As an actor who has gotten a colostomy procedure life has been easy for the most part. I have always had a passion for acting when I was growing up. I enjoyed pretending to be someone else, it was fun to me. After my procedure, I needed something fun like that to keep me distracted. When I found out I could act for a career I knew nothing would stop me from doing that, it became my dream, my obsession.
When I was in high school as a freshman I developed a lot of bad indigestion. I went to see the doctor about it and after a diet change, he said it should get better. After about a month and no results in a differing outcome, I went back to see my doctor. When I told him there was no change in indigestion I would have after eating he wanted to get a scan to see if he could see anything going on inside. He determined a CAT scan would be the best. After the scan, he told me that a large section of my large intestine has died off riding it useless. This is what was causing my horrid indigestion issues. My doctor determined that a colostomy procedure would be the best route to take from here to ensure this does not continue and I do not have any more problems.
After my procedure, he told me that I could continue to do as I wished however no contact sports. I reassured him that that would not be a problem as I loved acting. He told me that I could continue to do that and he would be looking for me in the movies. I chuckled as I was only a freshman in acting classes. When I got back to school I made a promise to myself that I would do every play we did to hone my acting skills because of my current situation I did not believe I could make it unless I had enough talent. In my acting classes, I made sure to take in as much information as possible. When the first play came I was ecstatic. I went in for my audition and gave it my all. They told me it was the best they had seen in their whole time doing this. As my high school years went on I got every part in every play
I got spotted by someone in the high school on my last play and he offered me an acting job in an upcoming movie he was directing. I was thrilled. I did the best I could and the movie ended up mankind double the amount we put in on it. That movie got me noticed by some big-time directors who asked me to be in their movies, I even got the chance to work alongside some of the cast from the Marvel movies. I had always looked up to Robert Downey Jr and when I had the chance to work with him I almost fainted.
If I had not gotten my breakthrough after high school then I’m not sure if I would be in the big movies that I am today. My ostomy bag never really came up in conversations nor was it ever a problem if it had come up. I enjoyed the high school acting and at times I look back on it. I am glad to have gotten my ostomy procedure because it drove me to be a better actor. I have never had any problems with my ostomy bag and it has never caused me to not get a job. I’m thrilled to have gotten my breakthrough.
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