Hey Lizzie glad you getting on with the convex. no my nurse said it would take a couple of weeks 
- dont ask me why so long. At least i dont leak but the stoma itches sometimes and the skin around the outside of hte wafer too.
I am having issues with pain in my tummy lately and dont know what it is. I had my check up today and he says there is no hernia there, but i am at risk since i had that bad cough and have incredible pain if i cant stop myself from coughing or sneezing. he asked me if i wanted to keep the ileostomy and i said i would like to try having it reversed. so i have another appt to see if join is healed and if so then it will be about 10 weeks for the reversal.
so in real NHS terms i am looking at reversal say end august at a push! i was hoping to be bagless for summer as my bag blows up a lot with air! - does yours? it didnt when i was in hospital cause i hardly ate anything. i may need to some simethicone stuff. but this achy dull pain is annoying me today - feels like the early days after surgery when i didnt chew my food properly. the professor didnt feel anything untoward so cant be a blockage. No i am not terribly excited about being reversed as a lot of the time the output is watery. even eating a balanced meal it is still watery. i have to eat mostly carbs to thicken it. plus there is still the chance life could revolve around loos again or i could be incontinent. but i will cross that bridge when i come to it. the worst thing about the bag is the itching and sore skin and the balloon effect.
I eat ok thanks - i totally understand having no appetite if you still suffer nausea, and the depression will ease once you start to mend but will take some time after all you have suffered. As long as family are supportive then you will be ok - all diff types of personality suffer depression, so try not to get anxious about that. My mum recently had a nervous breakdown and is in psychiatric hospital - she never suffered depression and was of a positive and bubbly nature all her 83 years, but the last couple of years have come to head for her. this wasnt expected but shows we are all falible, and i feel maybe our minds 'shut down' to somehow protect us so we can cope - i dont know - i sound like a psychiatrist.
i still have similar issues as i did before in that i cant eat a lot all at once and i still get bloated but the bloating is nothing like before and goes down after a while. i tried grapefruit and that bloated me. shame as i wanted to eat fruit again, but i dont like the feeling or looking bloated. my tummy is a lot flatter since the op. i am paranoid bout putting weight on though.
I wish you didnt go back to work so soon - thats only a month away. I didnt work for 6 weeks and thats without having near death experience like you. plus i work from home but all the same Lizzie you need all your strengh and i wouldnt chance it unless you are eating well by then and feel strong.
sorry for writing a book xxx