Life is Complicated Sometimes in people’s lives , things don’t happen the way you want them to . 

Hi guys ,  I've had my HP Laptop for a few years now and I'm so careful with it . It has crossed the US and the Atlantic many , many times  safely .   I did a very stupid thing , I  bumped my coffee cup and some splashed on my keyboard .  I immedi...

Hi Gang,   With all the discussions COVID is producing...........such as do masks work (current day Europe would indicate they do not)......who came up with 6' as the correct spacing for social distancing.......so 5'11" is unsafe....but 6' is fine???  Have you seen those ridiculous face shields they're selling that are open on all sides???  If you smoke....inhale and put your mask on in front ...

This will be short  but I have to say it again. 


I see all these in the news who are dying one after the other because of stubborness , parents dying and leaving four kids . On their deathbed admitting that they were wrong not to take sensible pr...

hey Bob I see you have a new hat I like it and that looks like a nice coat for keeping warm taking care of the aminals, Best wishes and stay safe

The Single Ostomate



If you are single, you have a bit more of a challenge. Dating is hard enough when you have little or nothing serious in your past. But now, you have a medical past that has affected your body, mind and spirit. It can take some...

I had a funny thing happen the other day. I was just sitting on the couch and my  stoma let out a fart that would have scared any teenager! My spouse turned around as if in shock.... I thought it was hilarious!  I can't be offended from much anymore, but it is amazing to see others reactions!  

So Henry had the Diva list for great singers of years gone by. So who would you have for your top five male solo singer's? Mine would go something like this. 1 George Michael, 2 Bob Marley, 3 Elvis,4 Ed Sheeran,5 Tom Jones. XX

Hello everyone! I've had my ileostomy (Penelope haha) for a few years now. I've recently wanted to start eating healthy and getting into shape. However, I have the type of personality that, if something is overwhelming to me, I shy away from it. Trying to figure out healthy eating with an ileostomy, well, was overwhelming to me. A coworker of mine suggested to try a forum, so here I am :)  Doe...

When Covid first started I thought it would be worse than what it has been. It has been bad and it's likely to be with us forever but controlled. I thought ( at first) is this the end of the world as we know it? I wondered what would happen if 50 % of the world died? I thought if I survived how would people like us manage if we couldn't get pouches/bags? Before I had time to think of an answer ...

I’m sharing this post because I literally laughed till I cried. I’m thinking we all need a laugh these days. Read to the end to get the best laugh🤣 have fun!The Middle Wife' by an Anonymous 2nd grade teacher I've been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two kids myself, but the best birth story I know is the one I saw in my own second grade classroom a few years back.When I was a ki...

My daughter sent this to me. She is 20 so she did a bit of cursive writing in school. I think she can only read my hand writing...nobody elses. LOL

Hello Everybody.


Some rhymes focus upon, and are relevant to, a specific subject or problem such as stomas etc. However, sometimes a rhyme seems to have relevance to a number of subjects simulataneously.  I felt that 'After-Effects' was one such ...

WE ALL HAVE OCCASIONAL CRAVINGS. I had two yesterday, glutton that I am. We headed for a local seafood restaurant, hungry for shrimp. Being Sunday and not long after local churches disgorged their worshippers, the place was packed. Even though we’re both vaccinated, eating in a crowded restaurant with a bunch of unknown, unmasked & jabbering strangers was too much for me, so me ordered take-out...

Hi Guys,   I always thought it odd that so many osotomates are from the UK.  Just from a percentage of the population sort of thing.  I noticed it on here first, when I look at the ladies pics....but I also noticed it recenlty on the "other" ostomy dating site.  I was looking at the "new members" pics and the majority of the gals are from the UK.  What am I missing about ostomies and Great Bri...

My point here is not to argue a point.  It is to ask you to do due diligence in researching some of the facts that the Anti-Vaxers have found to be true.  I'm not going to give you the answers.  You find out and someone give what they have looked ...

I found a man who appeared to really like me and before meeting him I told him about my ileostomy. He proceeded to chew me out and say that no one is going to want to make love to someone with a shitbag next to them. He said I should take my profile off the dating site because I was líeing to people by not posting my condition. Before meeting anyone I have always written to them ahead of time t...

Hey Friends ...I am still alive after living thru 6 roller coaster rides and 7 haunted houses at Haunt Kings Dominion in Virginia with my family ! No teasing on my frightful photo ... 5 loops and 3 corkscrews at 65 mph and 135 ft within this 2 minute ride picture ! Omg ...11 days left . I've been wizzing around on an electric bike and motorized scooters and hiking looking for bears and deer alo...

Hi World.


 


Can anybody tell me if there is a company in the USA that markets a Stoma Irrigation pump? In Europe we have Bbraun, but I dont belive that they sell this product in the USA. Bad move on their part as the market must be huge. Are the...

A WEB OF KINDNESS. (MAO)


The world-wide-web has sometimes cast
a nasty shadow in the past,
when trolls and bullies ply their trades
as they let rip with their tirades.


It’s sad to see this bad abuse
be used by some to thus traduce, (speak ill of som...

What a nightmare! So, I thought Id' share.


Best wishes


Bill


 


NO PLACE FOR COMPLACENCY.


For years I’ve sussed this stoma game,
and until now I think I’d claim
that I have got control of it
and little bothers me with **it.


Every problem that I...

Hi All ,   


I was watching a documentary about 911 last night and I had a bit of an epiphany , I was in Ireland at the time because we were having a sort of a family reunion in Ballina, Co Mayo, my home town . My New York family and my Washingto...

In The Bronx many Moons ago there was a poster in the bathroom of the huge apt I shared with my two Brothers and often new arrivals , " just off the boat "  from our home town in Ireland . Sometimes there would be a knock on the door ...The Bronx ...

Well it was really date afternoon, went to the movies and saw Respect. It was really good, lots of music with an interesting story. Now just waiting for our dinner reservation.

My weekend was incredible. Never felt more "normal!" (Had a seven year hiatus) The Massage: I chose 50 min Aromatherapy. I lay on my stomach and back, did nothing different w/ my bag. For the comfort of the very accepting young masseuse (I offered, she didn't care), I put a small towel under and over my bag, on my stomach, then on my back. I have a bad back, curvy spine, but she was light on i...

KIND GESTURES 6. (Stoma nurses)


I feel it is now past the time,
that I should put my mind to rhyme
about the stoma-nurses who
helped me when they needed to.


I’ve been about for long enough,
to know much more about the stuff
that bothers ostomates, a...

Ok..I just remembered what someone told.me two days ago and I just had to ask. Someone told me that there is a fetish for people with stomas. Like a Pornographic sub genre out there.  I told them that while I know that there is some crazy 💩 out there ..that that couldnt possibly be true. There is no way in God's green earth that I am even going to think of looking that up. But has anyone eve...

This weekend I will be at spa w/ girlfriend. I have my first massage scheduled in 7 years w/ colostomy. Was too shy before (at ripe old age of 64!) to go. No longer!Also I have access to anything in spa: sauna, steam, etc. (COVID safe).  I am looking for any advice etc. re these things. I seem to recall that sauna (old favorite of mine) isn't good for adherence of barrier. But I never have adh...

Hi everyone😃❤ I was just curious what everyone's plans for turkey day were? Anybody doing any travel? (Be safe). I am just having a quiet (or should I say loud 😛) dinner with my family.  What is your fave thanksgiving day staple food? Mine is definitely the stuffing🤗. Momma makes it every year. The recipe has been passed down for years through my family. No stovetop for us (although...

The year 2020 has been an unpredictable ride through world politics, the pandemic, numerous protests and many more difficulties that had made living life quite hard for most. Let us embrace 2021 with much-needed hope and happiness. Just, K.  

Hi..I'm having a bad week, just depressed. Looking for a group who can relate! Had my surgery Dec 15th this past year..now have a Urostomy but did not know till I woke from surgery. I thought they were rebuilding my bladder. I had bladder cancer. For the most part it's been a smooth transition with me actually  doing my changes etc. but like tonight....it hits me again. After all my chemo etc...

Has anyone ever have to make their own ostomy because you ran out and there was no place to go to buy one?

Hi to all my adventurous ostomates...    Im headed to see my son and 3 highly active grandkids next week and my Son  tells me we're going to Kings Dominion (a amusement park) to ride the coasters . The last time I'd been there I vomited on workers shoes , and sweated like crazy and had to stop riding the rides . I was taken by ambulance to a Virginia hospital where I was diagnosed with low pot...

I've had my ileostomy for a week and I've been having terrible anxiety I'm not sure how to deal, it's all so new to me, i could really use some advice 

Hi friends,


I'm going into Boston tomorrow for a right lower lobectomy of my lung in order to remove cancer that had metastasized in hopes of getting off of the chemo I've been on for so long.


If any of you pray, I would love it if you say one f...

8/11/21 greetings and salutations to old friends and  newbies... Have I been missed? Where you at Bob- my brother in arms-...  Yes been  awhile.  membership is now renewed for life time and wanted to touch base.  Warms my heart seeing you all still out here fighting the good fight.  and  goodness, the amount of new members is incredible. Glad to see word is getting out.   I have a lot of catch...

Hi there fellow Baggers . We were almost praying for rain in California  and guess what !?  Tomorrow will be the third day  of literally non-stop  deluge of rain  . We have had no rain in the SF Bay Area  since probably last Christmas , that was j...

Hi guys , I was never much on Religion ,  well not exactly true . Until I was maybe ten years old , around that time  I began to question things and the logic of some things which people believe , sight unseen  .          "  Faith " is  the key I ...

II just flew back from the East Coast and boy are my arms tired  ....lol..just a giggle will do !!  . My arms actually are tired . I was working with my Brother P.  On my Sister's house in Alexandria , Va . The work went very well  and all it cost...

If that's you.....here's what you do.  Head over to your nearest Walmart........even if you need nothing or have no intention of spending a cent.  Walk into the appropriate clothing section for you.....and stand behind a rack of clothes that's facing the checkout lanes.  And just watch.  If you do that for 10 or 15 minutes I guarantee you will leave the store feeling better about yourself.  I d...

I know this topic has been posted many times...but does anybody have any terrible dating stories about trying to date with a ostomy? I have read about the ones where people don't mind etc..but I feel like those are few any far between. I just wanna know that I am not alone in feeling like I will never meet anyone.  I had numerous hospitalizations over the years and have not dated due to my illn...

It's been three weeks since I got my life saver (as my mom calls her) and I still don't know how to deal. I'm always having some kinda accident where the poop leaks out from all the sides, the anxiety is getting too much, the crying and waking my ...

BACK TO BAGS?


Since I had my stoma op.
my irrigation did not stop
for it’s been more convenient,
practical and expedient.

Irrigation’s been my thing,
because the life that it can bring
is vastly better than with bags
and all those toilet-finding sn...

I am integrating myself back into society after a very long pause. I dont want to go back to the bank where I worked in a call center in a high stress dept. I'm curious what everyone does for work? I'm hoping for ideas :) Also any woman my age need a friend to chat with. I could use a chat buddy these days. It would be nice to chat with someone who understands the assignment. 

Sooo…(as the teenagers as)...today marks the 50th anniversary of the release of one of the greatest rock n roll epics of all time, “Stairway to Heaven”. Never released as a single it was on the English super group Led Zeppelin’s fourth studio album, simply titled Led Zeppelin IV. If radio stations still exist in 50 years time (doubtful) one would hope they are still playing this iconic eight ...

No more from me about people  who don't have enough sense to save their own lives , I just wish they would stop trying to take the lives of others who are actuall trying to mitigate the current medical disaster. Just leave the sane people in peace...

I have done alot of research into why a lot of us have chrons and colitis.

After doing my research, I found out the following. 

From us being a baby to now, we had some kind of dairy. The dairy such as milk or cheese is hard to digest. It cr...