Thanks for that, I do have a bag but funnily enough I don’t have anywhere near the same pain and suffering I had pre surgery - don’t think I’d want to go back to the days of not having a bag.
If anything I’d like this to be an awareness point for others on here maybe, I had severe symptoms dismissed as anything but cancer over several years eg IBS and intolerances. I was also refused referrals being told “I’m simply too young for cancer”. I’m 43 now but have been complaining of this since my late 20s. Since established it has been sat there metastasising for at least 8 to 9 years and there was evidence of something, poss a polyp, going bad.
If anyone ever has a change in bowel or stool habits and it doesn’t go away, please speak to your GP and insist on on FIT test at a minimum.