I'm curious about this "girdle" too. What is it exactly? Would it bother an SP catheter? I wore a binder for almost a year until it started to irritate my skin and cause more problems.
Michelle On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 9:29 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > How in the world do you get a girdle on? That's gotta take a lot of > turning & tugging. What do you women think of Spanx? Just as hard? > dianna > > I am definitely happy that I’m a female if I have to be a quad! That is > why I wear “a girdle”, so I don’t have to have an apparent quad gut. J. I > was not happy with binders as they would roll and pinch and cause more > problems than it cured, and the body suit that I wear is smooth and doesn’t > hurt my skin. > We can’t really Eliminate our bellies, because it is just those darned > intestines refusing to stay in place inside our bodies when we sit up. But > we can force them back inside. LOL > Joan > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joan Anglin <[email protected]> > To: 'Larry Willis' <[email protected]>; quad-list < > [email protected]> > Sent: Mon, Apr 6, 2015 12:23 pm > Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Quad Belly > > I am definitely happy that I’m a female if I have to be a quad! That is > why I wear “a girdle”, so I don’t have to have an apparent quad gut. J. I > was not happy with binders as they would roll and pinch and cause more > problems than it cured, and the body suit that I wear is smooth and doesn’t > hurt my skin. > We can’t really Eliminate our bellies, because it is just those darned > intestines refusing to stay in place inside our bodies when we sit up. But > we can force them back inside. LOL > Joan > > *From:* Larry Willis [mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]?>] > *Sent:* Monday, April 06, 2015 7:01 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Fwd: [QUAD-L] Quad Belly > > Same here, Greg. It makes me miserable and even hard to breathe. It > feels like my food sticks where my gut folds. I hate it but don't know how > to eliminate it, other than starvation. > > Larry Willis > Retired and proud of it > > > Begin forwarded message: > > *Resent-From:* [email protected] > *From:* greg <[email protected]> > *Date:* April 5, 2015 at 11:09:34 PM EDT > *To:* <[email protected]> > *Subject:* *[QUAD-L] Quad Belly* > > After my stoma my quad belly went down a lot, but it sure came back. > Bigger than ever. > Even a binder does nothing for it. > When laying on my back, my stomach looks pretty flat. But once I sit up... > it just flop out. > It actually gets uncomfortable. > Exercising really does nothing for that area, since I have no muscle > control there. > I am trying to twist and do what bending forward that I can. Diet does not > seem to help, the rest of my body it average. > Greg > >
