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Any suggestions on dealing with an incisional hernia with an ostomy?

Posted by jbcisandi1 @jbcisandi1, Jan 7, 2022

I got my colostomy in June, and got an incisional hernia around October. The hernia is very large and cannot be repaired. I tried a support belt but it didn’t really hold in the hernia. Someone suggested a tight corset or tummy control underwear. I want to hold the hernia in because I can only wear leggings and tunic tops now, but I don’t want to restrict the colostomy. Any suggestions?

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andoman | @andoman | 1 day ago

Have you thought about a complete Tension-Free Mesh that covers your whole area of your stomach. I’m getting this done on 26 June this year as I can’t stand having a hernia in my stomach region - I got from having bowel surgery.

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andoman | @andoman | 1 day ago
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@jbcisandi1

Thanks! I’m hoping to find a support belt or something that will hold the stomach in a bit, in addition to supporting the hernia without restricting the colostomy function. It would be great to wear normal clothing again, and, to be honest, it’s hard to keep positive when I look down and see this Hugh stomach.

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Yes I’m getting a bigger stomach and it’s not nice, from surgery to fix my bowel but I’m going to have a complete Tension-Free Mesh to cover my whole tummy, yes it’s done by surgery and my surgeon has advised me only a 1% fail rate so I’m in. Surgery is on 26 June this year so I’ll inform here how it goes to help others

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andoman | @andoman | 1 day ago
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@jbcisandi1

Yes, I have discussed this with my surgeon. He provided a wrap, but it only supports the hernia. It doesn’t hold in my stomach at al. Thanks for responding.

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Get a surgery called Tension-Free Mesh to fix Hernia

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jer22 | @jer22 | 9 hours ago
In reply to @andoman "Yes I’m getting a bigger stomach and it’s not nice, from surgery to fix my bowel..." + (show)
@andoman

Yes I’m getting a bigger stomach and it’s not nice, from surgery to fix my bowel but I’m going to have a complete Tension-Free Mesh to cover my whole tummy, yes it’s done by surgery and my surgeon has advised me only a 1% fail rate so I’m in. Surgery is on 26 June this year so I’ll inform here how it goes to help others

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Please do let us know how the surgery goes, I may also consider having it done.
Good luck

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