Louise Thompson has revealed she was left “too overwhelmed to speak” as she broke down following a stoma bag leak while in central London. The Made in Chelsea star, 30, said she found the incident “horrendously debilitating”.
She has been open about her multiple health battles, having almost died while giving birth to her son in 2021. Louise revealed last year that she had been fitted with a stoma after years of ulcerative colitis. According to the NHS, it is a long-term condition where the colon and rectum become inflamed. A stoma is a surgically-created opening made in the abdomen that helps to divert the flow of body waste into a medical device.
Louise has proudly showed off her stoma bag, which she nicknamed Winnie in reference to Winnie The Pooh. Despite often remaining upbeat in her posts, Louise revealed she was left in tears this week after having a leak.
She had headed to Marylebone with her fiancé Ryan Libbey on his motorbike for an appointment and coffee. Louise then went to record a podcast after their “great start” to the day.
However, Louise suddenly realised that her stoma bag had leaked and rushed to the nearest hospital. Opening up on the incident, Louise said: “Yesterday I found myself in a really depressing situation.
“l had a great start to the day. I had a medical appointment at @avenues.life in the morning with Ryan… we biked there to get ahead of the traffic and managed to shave off 20 minutes from the journey.
“Then was off to record a podcast with 2x good friends which has been in the diary for ages. Had a lot of excited energy in my belly following a c**p week of of c**p health.”
Louise added: “We got off the bike in Marylebone blissfully happy and headed to @watchhouse for some delicious coffee and cookies pre-recording because we were a smidge early, but then I felt something a bit wet in my pocket.
“I looked down and had had the most horrendously debilitating stoma leak.” The reality TV star admitted she was “too overwhelmed” to explain the situation, as Ryan stepped in.
She had to wait in the bathroom for an hour as hospital staff tried to help source a new stoma bag. Louise said she was “covered in mess” and explained: “I had to hobble to the nearest hospital which was a private one so a bit awkward.
“I was actually too overwhelmed to speak when we got to reception so thankfully Ryan who I was with handled it for me. I then literally waited locked in a bathroom for an hour sat on the loo covered in mess whilst they dug around to see if they had any stoma bags for any of their inpatients.”
Louise shared a photo of a new bag and detailed how she had to painfully rip off her old one and cut down the new device. Her assistant headed out to buy her some new trousers while Louise struggled to keep it all together.
“I tried to pull myself together,” she penned. “I cleaned up in the sink, I then had to ask for scissors to cut this to the right size (while my small intestine was free and active and hanging out of a gaping hole in my stomach), glued this contraption – that I’m not very familiar with – on to my body and put on some fresh, clean, but really long trousers.
“The whole time I thought I could still crack on with the podcast recording because I’m hella resilient and am used to this crazy s**t happening to me all the time at this point.”
However, Louise broke down as she came to terms with what she had just gone through. She was unable to carry on with her work commitments and prioritise her mental health.
“But then as I was leaving I caught sight of myself in the mirror and I just felt so f**king sorry for myself I burst into tears,” she candidly said.
“I called Ryan and told him to come in and I just said I couldn’t bloody do it anymore. I though it would make for a good story but I just couldn’t.
“Sometimes, on a rare occasion I have a human reaction and I realise I’m not that strong and I need to be kind to myself and just call it a day and look after myself and my mental health. Work often comes first, but in this instance it was too much to push on. I cancelled everything.”
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