Long tail drama

Did the 7 islands tour of Krabi yesterday, it was one of the most awesome, beautiful things ever. But disaster struck when I confidently dived head first from the long tail boat in order to do some snorkeling - my Sensura Mio 2 piece bag - which I'd already taped up because the flange has started to come away a bit - got almost completely ripped off when I hit the water!

I managed to tie my swimming trunks tight enough to keep the bag roughly in the right place and I was wearing my white Rose Collection black trunks underneath a normal pair of swimming trunks, so it wasn't easy to tell. Luckily it wasn't long until we stopped for dinner and I changed in a toilet stall.

Also one of the guys on the trip asked why I had something on my stomach area. I'm still terrible at explaining it and he asked in front of the whole boat without any discretion, so I found that difficult.

Humira (AKA keeping cool part 3)

It's impossible to keep the medication cold in a place with no refrigerator. I've been regularly topping the medicube up with ice but it always seems to be above 10 degrees, usually over 20°c, when I check it in the morning, and the ice has all melted. I think I've destroyed about £1,500 of medication :(

Full moon party

Full moon party went without a hitch, the toilets were totally acceptable.

I met up with a friend who is able to work remotely and happened to be in Thailand at the same time as me. He is staying in hotels due to his work so it was great to be able to use his private bathroom to change my bag. He knew someone who used to have a stoma so no awkward explaining was necessary.

I've been getting very complacent with these new sensura mio bags, sometimes I've realised that I haven't been bringing a change kit with me on day trips etc. This came around to bite me in the ass when I went on a day trip to the beach and developed a leak, I had to put up with a really uncomfortable itch for the rest of the day and my skin got really sore. Hopefully that is a lesson learned!

Now I'm staying at a muay thai training camp. Will update about how that goes!

Scuba 3

Been Scuba diving yesterday and today, it's great that I can do it but it's more tricky with my ostomy. First of all I can't really empty my bag while out on the boat, as the toilet goes straight into the sea, so I've been taking a loperamide to slow things down a bit.
Secondly all the movement and the weight belt resting around that areas has been causing leaks and now my skin is quite sore. Not fun.

Scuba 2

I got a medical sign off from the local Physician, and did it today, with no problems. Woop!