Louie Green wants to use his platform to reduce the stigma around stomas.
Louie wants to use his comedy platform to make things better for people using stoma bagsA comedian has started showing his colostomy bag at his gigs to encourage more discussion about the topic.Green, from Felixstowe, Suffolk, said: "Not many people - especially men - will talk about it. So I'm like, 'Well, this is it. I've got to do it'."
Colostomy UK, a charity supporting people with a stoma, praised Green and said his actions would help challenge "outdated stereotypes".At the end of the gig he took off his shirt to reveal the colostomy bag and got a standing ovation.Comedian Louie Green took his top off at a gig to show his colostomy bagHe nicknamed his bag "Reggie" and revealed after the initial shock wearing it had been "a positive experience" and that "you can live a normal life".
The Suffolk comic credits his family and partner - who was pregnant at the time - with helping him to adjust. "My partner did nothing but reassure me the whole way through that she was just glad that I was here," he said."The two questions that I was always asked were: 'Does it smell?' and 'Ugh, that must be disgusting, do you struggle with it?'""Their take-away was: 'So when England played Italy, you didn't got for a nervous poo before the penalties?'
"And I said, 'Well I did, actually. I've been doing a nervous poo since half time, but you just don't know about it.'"
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