sofa,loo to sofa, loo to sofa! You get my drift. The greatest gift that comes from my lovely Winnie (stoma) is my new sense of freedom. I can venture out and enjoy life without the worry of the “I need the loo NOW” feeling. Winnie has also given me the perfect excuse to go shopping, I was fortunate to be sited with the perfect place for my stoma by a stoma nurse. Some ostomates are still able to wear their usual clothes or others purchase underwear and trousers from ostomy clothing stores which you can find online. I find normal clothing uncomfortable to wear, as it is my preference to have trousers, jeans etc to sit over my stoma bag rather than let the bag sit over my clothing. I also tuck the bag into my lovely French knickers which are big, but beautiful and if you didn’t know and I decided for some reason to walk around in just my underwear you would never even know I had a stoma! Not that I’m keeping that a secret. Leggings have become my favourite item, and now maternity clothing. I do feel a bit silly buying maternity clothing when I’m not in the family way but hey ho!! Who cares? Not me. Maternity jeans are perfect the stretchy fabric sits comfortably over my bag making me feel more confident and secure. Also for the first time in years I now wear dresses, which makes me very happy. I never had the confidence to wear dresses with UC as I was constantly worried I would be incontinent, I felt safer with jeans. So being back in a dress is truly wonderful.
Happy Shopping People.
Lx
