Hi,
I was just wondering if anyone else has an abnormally large stoma? I hear these stories of stomas being flush with skin, people needing convex wafers, and not being able to see the stoma sticking out under clothes. Well I think I must have a large one! Mine kind of looks like a shower head (goes straight out then hangs down) and is about 2 inches long... is that normal??

Erin

that's how mine looks too. my husband comments all the time how big it is (nice, huh?). we both expected it to shrink way more. i think the loop ileos are more often smaller and more flush, requiring convexity, while the end ileos (what i and i expect you have) stick straight out and droop a bit. makes sense really.

i watched the super-cool DVD that hollister provided when i was discharged after step 1 (demonstrates all their different products and appliance accessories), and the people in the video had ones that look like ours. so we're cool like that.