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GRATITUDE

by Bill

Nov 02, 2016 - May 15, 2020

GRATITUDE. The worst of times has got to bewhen first you find your ostomy.You can no longer hide awayit’s on your side and there to stay. It shakes you to the very coreand makes you feel that you deplorethe very thing that helped you to...

3479 views, 264 comments

Why this? Why now?

by walk6076`

May 12, 2015 - Jun 27, 2019

Has anyone ever wondered why this had to happen to them. I've only had my ostomy siince February and I often think of what I could have done to avoid it. My life has been changed forever and I am learning to cope with it. I don't like it, but it...

5891 views, 110 comments

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I'm Sorry

by iMacG5

Nov 07, 2016 - Jun 23, 2018

I feel the need to apologize to all you folks from around the globe who’ve looked up to us Americans because of our system of governing ourselves, caring for those in need and trying to protect the entire free world from the horrors of inh...

2906 views, 105 comments

Why do people have to ask that sex question?

by DH

Oct 16, 2012 - Jan 28, 2019

I have had several people ask if my ostomy affects my sex life? What they are really asking is does wearing a sh!t bag turn your husband off? I guess it's normal curiosity. But I feel like telling them it's none of their buisness. Of ...

10873 views, 85 comments

Make-shift Ostomy

by Past Member

Jul 06, 2012 - Mar 21, 2020

Has anyone ever have to make their own ostomy because you ran out and there was no place to go to buy one?

22385 views,

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A loner with a stoma

by Bill

Dec 02, 2013 - Dec 19, 2016

A LONER WITH A STOMA. Laughter simply drained from me after I gained my ostomy. It turned out just as I had feared as all my friends just disappeared. I don’t know where or why they went after all the time we spent. ...

2504 views, 51 comments

Stoma location - High or Low

by Prvt-Idaho

Jul 16, 2012 - Mar 13, 2020

Hello all, Do any any of you have the stoma directly across from your belly button? How in this world do you all get rid of the hair around the stoma? I look forward to the information any of you can provide.

7263 views, 50 comments

In desperate need of some new friends!

by honeybblunt

Aug 29, 2011 - Jul 21, 2016

Oh my god, have never blogged before and if i'm honest i have absolutely no idea what i am doing! Still trying to find my way around this website (and i am supposed to be computer literate!!!), not to mention trying to work out the ...

2240 views, 45 comments

My Humble Opinion On SEX With An Ostomy

by Past Member

May 11, 2013 - May 22, 2016

**danceing and singing*** Lets talk about sex babbyyy lets talk about YOU and ME lets talk about sex! hey! lets talk about sex! Alright SO, a topic I've decided to blog about can be a touchy one, which is- getting intimate with an ost...

11324 views,

To all the cooks and bakers

by Mrs.A

Nov 18, 2012 - Dec 10, 2017

Hello Everyone, Hope all is well each of you. So it's that time of year once more and I have always like good homemade food and was thinking about doing this recipe blog in hope that those who read it would add a recipe or maybe even ...

3931 views, 42 comments

Scam Scum is back!!!! and her name is Tina

by Mayoman

Mar 12, 2014 - Jun 04, 2016

Hi Guys, It looks like Old " Glory " is back with her scam attempt. Her name is Tina this...

3488 views, 42 comments

Looking forward....

by Peejay

Jan 11, 2016 - Jan 22, 2016

A `blog` is new to me.....and so is my stoma. Conseqently, trying to be honest writing about - and coping - with both makes me realise how much I need to look forward, not backward. As I`m a poet, this piece might say it for me..... Res...

1956 views, 42 comments

New Book Launched

by LadyHope

Jul 17, 2015 - May 30, 2017

Hi Everyone, This has been an exciting week for me. On July 7th my book launched titled Stanley and Me make three. We know this journey very well and I promised myself, once my health started to improve, I would write a book to...

1702 views, 41 comments

Post-Op Reversal Week One....A Week of Wonders :)

by bag_n_drag

Feb 11, 2012 - Mar 07, 2019

Hi All- Well, it's been a week and 2 days since my reversal surgery. I came home from the hospital on Monday, Feb. 6....2 days earlier than I was originally slated to leave! Other than some m...

2159 views, 40 comments

why has he become so distant?

by Past Member

Nov 01, 2011 - Jun 04, 2016

My partner and I have been together for 3 years, became engaged on valentines day. He was so full of love for me and we had a good physical end emotional connection......... I thought I'd found my 'soul mate'.... ...

2137 views,

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