Ok. I am in for a very positive blog right now! Life keeps getting better and better and it's all thanks to my life-saving ileostomy :D
Firstly, I have been able to go out clubbing 2 weeks in a row thanks to my job and health. I'm finally healthy enough to work and earn some money, and I'm actually healthy enough to spend it...not via online shopping either! I'm getting stronger and stronger every day and had my final appointment with my surgeon. He was so happy with how well I looked and how much better I'm doing that he's happy to see me if and when I need him in the future which is great! I'm putting the weight back on so I no longer look like a skeleton in a dress and I'm just generally on a health high! :)
Today is also the day that I've decided, boys aren't all that bad. I know I'll probably have a really bad experience next time, but up to this date I've told 3 boys about my ileostomy. Just because our friendship has led to us getting closer and opening up more and all 3 of them have reacted in the same way. "That's not even a big deal I can't believe you would worry about telling me that. If people can't see you for your true beauty then they don't deserve you." Wow. Now for 3 lads aged between 17-20 I think that's pretty mature...just a shame I'm not looking to any of them for a boyfriend right now. Sod's law hey?! Plus who knows, maybe in the future when we're even closer friends and I am looking for more they will be there?
Another positive thing is that I will (hopefully) be meeting an ostomate (from this very site) quite soon! February time I think, which I'm really excited about! I get on so well with them, I think we're like long lost twins or something because we seem to be on the same wavelength with most things. I just hope all goes well in person, which I'm sure it will. Only time will tell.
Well...this is just a short one, I just had to let out my burst of huge positive energy before I crashed and slept :)
Hope this cheers up all of you who are feeling down x
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