Originally Posted by bascapline

I believe that you might have misunderstood what I posted. The people on this ostomy board who felt she dissed people with "bags"...many of them had colon cancer, anal cancer (like she did), cancer of the rectum, etc. They were told that their best chance for survival is to have surgery and have an ostomy. Many of them have been cured of their cancers. While I did not see the documentary where she refused to have an ostomy, they felt she was putting down people who did have an ostomy. They said she was told her best chance of survival was surgery with an ostomy. However, they felt she was being vain. No one cares what treatment she did or did not do. It was her choice.
No one wants to live with an ostomy pouch. It's not very much fun. However, if it means she might have lived as opposed to dying, she would have done more good to publicly say that having an ostomy can prolong and even cure cancer. She just did not choose that option.