Hi Julie, Im glad you joined us. I am adding more chat dates to the calender right now. We did a poll and it seems that Sunday is the favoured day for chats...
Hi there, sorry I have not welcomed you earlier, if you could post up a little message, just saying hello, I dont know your names so thats why I didnt post you...
Hi, Just winding my way thru the world of ostomy associates. Had my colostomy on Jan 7th to save my life...another surgery soon to remove the rest of the...
Hi there, welcome to our group. You havent had your Colostomy long, and you have more surgery to come? awwwwww we all know how that feels..so you have come to...
Hi, its amzing how many sites there are, and confusing too, I seem to spend hours browsing withoug realising it. I'm a 36 year old female from Hull, England,...
hi moggy, im glad you made it through. well im from cumbria the lakw district in the uk and im kazzie welcomexxxxxx be good.......hugzzzzzzzz kazziexx From:...
Hi Vanessa; Welcome to this wonderful group. You will find a lot of careing and wonderful people here. My name is Linda. I live in NY and have a Urostomy since...
Thank you Karen, how lovely to switch my computer on and this was the first thing to pop out at me, after I had been feeling very rough and down today, it made...
Welcome Mogy! You had your surgery Jan. 7 2004? I am glad to see you are home and have found us. We all have similar stories. Do you have any problems? I am...
... you ... here ... to ... on ... group ... dont ... Thank you for the Welcome Aboard. I don't mind telling you why I received my stoma. I had what I thought...
Hi Vanessa....welcome to our little group. On 4/28/03 I had my first surgery so on my anniversary I will pray that all goes well for you. I had 5 surgeris in...
Hi; Welcome to this wonderful group. You will see that there is a great level of support here. The people here have helped me so much. I do not know if I would...
hi Vanessa , these particular smilies are from a tool bar i downloaded there are around 4,000 of them its called www.smileycentral.com and im not doing to bad...
Hi Linda, gosh 2 ostomy's, you have been through it, are you well now though? I'm just finding my feet on my computer so you'll have to excuse me if I'm a...
Thanks Sandra for welcoming me, I hope you don't mind me asking but what did you have wrong with you for you to have an ileostomy? and is it permanent? I am...
No, I don't mind. I had IBS w/diarrhea for about 20 years and only a few bouts of diverticulitis but I was told the surgery was for diverticular disease. ...
Brad's photo album is in the photos area. I haul and operate heavy equipment for the New York State Dept. of Transportation out of Herkimer, New York. Also...
I would ask your doctor about this...be sure and tell him exactly what you do at your job. Does your job require you to do heavy lifting? Do you have nearby...
Hi Brad My understanding is that after an ostomy surgery, you are limited to how much you can lift, etc. as the intestine is pulled through the stomach muscle...
Hello! I've been silent on the list, but will jump in here. I'm 62 and got my ileostomy 50 years ago because of ulcerative colitis. I feel fortunate that all...
Hi Brad; I am also from NY! I am from Buffalo. If you do not feel readyfor work DO NOT return. I have had so many complications from pushing myself because the...
Hi June; I can relate to the ostomy pouches you are talking about! I was 3 years old when I had my Urostomy and I remember in school trying to get the hard...
dear june you are a breath of fresh air hun well done, im proud to know you . how things were so different then. but you made a great recovery .big hugs to you...
I must admit Brad I have wondered about this too, I too am having my bottom sewn up on 28th April and having my ileostomy permanently and although I have not...
Hi June, my name is Vanessa, and I am 36 and live in Hull, England. I am due to have my pouch taken away and my ileostomy permanently and my bottom sewn up...
I don't know what to say Sandra, you poor thing you really have been through it, Are you well at the moment? Compared to you my problems are nothing, I must...
Hi June: I have to tell you how pleased I was to read your post, and to "meet" someone else who has had their ileostomy for 50 years. I, too, remember the old...
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