HELPING U LIVE

Hello friends...


This is my first blog this 2016, and I decided that I would randomly talk about my experiences and resolutions in different matters of having a colostomy...


I want to tell you the first time I experienced having a CB (colostomy bag) was waking up out of a coma of 3 months... Yep, I swear I thought I was able to talk, but the


whole time a tube was in my mouth and a machine was helping me breathe, but that's another story...


Okay, is it me, or do the doctors forget their bedside manners when telling you that your life is the same as it was before the surgery... So wrong, it's not. It's


scary, crazy, embarrassing, and heart-aching at first for some... The first thing that came to my mind was, I will never have sex again, LOL... I will never find true love


or get naked. Ugh, my life is just over. Who wants to be around somebody who can't control the sound of their bowels? I just cut myself off from


the world for the first year, but that next year I refused to lose... Hey, God gave me a second chance to actually live again! Why am I wasting it feeling


sorry for myself? No, no, no... I'm going to live and make this work for me in every way, so this is where my blogging begins, ladies and


gentlemen... I ask you, do you want to live? Haven't you already proven your strength by still being here and dealing with your issues of having some kind of ostomy?


Look, I'm going to help you come out of the box and live if you're not, by doing some very simple home remedies that will save you money and some discomfort... Please feel


free to ask me anything, and I promise I will respond, find out, or help you figure it out... Let's start the journey... Oh, I have had my CB for 12 years...

Hello lovelessdiamond.
Thank you for your post, it was a very interesting read and reminded me of the importance of having new contributors to a site like this. People such as yourself can provide insights into feelings and experiences that strike a note with others who have also been through similar experiences. I hope that you get a few replies to this post and that you continue posting in future.
Best wishes
Bill

Hi lovelessdiamond,
Nice blog. Living with a stoma doesn't have to be difficult once you realize that you are still you! True, it takes a bit of figuring out what works, but all in all, we are still the same person. I think that is what happens to some folks; they find a part of them they never knew existed before.
Looking forward to reading on~

Thanks

Hello Lovelessdiamond, I liked your post. I have just recently separated from my husband. I thought the world was done with me since I have had an ileostomy for three years. I have found that men do not want to date women with an ileostomy. It is becoming depressing. How do you deal with it? Any answer would be appreciated.

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