Seeing
people with an Ostomy for the first time brings up many memories. There can be many different reactions
especially from all types of ages. The
greatest fear is that someone points it out and usually a child being
completely honest starts making fun of it.
People are known to get embarrassed quickly and if you are new to it and
still emotionally scared by the fact that you have an Ostomy it can be hard to
deal with. On the flip side of this
equation is that many people go so far as to be rude by being polite. It is ironic that people instantly move into
the stigma that anyone with a Ostomy is handicapped or basically a parapalegic
in their mind.
It is human nature to see something different
and instantly attribute it as a weakness and want to feel sympathy. That is a the natural feeling and most people
will stay in that emotional state until they are told to knock it off by a
friend. The reality is that when something it different, they person is not
treated the same. It wouldn’t matter if
it was an ostomy or a cast on the leg.
The response we have gets more extreme the rarer it is we see it.
When someone is doing maintenance on with a
little bit of ostomy care in the bathroom people lose their mind. The natural reaction is to simply run away. This is why new comers
who just got an ostomy and are learning to deal with their stoma sometimes have
trouble getting in the routine. They can
walk into a bathroom and need to meantness by the sink and people will give
them looks that they never images they would see. Worst they get called out for doing things
that are normal ostomy care maintenance and are ostracized for it.
So the next time you run into someone who has
a Ostomy, or is dealing with their Stoma in the bathroom. Be nice, be kind, and
for goodness sake be normal. Don’t call
them out, say hey and go about your business, because they are simply going
about thiers. Nothing is really
different about them or you except what extra made up handicap you want to put
on them.
We are all human, some just
walk around with a small bag. We are all
the same and want to be treated with the same decency and respect, so don’t
forget to show to everyone.
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