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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 - Nov 26, 2021
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...
Views: 246   Comments: 3

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...
Views: 237   Comments: 9

AFTER-EFFECTS

by Bill
Oct 11, 2021 - Oct 13, 2021
Hello Everybody.


Some rhymes focus upon, and are relevant to, a specific subject or problem such as stomas etc. However, sometimes a rhyme seems to have relevance to a number of subjects simulataneously.  I felt that 'After-Effects' was one such ...
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KINDNESS: Care & Consideration

by Bill
Aug 22, 2021 - Aug 29, 2021
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...
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A CONTEMPLATIVE INCIDENT

by Bill
Aug 10, 2021 - Aug 30, 2021
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...
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Anniversaries

by Bill
Jul 17, 2021
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...
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Today I lost a stoma-plug!

by Bill
Apr 07, 2021 - Apr 17, 2021
TODAY I LOST A STOMA PLUG.


For many years I’ve felt quite smug,
to wear a simple stoma plug,
and skip the inconvenience
of the stoma-bag experience.


Perhaps, for some, I should explain,
that I found bags could be a pain,
with all that emptying and st...
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KIND GESTURES 8 (the cleaner)

by Bill
Jan 26, 2021 - Mar 31, 2021
KIND GESTURES 8. (the cleaner)


I wish to tell this tale in rhyme,
so it may last beyond my time,
illuminating a kindness
that help me out when in a mess.


I suffered with incontinence,
which meant that personal effluence
was not that easy to control
wh...
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KIND GESTURES 7 (keeping going)

by Bill
Jan 26, 2021 - Apr 19, 2021
KIND GESTURES 7. (keeping going)


I’d like now to compile a rhyme
to capture this moment in time,
when most of us are in lockdown
and ‘normal’ things are upside down.


I’d like to pay a tribute to
those folks who work to help us through,
for without th...
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KIND GESTURES 6 (Stoma nurses)

by Bill
Jan 23, 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, an...
Views: 430   Comments: 0

KIND GESTURES 5 (creating a way)

by Bill
Jan 22, 2021 - Jan 25, 2021
KIND GESTURES 5. (creating a way)


I wish to tell you, if I may,
of my walk beside a waterway.
This is my walk by winding stream
where I relax and dare to dream.


This walk for me is regular,
because it is spectacular
in scenery and ambience,
as well as...
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KIND GESTURES 4 (USA)

by Bill
Jan 21, 2021 - Apr 01, 2021
Warning: This post may contain political content!



KIND GESTURES 4. (USA)


I’ve been seeing what people say
in and around the USA,
and thought I ought to write a rhyme
to capture these concepts in time.


There seems to be a precedent
being set by th...
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