Diving with an Ostomy.

[Wayne Devoll]

Any other divers put there with an Ostomy. My Doc says OK to 1 ATM. Haven't tried yet. I'm 1 year out of surgery, but headed to Florida, then Cozumel in Sept. Like to hear from anyone with experience. Been diving 29 years.

 

[Imla]

Don't have ostomy, but work as a nurse so my first thoughts would be: "What kind". How well does it take getting "squished".

And I assume it is a typo... you won't get much diving done if you are to stay at 1 ATM...

 

[Pedro Burrito]

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[Steve_C]

And I assume it is a typo... you won't get much diving done if you are to stay at 1 ATM...

Assume you mean one additional ATM so 33 ft or so.

 

[Duke Dive Medicine]

This nurse would echo @Imla 's question above: what type of ostomy, and how much does it put out?

Best regards,
DDM

 

[Pao]

Dry suit?

 

[Wookie]

I had a crew member, fellow named Fuzzy, dove with a colostomy. Depth didn’t matter, of course he made sure there was no air in the bag and would goop around it with antibiotic creme to keep the critters out. He only dove once a day, as he was 88 years of age.