How My Reading Habits Changed After an Ileostomy

During the period in which I suffered UC, I of course spent a lot of time  " on the pot ".

This meant that I read an awful lot of books and other literature during this time.

Now, I do not read on the toilet any more and this has severely reduced my time spent reading and therefore educating myself.

This is another of life's little drawbacks with an ilostomy.

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you´re so funny Reg

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I know the problem, but I compensated paper reading by internet reading.

If you´re looking for answers, then books are an extremely slow medium.

On the internet you type a word and you get access to millions of interesting pages to read.

Besides, books also contribute to acoustic pollution, together with your ileostomy going "pfrrrrrrt and prrrt prrrt prrrrrt" and your baggy "crack crack crack".

I think the combination of typing on a keyboard and a noisy ileostomy is much more pleasant for our ears.



tic-a-tic-tic-tic-tic prrrt-prrrt prrrt-prrrt (Classical Music)

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And if you can´t leave the screen, wait too long, baggy swelling up ..........



Boooooooooommm

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     End of song (shit happens)



Cheers.

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I have to agree! I actually miss my "alone" time and doing my word searches....

Another drawback is, of course, when a toilet door has no lock.

When you're sat on the pot, you can normally stop the door with your foot, but when you're saying your prayers to the pot, it is very uncomfortable, not to say impossible to hang your bag over the pot, and stretch your foot out behind you to stop the door.

This becomes doubly difficult when the light doesn't work as well.

Trebly when there's no paper.

Unspeakable when there's nowhere to wash your hands.

Saturday night out Leeds City Centre !

Words of Encouragement from Ostomy Advocates I Hollister