Blogs By Bill

ABDOMEN

by Bill

Jul 09, 2020 - Jul 10, 2020

ABDOMEN. I used to have an abdomenlike other fit and active men.Slim, with muscles well definedand symmetrically aligned. Of course, this was a different ageand playing on a different stage.For then, I had the momentumto maintain a healthy tum...

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CHRONIC ILLNESS & BULLYING

by Bill

Apr 19, 2020

Still on the 'bullying' theme but a bit more relevant to soem on this site Best wishes Bill CHRONIC ILLNESS & BULLYING. Whilst managing my chronic stateI sometimes pause to contemplatethe essence of what life’s aboutso, I can try t...

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Ostomy Resources for Product Users from Hollister

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Whether you need general advice for maintaining your stoma or are looking for online support, we are here to offer a helping hand. Not sure what food to factor into your diet? Want to know how to look after your peristomal skin? Need advice from someone who has the same experiences as you? We cover all these questions and more.

THINKING ABOUT MY STOMA

by Bill

Apr 05, 2020 - Apr 07, 2020

Hello everyone! It is with full acknowledgement to Bob, for providing the stimulus and the concept for this rhyme that I give to you my thoughts for this morning:- Best wishes Bill THINKING ABOUT MY STOMA. There was a time, as I recal...

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A EULOGY TO BILL WITHERS (1938-2020).

by Bill

Apr 04, 2020 - Jul 30, 2020

A EULOGY TO BILL WITHERS (1938-2020). I thought I ought to write some rhyme, acknowledging that over time, Bill and I have shared a name, which may have brought us both some fame. Whilst Bill’s fame was o...

146 views, 9 comments

ACCOMPLICES

by Bill

Feb 05, 2020 - Feb 09, 2020

ACCOMPLICES. The Paterson enquiry has damned the medics this time, whereas, in the past they’ve covered up and never really looked close-up. This profession has been the pits for ...

154 views, 3 comments

Take a Look at Your Skin

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Taking care of your stoma and the surrounding skin is important. Keeping the skin healthy can go a long way to making you feel confident and comfortable with an ostomy. To help you maintain the skin around your stoma, we have put together some useful tips to keeping your skin healthy.

STOMAESTHETICS

by Bill

Feb 04, 2020 - Feb 05, 2020

STOMAESTHETICS. In the past I’ve written rhyme to capture all the grime and slime, and every horrid little thing that torrid stomas just might bring. But here I want to turn the tide &nb...

192 views, 6 comments

SING A SONG OF SADNESS

by Bill

Jan 22, 2020 - Jan 28, 2020

SING A SONG OF SADNESS. I sing a song of sadness My heart is full of sighs My head is full of questions And these are mostly whys. Why, oh why, oh why am I So choked with melancholy There must be many...

369 views, 13 comments

CHRONIC ILLNESS & BULLYING

by Bill

Jan 19, 2020 - Jan 20, 2020

CHRONIC ILLNESS & BULLYING. Whilst managing my chronic state I sometimes pause to contemplate the essence of what life’s about so, I can try to work it out. And then, the thought occ...

165 views, 5 comments

Escaping Smells

by Bill

Nov 17, 2019 - Nov 18, 2019

ESCAPING SMELLS. If there’s a stink that makes me gag I think it’s from my stoma bag, and every time I empty it my home will fill with smells of shit. It seems there’s l...

368 views, 6 comments

Diarrhoea

by Bill

Nov 04, 2019 - Nov 12, 2019

DIARRHOEA. Do not expect an epopoeia (epic poem) to emerge from diarrhoea, for though I’ll try to do my best this one will put me to the test. This is a diff...

206 views, 14 comments

Sick of being sick

by Bill

Sep 08, 2019 - Oct 03, 2019

SICK OF BEING SICK. Once, when I was young and healthyand maybe relatively wealthy,I liked to think that I was wiseand could potential maximise. Those were the days when I felt goodand I undoubtedly withstoodthe pressures that life put on me a...

389 views, 8 comments

An honour to be recognised

by Bill

Aug 08, 2019 - Oct 04, 2019

AN HONOUR TO BE RECOGNISED. Today I had a big surprise which I found hard to criticize because it was an exercise to honour and to recognise. Without warning, out of nowhere, someone, somewhere did declare...

757 views, 20 comments

Get off my back

by Bill

Aug 03, 2019 - Aug 04, 2019

GET OFF MY BACK! Bob recently reminded me that folks with disability can fall foul occasionally of those who think judgementally. These folks are often ignorant of anything that’s different. So, tend ...

559 views, 5 comments

MY HEART ATTACK

by Bill

Mar 05, 2019 - Jun 14, 2019

The first thing I need to do is to thank all you good people for your thoughts and well wishes during my period of discomfort. I realise that having a heart attack and a triple bypass has little or nothing to do with stomas and, for this ...

503 views, 14 comments

I search for celebration too.

by Bill

Dec 20, 2018 - Dec 21, 2018

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...

388 views, 3 comments

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