Post-Surgery Complications with My Stoma: Need Advice

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Gus
Aug 07, 2010 9:39 pm

I'm with Swiffer. Come back as a rabbit and go forth and multiply in huge numbers. Hehehe cooooooooooooooooooooeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Gus
Aug 07, 2010 9:42 pm


It's okay, Jenny, I'll let you use my post this once, but next time I expect bacon and eggs, a cup of tea, and a nice back rub. Otherwise, I'll have to hunt you down and make you eat Vegemite.
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swiffer
Aug 07, 2010 11:20 pm
Vegemite is a totally Aussie thing. I think it is even banned in the US. Vegemite, History of Vegemite, Vegemite Sandwich Recipe






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Now Gus, you know I had to post this.

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Gus
Aug 08, 2010 12:28 am


I knew you couldn't resist, mate. And for the uninitiated, I eat Vegemite on toast for brekky; you just don't slap it on like jam or peanut butter. Good stuff, and it puts hair where hair isn't supposed to grow. I like the idea of a slave, but I think that was banned here ages ago, so I guess it would have to be reciprocal with the back rubs. I'm currently planning on selling my car and getting myself another bike, just haven't decided what type yet. Anyway, another sandwich I love is peanut butter and onion, yummo. Ok, I grossed Jenny out enough, but you all should try it. You would be surprised.
swiffer
Aug 08, 2010 1:17 am

I have had an ELVIS sandwich (peanut butter and fried banana) but the onion may not be for me.
As far as bikes go, I like heavy bikes with plenty of horsepower. They stay on the paved roads better.

 

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Pinky
Aug 08, 2010 5:01 am

My son was in Tasmania and Bondi Beach for 3 weeks while the Pope was in Australia back in 2008, and he came back a Vegemite lover. I'll eat Nutella, but that's as far as I'll go
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. We get Marmite in the US...I've been told it's sissy-stuff.

Swiffer, I think you're the nicest guy in Missouri besides my Uncle Norman in St. Louis. On the other hand, you have to compensate for my ex who is holed up in someplace called Nixa.

Gus, you must be feeling a whole lot better if you've got the urge to be fruitful and multiply, and you're not even Mormon or living in Nixa ;D

Oops - lost my good karma talking about my ex. Now if I die tonight, I'll come back as a big yellow squishy banana slug with a colostomy, and no one will want to hug me
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Gus
Aug 08, 2010 10:11 am

My last bike was a Yamaha FJR 1300 which I rode over from South Australia to New South Wales (1400 km). It took me 14 hours and had 3 fuel stops. Loved that bike but sold it when I met my wife, who I had been chatting with for years online. I'm looking at either a Yamaha FJ1200 or, if I can sweet talk SwAMBO, maybe the Suzuki Boulevard 180cc cruiser. We'll see.

Now I need to shower, change my dressings, and relax with a game of Bad Company 2.

swiffer
Aug 08, 2010 1:01 pm

Bet that was a great ride, Gus. I have to answer Pinky. When you say hold up about your ex, you must be right. I lived down by Nixa for 9 months as a 17-year-old. It is in the Missouri Bootheel. Nothing but swamps, trees, and hillbillies. If he ever goes down the wrong road, he may never find his way back. Believe me, where you live has to be 100 times better than where he does. Hope that makes you feel better.
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Lobster
Aug 09, 2010 10:06 am



No, it isn't! White bread toasted to a beautiful golden brown, an excessive amount of butter spread over, and then layered with Marmite and a huge, great, big, massive glass of (full fat) milk. Fantastic.

If you don't like Marmite, substitute it for smooth peanut butter. Ah yes, peanut butter on toast - delicious! Even if you have a nut allergy, it's worth the risk.

As for coming back in another life - I want to be a tiger.
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Aug 09, 2010 10:40 am

Lobster, I can dig the peanut butter on toast and it is awesome, but a tiger you want to come back has me confused. Do you want to eat all of us women or just the ones that were not good to you? I kind of would like to keep my limbs and don't get me wrong, a tiger is beautiful but also very dangerous. I am curious about what the heck you want to do as a tiger?
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I just can't figure this one out, Lobster, and I am really thinking and even going to Google everything a tiger wants to do except kill us. Love, Jenny

Lobster
Aug 09, 2010 11:16 am

I hadn't really thought about the eating bit! No, I don't want to go eating women (well, not in a carnivorous tiger sort of way...) I'll be a nice kind tiger and just get sandwiches or phone out for a pizza.

I think I'd be quite happy as a Bengal tiger just pottering around in the jungle and doing the occasional camera shoot for a WWF calendar.

Gus
Aug 09, 2010 12:02 pm

How coincidental, the Guest is from Brighton (Hove actually as well), I'll be buggered.

Lobster
Aug 09, 2010 1:20 pm
I thought the post was written by Jenny (writing is her style) and then it popped up as guest next time I looked and the Brighton bit. Think the site has done something a bit odd.
Gus
Aug 09, 2010 8:00 pm
Odd indeed.

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tine
Aug 10, 2010 4:03 am

Can someone please tell me why whenever dating or being single gets mentioned, my name is mentioned? Lol. xx


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Gus
Aug 10, 2010 6:49 am


Umm, I don't know. It could be that "Time is on my side," yes it is

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. Where have you been hiding?
Pinky
Aug 11, 2010 2:39 am
If he ever goes down the wrong road, he may never find his way back. Believe me, where you live has to be 100 times better than where he does. Hope that makes you feel better.

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Thanks, Swiffer - you always make me feel better - I especially love those frog legs! Yes, I must agree San Diego is about a hundred times better than most places, especially in the winter, spring, and fall. Too many tourists in summer! Too expensive though.



Hi-jacking Gus' topic again - does anyone have the massive problems I do with blueberries? I thought I was all over that problem, and I had some luscious blueberry pancakes for lunch - well, I was wrong - big problem!

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Gus
Aug 11, 2010 4:13 am
Might not be the blueberries. It may be whats in the pancakes. I eat blueberries with no issues.
tine
Aug 13, 2010 1:47 pm

Ummmmmmmm dunno, could be that "Time is on my side," yes it is
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where ya been hiding.





Hello you... not been hiding, Steve... just got a lot on at the min. This thing called life is sent to try us... and trying it is at the moment!!!..lol



Hope you are ok?... Does seem ages since we've chatted.



Hugs,



Tine...xx

Pinky
Aug 18, 2010 6:57 pm

Hi Gus - hope you're doing better! Yup, I thought only McDonald's pancakes affected me in a bad way, but you are probably right - it is likely ALL pancakes. I haven't had any problems with waffles, though - don't they use the same kind of batter? Weird, huh. I'll just stay away from pancakes, and not blueberries which I love!
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friendly
Aug 24, 2010 9:40 pm

Hi guys. I am a nurse in a hospital and also have an ileostomy. My advice is to go to the emergency room. You will definitely not be wasting their time. That is what we are there for. Good luck.

Gus
Aug 25, 2010 4:10 am


How do you cope with nursing and having an ileostomy? I'm hoping to get into a Bachelor of Nursing with the main goal of becoming a Stomal Therapist. I do worry about coping.