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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...
3702 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...
6227 views, 110 comments

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...
3014 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 ...
11376 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?
23862 views, 73 comments

Stoma location - High or Low

by Prvt-Idaho
Jul 15, 2012 - May 13, 2021
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.
7477 views, 51 comments

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. ...
2603 views, 51 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 ...
2413 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...
11904 views, 43 comments

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 ...
4051 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...
3616 views, 42 comments

Oral sex and colostomy bag

by cadet19
Jul 04, 2014 - Apr 27, 2021
Does it bother you when you are giving oral sex and the partially full colostomy bag is banging against your face? 
6783 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...
2068 views, 42 comments

New Book Launched

by LadyHope
Jul 16, 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...
1776 views, 41 comments

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

by bag_n_drag
Feb 10, 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...
2267 views, 40 comments
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