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Horoscopes Week of January 23, 2022

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...

 


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Horoscopes Week of January 17, 2022
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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...

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 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...

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...

Hello everyone.


I have just come across this rhyme that was written a while ago but I don't think  I shared it with you all at the time. These things don't really age so - 'better late than never'  as they say.


Best wishes


Bill


 


THANKS.


I t...

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. 

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 ...

Just want to say that, as a confirmed bachelor in his 50s at the time of my ostomy in 2009, I was doubtful I'd find the love I'd always wanted. Well I did, at the young age of 62, and we've been married for 6 years now. She'd only ever met one person before, a co-worker, with an ostomy, and was apprehensive. But we hit it off, and have a wonderful life together, and yes the intimacy is very goo...

I wanted to share one of my favorites. ❤️🙏❤️


The Gift of Garden
From Small Graces by Kent Nerburn


I have not always loved gardens. They seem too controlled and futile.
It took a friend of mine, a Jesuit priest, to open my heart to the...

CROHN'S.



I find that rhyming verse is best

to help me get things off my chest.

So I might write some moans and groans

about the crap that’s known as Crohn's.



They tell me it’s abdominal

but I say it’s abominable.

Coping wit...

I just got my premium membership in Ostomates and I am starting my fourth year here. This transaction led me to reflect a bit on the value of this community to me personally.



I am sure many of you feel, as I do, that we are fortunate to hav...

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...

Hello everyone. 


I am still plodding on with my rhymes on 'kindness' for my (hopefully) upcoming 2022 book.


Every now and then I utilise this site for motivation to write yet another rhyme, so here is the latest of these, for which I thank you a...

Okay my friends it's that time of the year again where we make resolutions and don't stick to them for one reason or another. Has anyone thought about what 2022 resolution will be for them. Mine is to spend more time with family and friends and also enjoy life more by going to my little caravan I bought last year at Skegness. What if any have you decided to do? XX

Hi there my friends and fellow Baggers . 


   I think that our collective sanity would  have taken a huge hit by now  (  well more than it already has ,  ) if not for Netflix , Amazon  etc .  I should have been a movie critic  !!  I'm a visual typ...

Hi all, it's been a bit! Well happy thanksgiving! I just had a little  bit of dinner for the first time in 2 years! I am alone this year thanks to COVID and some family members not vaccinated. so I am coming up on my one year cancer free! My surgery was Dec 15, 2020, and I underwent 5 months of chemo first so last thanksgiving I was way to sick too eat. Now I just got my labs back and for the ...

Empty Nest





I never thought I would be a mom….
I was the middle child of 5… I was the wild child… I didn’t think I was made of ‘mom’ material…
But I was blessed with 2 beautiful children… they are 10 years apart … my belief is if a child
chooses ...

The Dogs Meeting   The dogs once held a meeting,They came from near and far,Some came by motorcycle,And some by motor car.They walked into the meeting hall,Before around they looked,Each had to take his asshole off,And hang it on a hook.Now when the meeting startedWith each mother, son and sire,A dirty little yellow dogJumped up and hollered ‘FIRE’!The dogs jumped up in panicAnd had no time t...

I know everyone is walking their own path in life...but for me ... I felt this....this is by Emily Maroutian... 


In case nobody told you...
Don't invest in other people's opinion of you.


You can change yourself a hundred different ways
to get othe...

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...

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Horoscopes Week of January 10



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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 HAVE VOICES IN MY HEAD; DON’T YOU? No subject is verboten. The question is, how long do I listen to it before forcing myself to move on? It’s not always easy. For instance, standing in the grocery store check-out line, my eyes can’t help but notice the PayDay candy bars a foot away. GRAB ONE, says the voice. GO AHEAD, JUST ONE, YOU DESERVE IT. Here’s where it gets tricky. The countervailing voic...

From Pillow Thoughts II


You can't skip chapters, that's not how life works. You have to read every line, meet every character.


You won't enjoy all of it. Hell, some chapters will make you cry for weeks.


You will read things you don't want to re...

Good morning! I am in NB (Atlantic time) and it is 6:00 am. Coffee! Yum 😋☕️ I think it is so cool to see all you folks from acroos 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! 🥰🤗💞

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...

1)


Man goes into a watch maker, he unzipped his trousers & slapped his Cxxk on the table,


The lady behind the counter screamed out loud!


Thats not a watch you can't do things like that in here?


The man replied you are a watch mender aren't you...

Working in an office means sharing a bathroom. Our office was spread out over multiple floors. The bathrooms were out on the stairwell, half a flight up or down, depending upon whether one was looking for MEN or WOMEN. One day I was in a stall. A ...

What do you call all of life's pleasures your surgery has cost you.....?


Your LOST TO ME list! 😆 

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 Ostomates 


I recently joined this site and sent out a request to hear from anyone who was double bagged  like me ie. has a colostomy and urostomy. Given the rarity of that situation, it was nice to hear from a couple members who could fully...

(By Elena Barnabé)


"Grandma how do you deal with pain?"


"With your hands, dear. When you do it with your mind, the pain hardens even more."


“With your hands, grandma?"


"Yes, yes. Our hands are the antennas of our soul. When you move them by ...

I'm happy to say that my very long flight made it without running out of fuel ... Greenland didn't look too hospitable , all I could see was lots of snow . Got very bumpy for a while but not white knuckle bumpy .  I still find it a marvel of moder...

I know some people who are very well educated  , full to the lip with common sense  and all round very nice people . One is Vegan and the other is almost Vegan .  


   They will  proudly  tell you they do not even own a TV  , not in an accusatory ...

Does it bother you when you are giving oral sex and the partially full colostomy bag is banging against


your face?

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 ...

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...

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

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...

G'day Ostomates ( love that word. Makes me feel Australian)


Thought it would be a good idea to collectively create a list of silver linings for our ostomies. There are of course negatives about living with bags but there definitly are some up sid...

A suggestion even if you don't like war movies . 


" The Thin Red Line "  is a movie to check out . It's about Guadalcanal , 2nd  World  War .  Half way through and it's impressive in it's depiction of the sheer horror and terror of war  . A  grea...

Share a fun fact about where you live. 😊 I live in New Brunswick, Canada. New Brunswick is home to the Bay of Funday which has the highest tides in the world. 🌅

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...

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...

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...

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...