Question:
IS YOUR STOMA YOUR ......

I WAS WATCHING A SHOW ON TV AND THEY SAID THAT THE STOMA IS YOUR BELLY BUTTON. THAT CAN'T BE TRUE CAN IT? I NO THIS SOUNDS REALLY DUMB, BUT THATS WHAT THEY SAID ON THE PROGRAM.    — Gale G. (posted on May 9, 2002)

May 9, 2002
I'm not a doc. or nurse but I think stoma is the opening into your stomach. Please correct me if I am mistakken y'all.
   — Cinna G.

May 9, 2002
If I'm not mistaken, the stoma is the opening from the pouch into the intestines.
   — Patty_Butler

May 9, 2002
A stoma is any surgically-created opening... so, in WLS, the stoma refers to the opening from the pouch to the intestine, just as Patty Butler said. (There are lots of other kinds of stomas, of course-- G-tubes and ostomies and so forth...). Good question!
   — Sarah B.

May 9, 2002
a bellybutton is a scar & nothing more. it serves no useful purpose. when u r a fetus ur lifeline is attached from ur mother to u at mid abdomen. when u r born & the cord dries up & falls off, u r left with a 'scar' (bellybutton).
   — sheryl titone