Horrified mum's rare condition sees her poo and fart through mysterious bum cheek tunnel

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mum who starting pooing and farting through a mysterious tunnel in her left bum cheek says it’s “not an ideal lifestyle” but she has learnt to live with it.Tierney Dumont, from Ohio, USA, developed a fistula in her colon in 2018 that led to her not defecating and passing gas from the correct place but an inch away from her anus instead.The brave 29-year-old had over 20 procedures and surgeries since her diagnosis including an ileostomy bag in 2020 that vastly improved her quality of life.READ MORE: Beauty queen punished by Putin’s police for singing Insta song that 'discredited' armyDespite being embarrassed of her condition at the start, she wants to speak out for people who are ashamed of their health issues.Heroic Tierney said: "I have a rectal fistula, it's essentially a hole in my bowel."The doctors aren't sure how it came about, but it might have been from childbirth, from giving birth to my daughter Savannah."I was putting out stool and passing gas, not from the adequate place, I had created this whole tunnel all the way through the inner side of my left butt cheek.”She explained that her experience has been tiresome and difficult but she has found comfort in a community of like-minded people who have helped her throughout her battle."It's been a really long and frustrating and crazy journey," she continued."I have been really open about the process and the journey and what's going on because I think some people feel very ashamed of it or it's gross and it's messy."I think if we're more open about those kinds of things other people are going to be open about it and not feel ashamed or embarrassed about it."I have found such a great community of people in the ileostomy community we talk and support each all the.