Hello I will be flying for the first time with my pouch. I usually carry a bag with emergency changing supplies when I leave home. Of course this bag includes small curved scissors. Will it be allowed on a plane and if it’s not do you just pre-cut a pouch and pray it’s the right size. My stoma size fluctuates, so if guys have suggestions, they are welcomed and appreciated. I know a lot more th...

JUST BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING that felt good, we went out to dinner Saturday night. We usually save that sort of extravagance for special occasions but, I guess, we just decided to manufacture a special occasion. So off we went to our favorite mom & pop Italian restaurant. “We won’t need those menus,” I told the waitress. We always get the same thing. Why experiment when you know what ...

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!  

ONE SUMMER WE WERE DRIVING in the Appalachians, enjoying the rural atmosphere and the beauty of the curvy roads through green hills, when we ended up behind a medium-sized flatbed truck loaded with cages, all strapped down and secured.  The cages were filled with live chickens and the speed of the truck was enough to cause thousands of white feathers to come flying out of the cages, filling the...

Hi , I think the most valuable function of this Site is the freedom it gives traumatized people to express the whole range of emotions that flood our minds . People in your circle will get pretty sick and tired hearing your Blood&Guts  hospital ni...

Hi Guys, Well........here's one to brighten your day! A little background first.....being a short-gutter I change my barrier every other day, in the morning when I get up. I have a ritual to do this, as timing is everything in my world. I stop eating about 1:30am, then re-hydrate from 2:30 to 3:30am, then hit the sack around 4:30am. Then it's up at 7:15 or so, and on with my day. Because I’m b...

Hi , I have a Canin  D20 SLR  and I'm looking to upgrade . I was looking at the 5D MK IV or lower  in the line .  Critics say that with crooping  to square off the Sensor image  the quality , clarity is not an awful lot better in the much more exp...

Good morning/evening So it's that time of the year where were being forced to spend extraordinary amounts of money on gifts. I know Christmas is supposed to be about spending time with family and loved ones. So to have a bit of fun what did someone buy you for Christmas that you hated or was funny. For me I would have to say the worst gift I received was bath salts that I couldn't use due to f...

      For the Vegans and saviors of the Planet 🙂 out there   , I love ya but I have a utilitarian view about  fishing and using animals for meat . We have evolved into Omnivores , we will eat almost anything we  can get  into our belly  !! ...f...

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...

So, I ended up in the hospital for a couple days. smh


Not only was I dehydrated but my blood work was all over the place. I was low in just about everything so I had a couple days of fluids and a bunch of different pills or shots to get my number...

ACCEPTANCE OR ADJUSTMENT ?
 


When trauma happens and you’re struck


in mind and body and you’re stuck


with feelings that you can’t control 


and umbrage about your new role. 


 


Acceptance is not on the cards 


because the concept is too hard,


...

So seeing as quite a few people want another icebreaker-type game, I thought long and hard … ok, maybe I just typed icebreaker questions into Google and scrolled and clicked on links until I found something and then thought, “duh? Why didn’t I think of this ages ago?” Anyway, how about something like a game of kiss, marry, kill. Let’s make it so that we have more than one gender in the options ...

Some of you know that in 2018 I left my abusive spouse after 15 long years trying to make things work. I moved into my own apartment, got a job and worked very hard to become debt free. During this time, I gave my then spouse two years to get counseling and work on the issues. After realizing that he had done nothing, I divorced him in 2020.  A year later in April 2021, I moved out of the apart...

Hi Friends!      I have surgery coming up on April 14th to repair a recto vaginal fistula at the point of anastomosis. (Where my sweet ileostomy started) If the surrounding tissue looks good my surgeon may reverse my ileostomy. (I know, shock and disappointment..) 🤦🏼‍♀️ I'm also in need of a having my midline incision taken down, reinforced, and repaired. I have a few questions I hop...

Hello Friends,      I’m sitting in the calm of a sleeping house all prepped and ready for surgery. It’s currently 1am here in Washington state. We’re a tad behind the rest of the world. 😉      I’m not sure if a bowel prep is better with or without an ostomy. I had the grand pleasure of putting 2 Liters of soapy (go figure 🤷🏼‍♀️) water into my stoma. I have a loop ileostomy, so th...

Had a great week last week with my appliance, I managed to go 6 days mostly out of laziness without changing. Saturday I changed, Monday at the surgeons office I sprung a leak and did a quick but I thought effective change, just now I was reminded...

   Hi Guys ,  a bit tongue in cheek but who the hell knows ...maybe you do . I had one Very convincing  3 AM  Spook ....anyone else  ?  Only the really inexplicable ones . I can't really say that I believe but  maybe someone will convince me .


Wa...

A day leak free?


fav internet radio station?


"Mi Soul" App, 3 station in one, Mi Soul,


Mi Groove & Mi House, you will be hooked


i promise!


night - large brandy & port with slice of lemon & block of ice!


medicinal.


sleep - an hour before mid...

THERE WAS A DAY WHEN houses had mailboxes mounted next to the front door, and the mail delivery person walked up and plopped it right in there.  Today, notwithstanding that I live in a residential neighborhood in the middle of a fair-sized city, we have to have what used to be referred to as ‘rural mailboxes’ planted out at the road and the mail carrier putters up in a small specialty vehicle a...

I need to scream and shout and yell at the top of my lungs. I need to be heard. I need to get things off my chest. These posts will be TL;DR and I'm tired of not being heard. I want people t o hear what I have to say. To listen to what happened to...

No, i’m not talking about our bags. I’m talking about how we see our lives and our futures. Our sense of purpose and contentment. And our sense of accomplishments we’ve all made over the years. Do you see yourself, your life, or your future as half empty or half full? Why do you see things the way you see them? What make you smile? What makes you cry? And by now you’re probably wondering…why ...

This fence is just across the Golden Gate and reminds Cal residents just how powerful the 1908 Quake in SF and how much the Earth can move under your feet ( not in the Carol King way  !!! ) . The Ocean side of much of California is sliding North ....

To be honest, I never wanted to ever have a colonoscopy. I guess I knew that someday I would because its a great preventative test but I wasn't there yet. That is until all this stuff started with my stomach and bowels. That forced me over the yuc...

Good morning! I'm in Atlantic Canada and it is 6:00 am. Coffee! Yum 😋☕️ I think it is so cool to see all you folks from across the pond on now!  And then tonight (if I don't crash too early) I get to see all the folks from this side of the pond! 🥰🤗💞

OK ....I know there are some very smart people in Congress and the Senate . However there are some who would be ( should be ) shamed by the disparity  between their level of knowlege and a High Schooler . 


   This person , adult Human is , believ...

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...

No , not the car I bought !!  I don't have a gasoline tanker truck in my back yard !!  At current prices it might take 300 bucks , at least , to fillerup !!  The price is in Euros about  $8 K.


Can you imagine driving this on our Really Tiny roads...

It was just a simple dinner. Baked pork chops with mushrooms and potates. It smelled great when I took it out of the oven and we ate and watched a little TV. Afterward, my husband went to bed but my stomach didn't feel right so I was going to wait...

Chapelwaite   ....Netflix . 8 outa 10 so far  👍 Adrian Brody is the retired sea captain living in a Spooky House in Maine  1817.  Very well done . His dead wife was South Seas so his kids are brown and not welcome . . Not too scary ...you cowar...

Well, tomorrow is the day I have been waiting for! Surgery to remove part of my colon and hopefully be able to repair my bladder.


I had reached out to the two doctors at the beginning of this. The ones the blew me off. I never heard back from the...

Great show , lots of episodes and a bit Cerebral so have patience , it's worth it !! 


" The Sinner " .  Bill Pullman is surprisingly good in this role as the Detective digging until the truth pops up . Quite complicated at times so ...pay attenti...

Happy 1 Year Anniversary Cancer Free!  Happy 1 Year Stomaversary!  🎉🎉🎉 Thank you for being here to share your knowledge, your inspiration and especially your humor!  🥰🤗❤️

See how I did that ?? ....Monte Cristo  LOL ...I know , you got it !  ☘


    Absolutely True Story   !!! No Shit  !! 


     I was on the roof of the  3  storey Victorian in San Francisco . I was working with my Brother installing new gutters  so...

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...

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 ...

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...

FORMER NFL STAR DEION SANDERS was colorful enough to garner two nicknames:  Prime Time, and Neon Deion.  As a football coach now, he is called Coach Prime.  But due to medical issues with his left foot, he recently had to have his big toe and his second toe amputated.  How ambulatory he will be in the future is yet to be determined, but it’s fortunate that this didn’t happen during his playing ...

Hey everyone. I was starting to become active on her back at the end of last year. I had some very severe complications from a variety of medical issues. Doing a little better now and wanted to get back on and continue chatting with all your nice folk. I have made a few friends and am always up for more. Feel free to send me a message. I will respond accordingly. Thanks you all! ❤️ Glad to ...

Simple enough question, right? I think as civilization progresses it’s expected that the masses would increase their intelligence as well…..only makes sense, right? But I think I’m concluding that while the smartest people continue to get smarter, the rest of the world is actually getting less smart. Here’s my case in point; Normally I try very hard to not be in public during normal times of t...

I had so much fun with HenryM’s post about ‘Walking’ songs I thought we could name ‘Train’ songs next. 🎶 🚂 Here are some to get us started. 🤩‘Last Train to Clarksville’ by The Monkees‘Midnight Train to Georgia’ by Gladys Knight & the Pips‘Midnight Train to Memphis’ by Kid Rock‘Slow Train’ by Bob Dylan‘Peace Train’ by Cat Stevens‘Night Train’ by Jason Aldean  ...

So, I’m literally less than 24 hours post ileostomy surgery sat here in my hospital bed typing this. Hello from Stoke Mandeville Hospital. 

I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in my early 30’s but had probably had a couple of flares in my 20’s ...

THE THINGS THAT WEALTHY PEOPLE DO with their money astound me. Some go in for flashy jewelry, rings and Rolex watches and lots of gold. Some spend money on expensive cars, big boats, and houses much bigger than what they need to actually live in. Others hire nannies to care for their children, maids to clean their homes, cooks to make their meals, gardeners to tend their yards, and a variety of...

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...

  This is simply a personal observation on how history can haunt us in many ways and how our current lives , in general , have been molded and guided by events that happened hundreds of years ago . History is Not irrelevant , you can't just shake ...

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...

I was baking a batch of cookies yesterday, a chore I usually find onerous.  I like cooking as there is an element of creativity to it, but baking is basically just following instructions, boring....anyway, I digress.  As I often do when baking, to make the time more enjoyable, I put some music on, nice and loud.  I chose a selection I had not listened to for a few years, The Best of The Temptat...

Hello to everbody! I haven't been to this site in many years. I've been meaning to sign up again, but I have been busy living life and never quite got around to it. For any longtime members, I am the person who started the "Ostomy Tips" thread way back when. I'm looking forward to getting re-aquainted with you all, as well as meeting new members!   Paul

Well, I made it through my big surgery. My colon "was a mess" but my bladder didn't have as much damage as originally thought. I have to have a foley cath. until Friday and it's been an uncomfortable thing to deal with but I finally see a light at...

Hi all! Though I’ve never met anyone else with an ostomy in person, I am grateful to have chatted with some folks online that have helped answer my questions and provide me with sense of community throughout my journey. I was directed here by some...