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Hello. I came to gain knowledge as well as seek information and possibly support. I was born with a rare condition that has caused chronic and severe constipation my entire life. I had a colostomy and then reversel very young. Any diet, medication both OTC or prescribed, I've tried it. I have been hospitalized countless times as well. In between all this I try to live as "normal" as possible b ...

Hi I’m new to this site and just want to say hi to everyone, nice to know there’s a site like this and a community where people who have the same issues can communicate and relate to one another. Iv had Gastrointestinal issues for a number of years now and had surgery done last year. I’m also on Infliximab, I keep having a reaction too it though, has anyone had the same issue ?

Little snow on the tallest red rock while it was 70 degrees at human level today.

All you Californians ok after the earthquake off shore that caused the brief tsunami warning earlier? Did your bag start vibrating?

Hello! I’d like to meet friends who have similar conditions like mine; I recently had a surgery removing all my reproductive organs due to stage 3 ovarian cancer, and I’ve undergone 2 chemotherapies as well. During the surgery the doctor found cancer cells spread to my intestine and had to perform a colostomy (it is reversal).

A snapshot of my current condition:

I’ve had 2 surgeries; ...

Hi everyone, I'm Lisa. I'm new here, but I'm not new to ostomies. I'm really glad I found this site. I look forward to meeting many of you. Thank you! Have a great day

I just had to edit something here .. it was lacking important details from the original post. I am poking fun of my developing experience with online dating. as a bagger..dating outside of MAO.

The thought here is a stoma isn't the problem with people dating. My goal is to prove it while having some fun..and not regret a damn thing.

Hot topic here.. concerned about dating someone with ...

It occurred to Pooh and Piglet that they hadn't heard from Eeyore for several days, so they put on their hats and coats and trotted across the Hundred Acre Wood to Eeyore's house.

Inside the house was Eeyore.

"Hello Eeyore," said Pooh.

"Hello Pooh. Hello Piglet" said Eeyore, in a glum sounding voice.

"We just thought we'd check on you," said Piglet, "because we hadn't heard from yo ...

Brand new here. I hadn’t heard of this site before, but it looks just what I could do with. Mind if I dive straight in? I’ve had a colostomy for a couple of years with few issues other than a nasty hernia, but recently my tummy has been gurgling at full volume. My stoma nurse says it goes with the territory. Is that something the community of real patients here would agree with? Ps no chan ...

“MAYBE I OVERDID IT,” my neighbor told me. We were standing beside his newly laid stone patio which now took up half of his backyard. I could be sympathetic. I was remembering the time that I built a treehouse for my kids. I got carried away and included multi-levels, a trap door, and a fancy ladder. “Sometimes,” David Letterman once cracked, “something worth doing is worth over ...

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DOUBLE-EDGED.

Some things in life are double-edged,
much like a bird when fully-fledged
needs to leave their comfy nest
and give the parent birds a rest.

There are advantages to this
but there’s a chance they’ll come amiss
in the big, bad world outside,
so they may wish to fly or hide.

Some seize the opportunity
to join a new community,
because there’s safety in a group
as long as ...

ON THE LIST OF great western flicks, ‘The Searchers’ with John Wayne always rates high. At the end, as his character walks off framed by the cabin door, you are watching an obsolete man. He has served his purpose, accomplished his goal; he is not needed anymore. It happens to the best people. The great wartime leader Winston Churchill, once WW II was won, was booted out of office. S ...

Hi all, It's been quite a while since my last post. Thanks to those who PM'd me asking about my absence. I'm happy to report that all is more than well. I've been moving and have just been crazy busy. We escaped the big city and have moved to a small seaside town about 100 miles up the coast. I'm finally getting settled and feeling a sense of peace in my new surroundings. I guess I'll ...

ON THE SHORE OF LAKE ERIE in Cleveland, Ohio sits a striking building that is the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Museum. I imagine that the people who take the time and trouble to travel to visit this unique place must be lovers of the music that it celebrates. Although I’ve never been there, I like to think that, just as I enter, I would hear Jerry Lee Lewis pounding on a piano or Chuck Ber ...

My new fav.... The Mentalist. What an excellent show.

I was watching it on the ROKU channel... and boom! They stopped showing it. Dammit!

Found the entire series on DVD.... so now I binge watch a couple of episodes a week.

Boo ROKU.

IF LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES, I would have a terrible diet. My three main food groups would be sweets, chips, and pasta. But, fortunately for my longevity, my spouse sees to it that I eat right (most of the time). I’ve even finally managed to develop a taste (or a habit) for vegetables. “There is nothing you can say,” a market researcher once pronounced, “that will get people to eat m ...

I was enjoying a sugary snowcone at Huntington Central park... and BAM, there it was:

After church, we had lunch at Park Bench Cafe in Huntington Beach Central park. Then went exploring. Walking along the trail, a fox jumped out of the underbrush and ran off along the waters edge.. with something in it's mouth.
Plaque on a bench.

So I searched out some flowers.

Taking a guess... American Wigeon

Northern Shoveler

Your basic Coot

In perfect rhythm.

Great Blue H ...

FEW THINGS BEAT official notices. The bureaucratese can make you do a doubletake. What?! You read over it again and it still is either ponderous or ridiculous. Sometimes the fault can be put on the lawyer who insisted on the overly wordy language because they think that they’re covering all possible bases, just in case. Sometimes it’s only some lifetime clerk’s concept of formal wor ...

DOUBLE NEGATIVES.

A double negative portrays
a sort of falsehood and displays
a disregard for grammar and
sometimes no wish to understand.

Double negatives might show
that certain people might not know
how to use British English
and so, might sound somewhat loutish.

For most statements to succeed
one negative is all we need
so, if another one is used
the sentence seems to be abused.

T ...

For a good part of my long life I have frequently busted into song when the lyrics fit the occasion. It somewhat annoys my son-in-law and he will mimic Shrek and he will say….STOP SINGING ! This always creates family laughter and of course it cannot stop a lifelong habit. As a side note…he still loves me….

Well, as we have frequently heard…Karma is a bitch….

So, I was on the p ...

It’s national dog day, let’s see your better half. You foreigners can join in too.

After consuming 15,000 calories on Turkey day, off I ride to shed a few ounces. Ominously... there's leftovers in the fridge.

Beautiful clear day. San Bernardino and San Gabriel Mountains clearly visible from the beach. Catalina Island and Palos Verdes peninsula complimenting the views.

Just some whispy clouds to embellish the view

Catalina Island

Expanded Catalina Island view.

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IT HAS RECENTLY COME TO MY ATTENTION that I have something in common with Gary Larsen, the author of the ‘Far Side’ cartoons. I have a t-shirt on which is printed the following saying: I like animals better than people. Many, many of Larson’s cartoons, of course, feature animals. “I never liked my own species,” he once told an interviewer. Perhaps he was just being purposely ir ...

How far are you willing to travel for dates and would you be willing to move to be with your love interest?

Another day of fun.
New home built next to oil tank & Pumpjacks

A car for Warrior

Ghost ship and Catalina float on the fog.
Getting the beach ready for King tides. Huge channel and sand berms. Homes still get flooded.
Sunset over Long Beach at Alamitos bay.

MY FIRST DAUGHTER was born in 1975 and I remember it like it was just last week. She recently turned 49. “There is still no cure,” John Glenn once said, “for the common birthday.” He was retiring at the time at the age of seventy-five. Through all the birthdays that I’ve been lucky enough to endure, I’ve never really cared much for cake. As the years piled on and the number of ...

From Down Under to all my friends in the US, have a great Thanksgiving for Thursday, keep safe and healthy. Regards IGGIE

HOW DIFFERENT THANKSGIVING MIGHT have become had Benjamin Franklin had his way. Although he never openly advocated against the bald eagle becoming the national bird, he once told his daughter that the eagle was “a bird of bad moral character.” Franklin’s criticism was based upon his observation that the eagle would watch hawks catch fish, then steal the catch from them for himself. ...

DOTS.

I wonder sometimes how we got
to elevate this simple, spot?
Who would have thought that a small dot
could be a sign of such a lot?

Morse Code, as far as I can tell,
utilised the dots so well,
they came to mean so many things
within the structure Morse Code brings.

I always liked the SOS,
where people, when they’re in distress
can communicate this to
potential rescuers who knew.
...

Just joined up- ileostomy for a few years, been thru pretty much all the sh@$t and various ways that sh@$t can hit the fan… or the poor little pure white dog of mine that happily runs circles around my feet… lol. That’s all, checking out the site! Thanks!

IT WAS COLD THE MORNING I rounded the corner and almost bumped into a guy who was just standing there humming. It was Eddie Fisher. “I thought you were dead,” I said. “I’m just out looking for someone,” Fisher responded, blowing on his hands. “Who’re you looking for?” I asked, being nosy. “Elizabeth,” Fisher told me, and his face kind of crinkled up like he was about t ...

THE BACK PORCH NEEDED a good clean-up, but I wasn’t going to do it without music. It needed to be the right music, too. It needed to be music that would make me feel good and, naturally, it had to be loud. I chose oldie goldies from the Fifties & Sixties. Before long, I realized that I was whistling away, enjoying myself doing what was otherwise a fairly obnoxious chore. Damn, it brough ...

WE HAVEN’T HAD A CAT since our last cat died about a year ago. Except for the feral who visits our back yard several times a week, we are otherwise catless. Since my spouse is the certified cat person, I am surprised that she hasn’t suggested visiting the local shelter to bring home a cat or two. Perhaps, because her job keeps her busy, she is appreciating the respite. Over the years, ...

My 8 year old little beast is transfixed by light beams cast by my glasses. The looks on her face when the beam disappears is really funny.

Have had an ileo. due to Crohn’s since 1992. Just wanna chill & enjoy life. I love a good cocktail, jazz, appreciate a classy demeanor. I’m 54. Married for 31 years, so a female or gay male friend would be lovely.

I have been since shellfish since my ileostomy 12/7/17. Actually I eat everything anytime anywhere. I have never had an issue. This is just my experience

Happy to find this forum, as I have been looking for support from others who understand the challenges and problems with living with a stoma. Looking forward to "meeting" many of you here.

Hey friends! I've been meaning to write for a while now. I just wanted to check in and tell you all that I think about you and hope everyone is doing good. I've been reading posts too and wanted to reiterate the fact that you guys are all awesome people!

I mentioned to my husband that many people name their stomas but I hadn't come up with names for mine.

His reply: you could them Darrell and introduce them as my stoma Darrell and my other stoma Darrell.

This was a kid's show in Oz back in the 80's, not all of these clips made it to air but I still recall a couple of the rather risque ones did!

https://youtu.be/1xf8ex2Gjkg?si=hqlKR47qJjoTUbRB

Star of the bar, queen of the scene.. its Flabby. I get letters.........

Good morning Flabby sweetums,
I've been having a wee bit O' trouble. My stoma baggie fills with sticky poo at the top. I've tried everything. Baby oil, deodorizer lube, Crisco oil. All to no avail. It's called pancaking. Well...I was out with my girlfriends at the Hunka Dunka Bar & Grill last week. Met a Hunk. H ...

MY GRANDDAUGHTER HAS BEEN taking cello lessons. I was very excited when I heard about this because, solely as a person who enjoys listening to classical music, the cello is one of my favorite instruments. I love listening to the music of Yo-Yo Ma and Zoë Keating especially. So the prospect of having a cello player in the family pleased me enormously. One day recently we made the drive to ...

MY DAYS CAN GET PRETTY BUSY even when I really don’t have anything to do. When you are younger and working, activity finds you. It surrounds you, scoops you up, demanding that you pay attention to it and do something about it. But when you’re retired, it’s different. It’s like being put out to pasture, encircled by cows, eating grass and chewing their cud. You have to be proactive ...

I had to show you these photos of Torquay's bay this morning. So calm and sunny after yesterday's rainy dull day.

Working at the grave yard the other night..when my eyes beheld an eeri sight..

A coffin had arose to my surprise..stepping back a few feet as I held my nose..

Out from the coffin Drac's voice did ring, as he open the lid and began to sing.. his voice kinda hollow, shallow and dry. Stopped suddenly..as he began to cry.....

He looked at me with big red swollen eyes, for a minute ther ...

DORMOBILE.

I can recall our dormobile,
which for me, had an appeal
far beyond the transport, for
it held so many things in store.

It meant that we could come and go
in the sun, the rain, and snow
without the need for prior booking
so there was no need for looking.

We could decide right then and there
to take a holiday and share
the delights of travelling
without our world unravelling.
...

Hi everyone, I had my surgery on 10/30/24, removing 10 inches of my ileum due to a stricture from radiation for ovarian cancer. I had experienced over 2 dozen complete small bowel obstructions over 15 months and it was getting steadily worse. The stricture diameter was only the size of a pencil at the time of surgery. I am just now learning how to put on a new wafer and 2 piece system. I n ...