7 Years Strong - Celebrating Life With An Ostomy!

cruiseguy

Nov 16, 2019 6:26 pm

7 years ago today my life changed forever... I realize now that I probably wouldn't be here today without the lifesaving surgery I had on November 16th, 2012! It's been a long road filled with plenty of setbacks and challenges. But I have learned to live with and accept my ostomy and move forward and be happy and grateful to be alive. Even though my life has changed, I still try to enjoy it just as much as I did before my surgery. I know a lot of my family and friends will never truly understand what it's like living with an ostomy, but it's nice to know that I have a community full of people like all of you that do. I hope you are all doing well and that you are feeling just as blessed today and every day to be alive because of your lifesaving ostomy surgery!

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Bill

Nov 16, 2019 7:10 pm

Hello cruiseguy.
Thanks for your very positive post and I hope a lot of people get inspiration from it.
Best wishes and Happy stomaversary!
Bill

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newyorktorque

Nov 16, 2019 8:36 pm

Happy Stomaversary, cruiseguy!

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Tips For Talking About Your Stoma

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Talking about having an ostomy can be uncomfortable for most people. Still, it's something you can't always avoid.

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Puppyluv56

Nov 16, 2019 11:40 pm

Hey Marc!
Happy Stomaversary! Will get a mail message off to you this week. The cruise was great!
Puppyluv

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lovely

Nov 17, 2019 4:54 am

Happy Stomaversary. I feel the same way.

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