For these people living with Crohn’s disease, ostomy surgery made everything from the ordinary to the extraordinary possible.
By Jennifer Rainey Marquez
Excerpt taken from HealthCentral. Article originally published in HealthCentral on November 27th, 2019: https://www.healthcentral.com/article/ostomy-crohns-patient-stories
“I feel more ‘myself’ than I have in years.” ~Tina Aswani Omprakash, 36, New York City
“As an Indian American, getting an ostomy was so culturally taboo that I waited until I was near death’s door to finally have the surgery. I was told nobody would marry me, and I was very afraid that I’d be discriminated against. To my surprise, my ostomy didn’t just save my life—it made me feel alive again! Not only did I marry my boyfriend, since surgery (I had my first temporary ileostomy in 2008, and had my third stoma made permanent in 2012) I feel more myself than I have for years. I can eat, I can travel, I can attend the weddings of loved ones. I’m especially grateful that I can wear beautiful and intricate Indian outfits again, like sarees, lehngas, and churidhars, without worrying about how to get in and out of them in a rush to use the bathroom. I truly feel as though I have my life—and the real ‘me’—back.”
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