NORMALITY IS A MYTH. We’re all of us outsiders, struggling to get through life as best we are able, given our unique circumstances. Having an ostomy only accentuates the individuality each of us brings to the struggle. The all-encompassing concept of being ‘normal’ is much too general a term to be applicable to people because it means ‘average’ which is a statistical model that contemplates something that is a concept, not a real thing. In real life, no one is average. Average is a fiction, an arithmetical invention, a purely arbitrary standard that doesn’t hold up against an actual person making his unusual way through the foggy queue of days. So, celebrate your uniqueness and to hell with so-called normality. If I didn’t have an ostomy, I’d have Clark Gable ears or a gimpy gait or no hair on my head. Oh wait, I don’t have much hair on my head. Genetics is a bitch.
I would never want to be normal; that's for those who can't be comfortable enough being themselves.
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Sure, there's also a lot of camaraderie, fun topics, and laughs, but the main reason I come here is for the total acceptance I get from the members. No one else on the planet could possibly "get" what I'm going through, not even my loving husband or supportive family.
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M
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The late great Marty Feldman in Young Frankenstein.
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Clark Gable ears?? Well, I had to know what that was about. So, Clark had his ears pinned back? How did I reach this ripe old age without knowing that fascinating bit of trivia?
Terry
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