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 ...

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...

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 ...

Jusr one of those random bits of info ( Not Fake Info !!)  that has stuck inside my sick Brain  !! 


     In  16th  and  17th   Royal Courts and Cathedrals of Europe  it was very common ( if you could afford it , like pure Crystal Coke in more rec...

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,


...

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...

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 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 ....

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...

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...

THE TOPIC HERE IS ACTUAL MEATLOAF, not the recently deceased singer/actor, may he rest in peace.  My meatloaves have typically been blah creations, slapped together when nothing else is available.  But this week, I hit on an additional ingredient that made it really good:  hoisin sauce.  We have used this with stir-fry for years, but otherwise it just sat on a shelf in the fridge.  It is made f...

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!  

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...

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...

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...

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...

Share a fun fact about where you live. 😊

I wish there were Christmas movies about being single and happy at Christmas. These movies are more depressing then uplifting. LOL 😳😜 What do y'all think? 🎄🎄🎄      

Yes, I know it’s a bit weird, but I just felt like writing this down 💩 💩. Back in September/October 2013, I had a very severe flare up of what I was then diagnosed with: ulcerative colitis. Only a few days after this, 2nd November 2013, I ha...

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...

      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...

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...

Hey Friends!      Help me tell a story?? I’ve been focused on healing lately, and what’s better for the soul than a good laugh? (Maybe great friends, and a huge hug? I’m sending you all one now. 🥰) Without further ado, I’m going to start a story. Then y’all can add on. (I’m so excited! 😂) Just a couple rules.. don’t let the story end, and make sure the person above you is added to the sto...

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 ...

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 ...

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!  🥰🤗❤️

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...

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...

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

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, so here we go: Apparently I’m Grey Brain The Mercenary Of Hope!

I'm not usually an angry or aggressive person. If you notice in my earlier blogs, I tend to withdrawl rather than lash out. But the combination of the surprise of what surgery was planned, the lack of communication WITH ME, my lack of having had a...

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...

  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 ...

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...

   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...

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...

To all women, A sincere happy International Women's Day... Thought this might be the appropriate day to voice the disturbing, yet not surprising, frequency of women's experiences with dating (with an ostomy) compared to that of men's. It's more than unfortunate that almost exclusively women have faced the "oh you have an ostomy?.... is that what I think it.... umm... ok, i'll call you... maybe...

IN THE LATE SIXTIES, I joined an organization called ZPG, which stood for Zero Population Growth. It was founded by biologist Paul Ehrlich who wrote the best seller ‘The Population Bomb.’ Since 2002, it is known as Population Connection. Simply put, if two adults have two children, they have replaced themselves and have not added to population growth. Way back in the late 18th Century, an econo...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 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. 

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

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 ...

" Saving Grace "  Brenda Blethyn , Craig Ferguson 


I got just the movie for you . I'm picky about my comedy and fickle in my  likes and dislikes  but this one will get all Funnybones  tickled .  Clean and no Naughty Stuff so you can watch it with...

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...

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...

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...