The thought of swimming seems to be something that a lot of ostomates struggle with and, of course, I understand why. It was something I was very worried about but it just sort of happened.
A friend asked me to join her on a trip to an amazing spa close to where we live to celebrate and relax after finishing my cancer treatment, which I leapt at, paid nearly £200 for (I know, but I had just survived cancer, totally deserved it), then went into a complete hyper-melt-down-type-panic over. How on earth I was going to do this with a colostomy?
This was only about 6 months after the surgery that gave me my colostomy and two months after my final bout of chemotherapy had finished, I was still wearing balloon sized clothes. There was no way I could wear a swimming costume – the bag would show through, it would become unstuck and float around the pool, and if that didn’t happen, the large neon sign flashing ‘this girl has a colostomy on’ above my head was bound to give it away!
Taking a Swim on Holiday!
Nick….You are so beautiful – Inside and out – Your Mom I’m sure sure was watching and making sure that all would be a-okay! I love you so much and you are so so brave in this journey!!!
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Ahh thank you Buddy. Much love to you too xx
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As always I am completely overwhelmed by the articles you are writing about your experiences. It is wonderful to know that if you push the boundary you will keep achieving many wonderful thing.
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What a wonderful comment. Thank you so much. Nx
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Your story is inspiring! Can’t wait to read more 🙂
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Thank you. How kind of you to say. Nx
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