你做造口术的第一个想法是什么?

在COVID-19大流行最严重的时候，金伯利·胡克斯被紧急送往医院接受手术。医生们发现，她的结肠即将破裂。胡克来自佐治亚州粉泉市，是克罗恩病和慢性疾病组织的大使。2011年，他被诊断出患有溃疡性结肠炎，但病情已经发展到需要手术治疗的地步。尽管如此，她还是很害怕。胡克斯说:“当初我没受过什么教育。“我不知道有造口术，我简直不敢相信这将是我的生活。但我真的，真的很感激。”

当谈到造口术时，这是一种耻辱，但如果人们知道胃上有一袋便便，就能挽救生命。2020年5月，我开始了一个由三部分组成的程序。我做了全结肠切除术，我不得不做了三次手术，因为我的结肠，它已经衰竭了。我做的第一次手术，他们切除了我的结肠，给我做了一个造口袋。当时我还没受过教育。我不知道有造口术。我以前可能见过他们，但没有受过这方面的教育，我只是不敢相信那将是我的生活。但我真的，真的很感激他们邀请我回来。救了我的命。当谈到造口术时，这是一种耻辱，但如果人们知道胃上有一袋便便，就能挽救生命。 I really didn’t understand until I had to be the one with that bag. It was very humbling. I know there are so many people that have a permanent ostomy and they are just able to thrive. When I am ostomy, I was 37 years old, married, two kids. The ostomy just affected every part of my life. My relationship with my husband, my kids, because mentally I was really not prepared to go through ostomy surgery. I had to get used to the ostomy. Changing it. Dealing with what comes with the ostomy. And it really did take time for me to just love myself again with the ostomy. And once I did that, everything kind of fell in line as far as with my family and my kids and, you know, my relationship with my husband. But they were super supportive. I mean, my six year old, she would say, Mommy, let me help you change your bag. And my husband, he always told me that I was still like the most beautiful woman with the ostomy bag. So, life still goes on. And I just want the world to know that having an ostomy literally saves lives.