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Ostomy: Adapting to life after colostomy, ileostomy or urostomy
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You can eat whatever you want if you have an ostomy
You can participate in sports if you have an ostomy
You can go back to work if you have an ostomy
You can tell — or not tell — whomever you want about your ostomy
You can hide your ostomy
You can wear whatever you want if you have an ostomy
You can go wherever you want if you have an ostomy
You can have sex and intimate relationships if you have an ostomy
Talk to others with ostomies
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It takes time to become comfortable with an ostomy — a surgically created opening in your abdomen that allows waste or urine to leave your body.
Many questions may run through your mind as you plan your first ventures outside of your home. Can you go back to work after colostomy? Can you ride your bike if you have an ileostomy? Will everyone figure out you've had urostomy surgery just by looking at you?
You can do many of the same activities you enjoyed before your colostomy or other ostomy surgery.
