>From: "rikam" <rikam@uswest.net>
>I have to wear the waist of my pants below my navel now
>>Humor really helps. We have jokes around here that others might find
>>inappropriate, insensitive, or "cruel" but, they help me to cope with it.
>>Plus, once you heal from the psychological damage as best you can, there
>>is some humor in it.
>
>I feel like my pants are dragging. The waist if I put it wear it goes cuts
>right across the middle of my stoma and with or without a belt is very
>irritating. I wish I could buy pants with a scooped down edge on that one
>side. There are all sorts of gadgets out there as well to help folks cope.