MY Ostomy/MAO Theme Song

Mentioning Gloria Gaynor's “I Will Survive” song in a recent post, I decided to review her lyrics. What I found is that it could have been my theme song after my ileostomy surgery and joining MAO.

🎼🎶
At first, I was afraid; I was petrified.
Thinking I could live without you by my side.
And after spending nights
Thinking how you did me wrong,
I grew strong.
And I learned how to get along.
I will survive….
It took all my strength not to fall apart,
Trying with all my might to mend my broken heart.
I spent so many nights feeling sorry for myself.
How I cried.
But now I hold my head up high.
I will survive.

jb

Thanks JB, that is a representation for us all.

That's a perfect song, JB, for all ostomates, as good as your original poem.

IGGIE 🦘

One of my favorite songs and so apropos to us ostomates.

Lol 😆 

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Yaaa.. Kudos to you, JB.

That song has a dual purpose in case you missed that.

Not only surviving due to becoming an ostomate, but for some, becoming single after divorce due to becoming an ostomate.

Let's not forget those folks trying to find their groove, survive being alone, home, dating, "ostomatized."

So the song is quite fitting, indeed.

In either case, you will survive, baby! Says Kojack, swirling a lollipop. 🤭😁

Nice number, JB. John Lennon's birthday is today. He would have turned 85.

Way to go, JB!

Terry

"Welcome to my nightmare," by Alice Cooper comes to mind.

Especially when he says: "We sweat and laugh and play here." 👍🤭

Actually, I believe it's “we sweat and laugh and scream here.”

Just sayin' 😉

"Who loves ya, baby!"

Smarty pants, you scream, I'll play. My revisions. My edit. 😋

Swirls 🍭

This got me thinking about all the lyrics to 'I Will Survive,' and this is what I came up with:

At first, I was afraid; I was petrified
Kept thinkin' I could never live with this thing on my side
But then I spent so many nights thinkin' how life did me wrong 😥
Then I grew strong, and I learned how to get along 💪🏻

[Verse 1]
My pouch is fab; they're in the bog 🧻
I just walked in to find them there, and the toilet, I won't clog 🚽
I should have done this years ago
I should have never gone so long
If I'd known this body part would make me always sing this song 🎵

[Pre-Chorus]
Go on now, cheer, skip out the door 🚪
Don't turn around now; there are more pouches in the drawer
Things go wrong, don't go to plan; then you have to think again 🤔
Did you think I'd crumble? Go off my rocker, go insane? 🤪

[Chorus]
Oh no, not I; I will survive
For as long as I know how to laugh, I know I'll stay alive 😆
I've got all my life to live, and I've got all my cheer to give
And I'll survive; I will survive, hey hey

(Bog is English slang for toilet)

Anyway, I hope this makes you smile 🤣

Wow! I was laughing the whole way through.

Brilliant. Made me more than just smile. Best wishes.

G-Day Kate,

I love what you have done with this song. I can't stop singing it.  

Regards, IGGIE

And thank God...(whispering...some of us are deaf)🙉🙊🙈