Hi all this is gonna be short and I hope sweet, to all of you whose patner do not understand what you are going through and may appear cold and stand offish. The next time you vist your osto/stoma nurse then take them with you. My wife wanted to know more about what we all have attached so she made a point of coming in when I was in hospital to speak to one of the stoma/osto care team. This was of great help for her as she had never known anyone that has gone through what our world wide community has to deal with each and every day. So my osto/stoma brothers and sisters get your partners involved like I did. Both my wife and I found this to be very helpful indeed. Oh I only became a member of our community in August of this year after being rushed into hospital with Diverticulitis.
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