I'm very lucky!! I'd be dead without him, guarantee it!! Thank you! They're very odd things, whether it's a jejunostomy (mine) or colostomy/ileostomy/tracheostomy etc like some of my friends have. They all have their own problems. My brain still sometimes freaks out about the fact I have a hole through my abdomen with a piece of plastic rammed through it and into my gut!! Guessing by your name that you personally know the joys of a stoma. Do you have a colostomy?