Funny Stoma Stories?

[SupportiveMom]

I took my kid to a talk where a young adult talked about her experience with getting an ostomy as a teen and how she transitioned to adulthood.The presenter shared with her afterwards a funny story & we laughed about it the whole way home. I thought this would be a great place to share your funny ostomy story. Since my kid doesn't have one yet, I can only share this presenters:

She shared her ostomy info to classmates and showed her bag & stoma. Someone in the class asked " Can I stick my finger in it?" She said "Do I ask to stick my finger in your bum? No, you can't stick your finger in it!"

Please share a funny or lighthearted story.

 

[nogutsnoglory]

I've had scenarios where the stoma looked like it was communicating so in front of nurses id have a convo with it and praise it if good or chastise if bad lol.

 

[UnXmas]

I was in hospital, and when my dad visited, I wanted to get off the ward for a bit, so we went for a wander round the hospital, and went into the "multi-faith space" - a quiet room with books for all the major religions, where a Christian service is conducted on Sundays, places to light candles for people, places to pray, etc. There were a couple of doctors in there, Muslims, who were praying, so I put my phone on silent, and we were being very quiet, and then my stoma made a massive fart noise, and my dad and I couldn't stop giggling. At least there wasn't an actual service taking place at the time, and they were doctors, so they were probably not too concerned about bodily functions...

What I didn't realise at the time, was that the noise - which I did think exceptionally loud, my stoma didn't make noises that often - was actually my stoma prolapsing. When I went to the bathroom to empty it shortly afterwards, I got a bit of a shock because the intestine was hanging out right down to the bottom of the bag, and a doctor had to come and put it back in for me!

 

[SupportiveMom]

I found this that brightened up my day: http://www.ostomates.org/humour.html

My favorites:
29. When you tell people if you don't get to a bathroom right now you will explode, it is no joke.
14. You can freak your doctor out by drinking "Blue Bolt" Gatorade before a visit - try this one - it turns your poop bright green!

 

[2thFairy]

Mine is always green. Eating a bunch of sweet beets is more fun!

 

[2thFairy]

I found this that brightened up my day: http://www.ostomates.org/humour.html

My favorites:
29. When you tell people if you don't get to a bathroom right now you will explode, it is no joke.
14. You can freak your doctor out by drinking "Blue Bolt" Gatorade before a visit - try this one - it turns your poop bright green!

27. A pouched stoma is a nice hand warmer on a cold day.

I have done this many more times than I should admit.