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Hi   i haven’t been on here for awhile.  I am still in remission from Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (in remission second time around)to my left lung.  Haven’t had treatment for over 3 years.   I still suffer from...

Love & HateWe so casually use those words and I wonder if we really mean what they imply. I think I learned some stuff along the way to becoming an old man, good stuff and bad. I learned the great majority of folks don’t seem to care a...

long distance relationships should be given a chance to work----i think they can

What pain medications do not cause stomach problems

I had a parastomal hernia operation 10/2018. Everything healed just fine he eliminated the  buldge underneath the stoma, I do not have a physically demanding job. I look down and I see another buldge. I I cannot believe . I am not out of sh...

I SEARCH FOR CELEBRATION TOO.(WINTER EQUINOX) The church created Christmas.Commerce changed their song.Christ would not like Christmas.For now it seems so wrong. I need a celebration.That has significance.Some kind of revelation.Which offers r...

THE WINTER SOLSTICE. The winter solstice brings good cheerwithin the Northern hemisphere.For Capricorn has turned the sunand now it’s on its homeward run. This date’s easy to remembernear the end of each December.Before the Christi...

Hello, my name is Kerensa. I am the sole 24 hour a day caregiver to an ileostomy survivor. My husband, Henry, has been visiting this site for quite a few years. He is often brought to tears learning of the stories shared here; the most prevalent...

Hi there ,Hi there my friends ,     I did not have access to my messages for a while but I can see them once again so I will answer any messages in my Message  Inbox.  I wasn't ignoring you friends.   Eamon .

THE HUMAN FRAME. I question who would claim the famefor making such a human frame.Where all the crap of human wasteexists from holes that are misplaced. Whilst contemplating this I findan irony will cross my mind.That this design must be a jok...

Hi there ,   Well here we go again !!  I was in St Vinvents Hospital in the past two weeks for my expected surgery. The proposed surgery was to remove what's left of my Rectum, Sphincter and the de-functioned J-Pouch which is stil...

Hello world. I've been on this site a few years, tryingto help or give advice where I could. It's very true if/when u look me up, I was/am a very lonelyguy in many ways. Most folk on here have many physical issues and many wonder why their hus...

30 great years and 4 of those years with a stoma.

2018/10/03 snow for 2 days. There is a motorcycle in there somewhere. Took 3 hours to do the walks. I need a drink.

A word of warning: the following entry is quite long. Someone suggested that my story might help or inspire someone else, which is why I am posting it here. If nothing else, I hope you enjoy the read!   Throughout my adult life, I don&rsq...