After the surgery, an ostomy nurse will be assigned to teach you how to care for your stoma and change your urostomy bag or catheter.

An ostomy pouch is the bag that collects the stool draining from your ostomy. Skin barrier. The skin barrier is the part of the ostomy pouch that sticks to your skin and protects it. Empty your pouch ...

"I was young enough to have not lived so much of my life for it to change ... stop defining themselves by an ostomy. It's not who you are, the girl with the bag — it's who you are because ...