My stoma makes the most embarrassing loud noises. It's quiet most of the time, but when it's active - usually for a couple of hours in the evening - it makes bubbling noises, hissing noises, gurgling noises, and fart noises. :blush:
The rest of the time it might make the odd noise but is mostly silent. But as I get better and am around more people and in more formal situations - is there anything you can do to stop the noise, or at least turn the volume down a little?
I've had the stoma nearly six weeks now (doesn't seem that long! I was so sick in the hospital all the days have blurred together). I still get pain every time anything comes out of the stoma, including just gas, so I think it's still swollen and in the process of healing. Will it quieten down when it's fully healed?
(I still love having a stoma though and would take the embarrassing noises over what I had to live with pre-surgery any day. And for some reason my dog finds them interesting and stares at my ileostomy every time she hears it make a noise, so it's at least providing her with some entertainment. )
The rest of the time it might make the odd noise but is mostly silent. But as I get better and am around more people and in more formal situations - is there anything you can do to stop the noise, or at least turn the volume down a little?
I've had the stoma nearly six weeks now (doesn't seem that long! I was so sick in the hospital all the days have blurred together). I still get pain every time anything comes out of the stoma, including just gas, so I think it's still swollen and in the process of healing. Will it quieten down when it's fully healed?
(I still love having a stoma though and would take the embarrassing noises over what I had to live with pre-surgery any day. And for some reason my dog finds them interesting and stares at my ileostomy every time she hears it make a noise, so it's at least providing her with some entertainment. )