Members' Blogs

We’ve read so many beautiful stories about folks and their pets. So often, the love that went missing or might have never been what was really needed from a spouse, a child, sibling or just a good friend was discovered in a pet. How does t...

Good Monday morning to you all I just wanted to share a wee piece of my good news with you all, yesterday, Sunday 24th June i went swimming to the local sports centre in frankston, my partner purchased one of those surf shirts and that was gr...

I hope to hear from some of you (I can’t be the only Ostomate) bothered with pus discharging from the portion of the cut off rectum that is still in me. It’s a big pain in the butt, though not actually painful - just messy. Let me kn...

RESPECT people's feelings. Even if it doesn't mean anything to you, it could mean everything to them. Happy Friday and a fun-filled weekend ahead to you all...  Best wishes fro FIJI...

If a man is alone in the jungle and no woman hears him, would he still be wrong? :D

I was just talking with a woman on a regular dating site, and was told by her that most women who are looking for a new relationship, aren't looking for a guy who has too much "baggage" She said this right after I had told her about my ileostomy...

TELLING PEOPLE. Some people find it hard to tell in case their stomas start to smell.They find it all embarrassing to talk about this wee small thing. They will pretend it is not thereand don’t intend to ever share.I think they think tha...

The conference is 8 hours east of Calgary. I took my bike. It was a sunny but windy trip from every direction. I found I had got a little sun where my gloves and jacket did not meet. Friday was registration (about 100 attended a few more on Satu...

Hello Everyone - old and new!  I am not too sure how many of you from my friends list are still here but I would love to hear from you all. It has been almost two and half years that I wrote here last and so many things have changed since ...

I am about to share with you a recent experience that I had earlier this month in my local emergency department. I had been suffering for five days before I finally decided to seek help. My symptoms were bleeding and burning in my stoma. T...

I guess a lot has happened since my last blog post. I took a tumble in my boat which caused a burning sensation in my left arm so my GP prescribed some steroids and it fixed up that problem within a week. I was provisioning my boat for my long s...

Some of you just recently had your surgery while there are others among us who had the procedure years ago and as time would have it, "they still have not fully adjusted to the surgery." I think most of us have experienced terrible times and ha...

I did it!!! Nine months post op and took trip to Hawaii to watch son play baseball and vacation. I was nervous flying with this urostemy but it was all good. TSA was discreet and did gun powder test of hands. On way back went through metal detec...

I joined Meet An Ostomate,  (MAO) for both emotional and educational support,  There  are others who joined this site for a variety of different reasons such as loneliness, companionship or just fulfilling a need or desire for fri...

First time in 3 years. Cloudy day at Sunshine. It was a great day. Sore legs and a little tired.