Bodybuilding champion Zoey Wright who suffers from bowel disease reveals she's getting ostomy bag removed
A bodybuilder who had to carry an ostomy bag around after suffering from a fatal bowel disease is now finally getting it removed. She revealed that she will have to undergo two surgeries for the process to be complete, reports the Daily Mail.
26-year-old Zoey Wright, who hails from Cornwall, announced the news of her upcoming surgery to her 60,000 followers on Instagram, explaining that she would be taking a break from competing in order to recover from the surgeries. She then made a YouTube video speaking about how she had been approved for the surgeries and, henceforth, she would be fitted with an internal J pouch.
Zoey first started to feel the pangs of her bowel disease in 2012 when, all of a sudden, her weight dramatically plummet from 10st to 8st in just four weeks. On further diagnosis, it was revealed to her that she suffered from ulcerative colitis, and the doctors told her that she would have to have ileostomy surgery, a medical procedure in which the small intestine is diverted through an opening in the abdomen.
Zoey took to her social media accounts to explain to her fans and supporters that she would be out of competitions for a while since she had been approved for surgery to remove her temporary ostomy pouch, which is an artificial bag that sits outside the body. In place of the former ostomy pouch, she will be fitted with an internal J pouch that is usually made from the intestines. She even assured her fans that, after the surgery, she will be back "bigger and better than before".
