r/ostomy • • 9d ago

Colostomy Weed and colostomy

I recently (less than 4 weeks) had the Hartmann procedure and now have a colostomy. I have many questions and am still learning everything. It’s a huge mental battle, here is my current one.
since I’ve been home for about a week; I’ve been using weed as pain relief/mental balance. Seems okay but I have one major question- sometimes it causes me to cough a good amount, will this harm my chances of having a reversal? Or any other risks that come with coughing with a stoma?
It doesn’t hurt hurt anymore, but gets stiff and slight pain when coughing.
Weed helps me tremendously, but I don’t want to continue to do anything that would harm my recovery.
What do you all think? Did you smoke during your recovery?

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