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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 

Well it was really date afternoon, went to the movies and saw Respect. It was really good, lots of music with an interesting story. Now just waiting for our dinner reservation.

Finally some good news !!  Elders lost and Calif  Won .  Crazy that it cost 200 million bucks One year before an Election to , keep  Calif  safe and sane from wacky  Ultra Conseevatives  like Elders , Covid denier who would have revoked all Covid ...

No more from me about people  who don't have enough sense to save their own lives , I just wish they would stop trying to take the lives of others who are actuall trying to mitigate the current medical disaster. Just leave the sane people in peace...

Hi All ,   


I was watching a documentary about 911 last night and I had a bit of an epiphany , I was in Ireland at the time because we were having a sort of a family reunion in Ballina, Co Mayo, my home town . My New York family and my Washingto...

KINDNESS: CARE & CONSIDERATION.



We live in a society 
where people’s impropriety 
can sometimes go beyond what’s right 
even when it’s out of sight. 


If we are to live together 
we must all consider whether 
everyone should do their bit 
and not let s...

A CONTEMPLATIVE INCIDENT.


Last night there was an incident,
which turned into an accident,
that made me contemplate my life,
my stoma, sicknesses and wife.


It had been quite a normal day
with nothing much out of the way,
and nothing to make me alarme...

ANNIVERSARIES.


As anniversaries I fear
roll regularly round each year,
they tend to make me pause awhile
to ponder if they are worthwhile.


Are they for me to celebrate,
or are they there for me to hate?
For they are just another way
to contemplate tha...

Hello folks. These last couple days have been full of activity. Home health care nurses have been by to assess,. Got out of the house to get my t3.... What an adventure, and what a garbage system. Insurance really is not an assurance of anything h...

Yesterday was rough. Two blow outs. A lap full of sh*t twice. I thought I did it all right. Been down on myself for being stupid since that's obviously the issue. I've been trained in this why am I failning so miserably!?!?


I'm trying to pull bac...

Hi all


I am off to Dornoch northern Highlands any ostamate up there first 2 weeks of August would be nice to meetup and chat over a coffee beer or meal


I am going with granddaughter and her mate so could do with someone to meet up with


Gordon

Sometimes my fallibility and humanness catch me unaware. Being chronically sick for so long, was such a source of shame that at times I don’t allow myself to feel. It is only when my body says ‘enough’ that my brain follows suit and recognizes it ...

I am considering surgery to have my illestomy removed. I would like to know from others who have done this if it was successful or unsuccessful and problems that may have occurred. Thank you

The Single Ostomate



If you are single, you have a bit more of a challenge. Dating is hard enough when you have little or nothing serious in your past. But now, you have a medical past that has affected your body, mind and spirit. It can take some...

So May is National Date Your Mate month.


Did you know that? Me neither.


Sometimes I look around the web for special holidays, national days, days in history and such for funny, obscure or interesting ideas for date posts.


Well in doing this rec...