Has anyone had to have any surgery to increase the size of their stoma. Was wondering what it was like. All I know as of right now by one of my surgeons is that it is an in and out procedure. Was curiuous about pain and recovery time.

Thanks

When Dr. Joel Bauer at Mt. Sinai in NYC does them, he has a plastic surgeon assist. I think he gets much better results when doing them this way. I know a woman in DC who had hers enlarged there. She spent one night at the Mt. Sinai Residences before returning home.

Stoma enlargment set for June 29.

Who is doing the stoma enlargment for you?
Wishing you the best. John

Gorfine is doing it.

I was so lucky I had an appointment with him this morning. For some reason last night I could not my catheter through the valve, I tried for 3 hours. Gave up and held it for 14 hours, I wanted to kiss Gorfine when he got it in this morning.

He thinks the difficulty I had was because the stoma was so small that I could not angle it in. I did not like his face this morning when he saw the stoma and said "I don't think we are going to be able to get a catheter in there." Hopefully, this will be the last surgery for a VERY long time.

Gorfine is a nice guy. Tell him John Wine in Virginia says 'hello'. He will do a good job.

JW

I mentioned you at my last visit with him back in early May. I could not recall your last name, but did remember your location. He knew you.