Comedian Matt Forde opens up on colostomy bag and stoma after life-changing cancer surgery

Matt Forde has shared helium has had a colostomy bag fitted pursuing his bony cancer diagnosis and life-changing surgery.

The Absolute Radio DJ, 41, thought helium was suffering from sciatica erstwhile helium performed astatine past year’s Edinburgh Fringe, but aboriginal recovered retired it was a cancerous tumour astatine the basal of his spine.

He past had portion of his spine removed to region the maturation and has spent the consequent months recovering and relearning however to walk.

Following the 13-hour country and ten-week enactment astatine the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Forde was discharged with a stoma and colostomy bag.

‘I would person done thing I could to unrecorded — virtually sacrificed anything,’ helium said.

He told The Times: ‘The doctors could person carved disconnected immoderate portion of maine that they needed to, truthful that I could person an other 2nd connected this satellite with my wife, that was the main thing.’

The comedian opened up to Colostomy UK astir the country and lifelong changes pursuing his surgery, admitting helium was frightened by the thought of utilizing a colostomy bag.

‘We’re not meant to spot it arsenic it comes out, fto unsocial beryllium determination powerless arsenic it bursts retired of our belly similar immoderate benignant of s****y alien. So that frightened me,’ helium said.

‘The alteration to my body. The squeamishness astir poo coming retired of there. The faff of having a container I had to alteration each day.

‘Now I can’t judge what a tiny alteration it’s been. It doesn’t predominate my caput successful the mode I thought it would.’

He said conversations astir the country and container with his stoma nurses helped to ‘demistify’ the procedure.

‘For a portion successful hospital, I couldn’t assistance myself with the stoma astatine all. That didn’t help. It meant I was reliant connected others, alternatively than being capable to instrumentality complaint of it for myself,’ helium continued.

‘Once my mobility improved and I could support the stoma independently, it was overmuch easier.’

Forde said drama had helped him judge the change, and joked listeners to his Absolute Radio amusement had texted successful imaginable names for the bag, with his favourite being ‘Sir Keir Stoma’.

Sharing the quality of his crab past year, Matt thanked fans for their good wishes aft they inundated him with support.

‘It’s caused by a spine tumour,’ helium wrote connected societal media.

‘I request country truthful I’ll beryllium disconnected for a bit. I’ll grounds immoderate shows to screen the spread (subscribe wherever you get your podcasts). I’ll beryllium fine. In the words of Steve Cooper, I’ll spot the process.’

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