My name is Rachel and I am a double ostomate... How did that happen? Well... I

was diagnosed with stage 1B cervical cancer back in April of 1981... During the

hysterectomy to remove the cancer some nerves to my bladder were severed

rendering me totally and completely incontinent... A year and a half later... I

had my ileostomy... THEN as a result of the radiation therapy I received I began

to develop fistula's which basically means that the walls of my intestines were

weakened to the point of where they ruptured spilling all kinds of bacteria into

my abdomen causing me to experience sepsis... I nearly died twice... In 1994...

I was given a colostomy and much of my intestime removed... Since then I have

been plagued with severe skin breakdown around the stoma causing me a great deal

of pain... I have a wonderful ostomy nurse who helped me to find a solution and

I am now "stable"... I am educated and trained as a paramedic and a very easy

person to talk to and get along with... It kinda goes without saying that I will

be here to help a fellow ostomate if and when I am needed... And would like to

extend an invitation to any of you who would like to add me as a contact... In

the meantime... Take care...



Rachel...

hi rachel,

that's a bummer. DOUBLE!

I had UC for years. never got better. operation or die, i chose ileostomy, still

breathing,  made wrong choice. no sex since, to embarrassing.

joe





--- On Fri, 6/19/09, sassynsuthrn <sassynsuthrn@...> wrote:





From: sassynsuthrn <sassynsuthrn@...>

Subject: [peoples with ostomy2] Hello...

To: peopleswithostomy2@yahoogroups.com

Date: Friday, June 19, 2009, 10:30 PM

















My name is Rachel and I am a double ostomate... How did that happen? Well... I

was diagnosed with stage 1B cervical cancer back in April of 1981... During the

hysterectomy to remove the cancer some nerves to my bladder were severed

rendering me totally and completely incontinent. .. A year and a half later... I

had my ileostomy... THEN as a result of the radiation therapy I received I began

to develop fistula's which basically means that the walls of my intestines were

weakened to the point of where they ruptured spilling all kinds of bacteria into

my abdomen causing me to experience sepsis... I nearly died twice... In 1994...

I was given a colostomy and much of my intestime removed... Since then I have

been plagued with severe skin breakdown around the stoma causing me a great deal

of pain... I have a wonderful ostomy nurse who helped me to find a solution and

I am now "stable"... I am educated and trained as a paramedic and a very easy

person to talk

  to and get along with... It kinda goes without saying that I will be here to

help a fellow ostomate if and when I am needed... And would like to extend an

invitation to any of you who would like to add me as a contact... In the

meantime... Take care...



Rachel...







































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Joe I have had an ileo then a take down and now a colostomy there is nothing to

be embarrassed about count your blessings when you find the right woman she will

understand and not even notice and accept you for you

-----Original Message-----

From: joe dow <josefdow@...>



Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:48:55

To: <peopleswithostomy2@yahoogroups.com>

Subject: Re: [peoples with ostomy2] Hello...





hi rachel,

that's a bummer. DOUBLE!

I had UC for years. never got better. operation or die, i chose ileostomy, still

breathing,  made wrong choice. no sex since, to embarrassing.

joe





--- On Fri, 6/19/09, sassynsuthrn <sassynsuthrn@...> wrote:





From: sassynsuthrn <sassynsuthrn@...>

Subject: [peoples with ostomy2] Hello...

To: peopleswithostomy2@yahoogroups.com

Date: Friday, June 19, 2009, 10:30 PM

















My name is Rachel and I am a double ostomate... How did that happen? Well... I

was diagnosed with stage 1B cervical cancer back in April of 1981... During the

hysterectomy to remove the cancer some nerves to my bladder were severed

rendering me totally and completely incontinent. .. A year and a half later... I

had my ileostomy... THEN as a result of the radiation therapy I received I began

to develop fistula's which basically means that the walls of my intestines were

weakened to the point of where they ruptured spilling all kinds of bacteria into

my abdomen causing me to experience sepsis... I nearly died twice... In 1994...

I was given a colostomy and much of my intestime removed... Since then I have

been plagued with severe skin breakdown around the stoma causing me a great deal

of pain... I have a wonderful ostomy nurse who helped me to find a solution and

I am now "stable"... I am educated and trained as a paramedic and a very easy

person to talk

  to and get along with... It kinda goes without saying that I will be here to

help a fellow ostomate if and when I am needed... And would like to extend an

invitation to any of you who would like to add me as a contact... In the

meantime... Take care...



Rachel...







































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