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A NEW BOOK & PROLOGUE

by Bill
Nov 05, 2020 - Nov 28, 2020
I FEEL THERE ARE SOME GREAT ADDITIONAL ADVANTAGES TO CONTRIBUTING TO A SITE LIKE MAO, which may not be immediately apparent in the daily correspondence relating directly to stoma issues.  As a writer and a rhymist the good people on here h...
194 views, 13 comments

DIGNITY AND STOMAS

by Bill
Nov 02, 2020 - Dec 01, 2020
DIGNITY AND STOMAS. Prior to my colostomyit never did occur to methat people differed in this wayas stomas are not on display. So, you’re not likely to behold,and stoma stories are untold,because it seems embarrassingto be talking about ...
86 views, 2 comments

DAILY ROUTINE

by Bill
Oct 28, 2020 - Nov 02, 2020
DAILY ROUTINE. Why are we all by routine bound?Why do our lives revolve aroundmundane habits we displaywithout question every day? What is it predisposes us to act routinely without fuss,and not rebel about the fact we can predict the way we a...
109 views, 4 comments

COLOSTOMY

by Bill
Sep 29, 2020 - Oct 15, 2020
COLOSTOMY. For those of you who do not know,colostomies divert the flowof faeces from my normal bumto an opening on my tum. A stoma is the exit holewhere faeces come under controlby catching it in a ‘device’ which is a ‘bag&r...
132 views, 4 comments

CONFLUENCE OF OSTOMATES

by Bill
Sep 03, 2020 - Sep 04, 2020
CONFLUENCE OF OSTOMATES. When a group converse togetherit will be their own choice whether they play an active part or not depending on the skills they’ve got. Some will need facilitationto establish a foundationfor a safe and friendly p...
256 views, 2 comments

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...
180 views, 3 comments

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...
204 views, 3 comments

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...
273 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 ...
215 views, 3 comments

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...
258 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...
452 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...
222 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...
418 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...
264 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...
442 views, 8 comments
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