Blogs By Bill

ACCREPTANCE OR ADJUSTMENT OVER TIME

by Bill

Apr 07, 2022 - Apr 08, 2022

ACCEPTANCE OR ADJUSTMENT OVER TIME.

When a trauma’s new to you

and you don’t know what you will do,

it can be hard to just accept

if it has left you so inept.

Trauma can diminish skill

and also leave you feeling ill,

so, in these earl...

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ACCEPTANCE OR ADJUSTMENT?

by Bill

Apr 06, 2022 - Apr 13, 2022

ACCEPTANCE OR ADJUSTMENT ?

When trauma happens and you’re struck

in mind and body and you’re stuck

with feelings that you can’t control

and umbrage about your new role.

Acceptance is not on the cards

because the concept is too hard,

...

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VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS

by Bill

Apr 05, 2022

VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS.

Victims rightly feel aggrieved

about the traumas they’ve received,

so, they may want to rant and vent

‘till all their angst is out and spent.

I believe that there’s a skill

to listen when people are ill,

and educe...

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IMAGINE A STROKE AND STOMA

by Bill

Mar 06, 2022

IMAGINE A STROKE AND STOMA.

To put this rhyme in some context
imagine what in life comes next
if we had a stoma and
a stroke, to take away one hand.

I have pondered implications
of this unwelcome situation
because, like many other folk
I know I’m at...

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Caveat emptor - ostomy cure?

by Bill

Feb 11, 2022

Hello Everyone!
Over the past week or so I have been contemplating the concept of ‘buyer beware’ with regard to those brave (if sometimes gullible) people who offer themselves for clinical trials where surgery is involved. There are so many aspects...

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CLINICAL TRIALS & KINDNESS

by Bill

Jan 18, 2022 - Mar 21, 2022

Hello everyone.

In the past year or so, there have been a couple of posts about new surgical procedures which, if taken at face-value, seem to be 'just what the doctor ordered'.

However, the hype has not yet matched up with clinical trial resul...

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THANKS

by Bill

Jan 16, 2022 - Jan 17, 2022

Hello everyone.

I have just come across this rhyme that was written a while ago but I don't think I shared it with you all at the time. These things don't really age so - 'better late than never' as they say.

Best wishes

Bill

THANKS.

I t...

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SURVIVE AND THRIVE

by Bill

Jan 04, 2022

Hello fellow ostomates.
In this blog I have taken the unusual decision of posting 4 rhymes at once. This is because they seem to make a neat and appropriate ‘set’, focussing on one subject.
The book (B. Withers Against Covert Bullying - 2nd edition ...

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FINDING KIND CONTENT

by Bill

Dec 28, 2021 - Dec 29, 2021

Hello everyone.

I am still plodding on with my rhymes on 'kindness' for my (hopefully) upcoming 2022 book.

Every now and then I utilise this site for motivation to write yet another rhyme, so here is the latest of these, for which I thank you a...

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Kind pastimes -discourse

by Bill

Dec 24, 2021

In my quest to find and document in rhyme examples of 'kindness', I occasionally write something that I feel may be relevant to this site. Below is one such rhyme, which I hope some of you might appreciate:

Best wishes

Bill

KIND PASTIMES – ...

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KIND PEOPLE –(Inco’ nurses)

by Bill

Dec 04, 2021 - Dec 05, 2021

Hello Everyone (who reads these rhymes).

I know I've already written about stoma nurses in a previous blog, but before I had a stoma, it was the incontinence nurses that were tasked to provide support, advice and guidance to the likes of me. Nob...

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BACK TO BAGS?

by Bill

Nov 22, 2021 - Feb 18, 2022

BACK TO BAGS?

Since I had my stoma op.
my irrigation did not stop
for it’s been more convenient,
practical and expedient.

Irrigation’s been my thing,
because the life that it can bring
is vastly better than with bags
and all those toilet-finding sn...

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NO PLACE FOR COMPLACENCY

by Bill

Nov 22, 2021 - Nov 24, 2021

What a nightmare! So, I thought Id' share.

Best wishes

Bill

NO PLACE FOR COMPLACENCY.

For years I’ve sussed this stoma game,
and until now I think I’d claim
that I have got control of it
and little bothers me with **it.

Every problem that I...

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Kind gestures 6. (Stoma nurses)

by Bill

Nov 21, 2021 - Nov 29, 2021

KIND GESTURES 6. (Stoma nurses)

I feel it is now past the time,
that I should put my mind to rhyme
about the stoma-nurses who
helped me when they needed to.

I’ve been about for long enough,
to know much more about the stuff
that bothers ostomates, a...

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A WEB OF KINDNESS. (MAO)

by Bill

Nov 19, 2021 - Nov 22, 2021

A WEB OF KINDNESS. (MAO)

The world-wide-web has sometimes cast
a nasty shadow in the past,
when trolls and bullies ply their trades
as they let rip with their tirades.

It’s sad to see this bad abuse
be used by some to thus traduce, (speak ill of som...

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