The Social

Hi Gang,   Sorry for the disappearing act............it's not like my dog bit my stoma and ran with it............I'm just super busy and don't get online much lately.  Work is nuts, I've got a fox eating all my ducks and chickens that I can't catch, and it's Fall.......so time to get hay and get the farm ready for winter.  Plus daylight is getting scarce so I'm using every bit of out being outside.  So I didn't fall off a cliff or get hit by a bus..........we don't even have buses here, so no worries about that! ...

There were some odd jobs that I found myself suffering with while waiting to discover my true calling. Driving a taxi on the night shift in Miami didn’t last too long; nor did working as a houseparent at a facility for the developmentally disabled (still called “retarded” in those bygone days); the pizza chef gig was doomed from the start, notwithstanding that I got to eat whatever I had time to make for myself, since my supervisor was the owner’s fifteen year old son. I taught school for a while, wrote advertising ...

The Dogs Meeting   The dogs once held a meeting,They came from near and far,Some came by motorcycle,And some by motor car.They walked into the meeting hall,Before around they looked,Each had to take his asshole off,And hang it on a hook.Now when the meeting startedWith each mother, son and sire,A dirty little yellow dogJumped up and hollered ‘FIRE’!The dogs jumped up in panicAnd had no time to look,So each one grabbed at randomAn asshole from a hook.They got their assholes all mixed up,Which made them very sore,To have t...

Does any one else have trouble using a public bathroom. I hate the crinckle noise. I stop cleaning it when someone comes in.  Also I feel discriminated when camping . Have you ever noticed the toilets don't fill like a house one.  There isn't alot of water in the bowl. GRRR

It has recently come to my attention, on this very website, that some of you – people that I previously assumed were reasonable, serious people – have actually assigned human names to your stomas. Really?? You have named your stoma?? I’ve had this ileostomy since effin 1964, and it has never occurred to me to do such a thing. I must say, with all due respect, that I find this to be perhaps the grossest, most flagrant act of anthropomorphistic nonsense ever. I’m assuming that these are the same ones of you that, upon...

Hi All, There is never any shortage of talk about discrimination these days, whether it be based on race, gender, religion, sex or sexual orientation. But there is one type of discrimination that doesn't get much attention and that is age. It's somewhat insidious and often not recognized for what it is. As someone who has reached the ripe old age of 68, there have been times I've been aware of a negative bias towards me because of my age but I suspect there have been other occasions when I just simply was not aware it was there. What broug...

Hi Gang,   I just noticed I send Torquey a message a while back to see how she's doing........and she never replied.  Has she been on here lately?  Anyone hear from her?  I hate losing touch with friends on here for fear of the worst.  But also don't want to be nosey and pry into peoples lives.  If you've heard or seen her recently let me know.     thanks, bob

Once again it is 3am, I have posted some things before about how hard I am finding life right now, it is now 8 months in and I am still struggling to fight my Demon's I have been diagnosed with PTSD and my demon's visit me everyday and everynight. I still find it really hard to go out and enjoy myself I constantly worry about the bag ( I know I my logical mind that 90% of the time nothing will happen) I can't even go out for a meal with my partner or family without having an Anxiety attack, which is not who I am I was always confident and ...

I like to think of mine as Stella.  Or more accurately STELLA.   anyone else name theres?

On a shelf just above my head sits a brand-new copy of THE INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS by Sigmund Freud. It has rested there for months and I’ve yet to muster the courage necessary to pull it down and start to read it. Of course, some night dreams are fairly obvious. If you’re having dreams of committing acts of deviate sex, or violence against others, then I highly recommend that you see a mental health professional as soon as possible. My dreams are too mundane to warrant any kind of expert analysis. I’m wandering around a...

Retirement for me could be compared to a Saturn rocket: it went off in three stages. After my initial retirement, in 1996, I discovered the multiple pleasures of a good cigar. There was a fine smoke shop around the corner from work and I became a patron, experimenting with different brands and shapes. I’d long since quit smoking cigarettes and convinced myself that, since one does not inhale a cigar, that there was no reason to not give them a fling. [Not true.] When I returned to work the following year, the cigar smoking faded into...

I used to enjoy going to the library to read the newspaper and magazines . It was quiet and relaxing and there was a wonderful sunroom. One day I was visiting sitting in my favorite comfortable chair in the sun room with a couple of magazines.. I was 7 months pregnant with my first child ..my stoma started to rumble .. so I stood up to leave and my stoma let out the longest..loudest fart noise and the noise continued as I hurried out the long walk to the exit and yes people looked up from the books. My most embarrassing Ostomy moments can ...

A question to everyone I have had my stoma for 6/7 months now but for a couple of years before that I was ill and couldn't really eat without being sick and becoming unwell. now I am always hungry, I eat and 10/15 mins later I'm hungry again and I mean stomach pain hungry am I eating the wrong foods? I try and have a balanced diet do I need supplements?anyone have any ideas   

I think it's important we all have access to discuss and be supportive to each other. However, imposing full membership does not allow this to apply.  I'm disappointed that I cannot contact people! Be kind, be responsive, but let's not pay for the privilege? Don't know who will see this, ultimately it's a concern!