Learning Ostomy

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Welcome to the group Mel!  Glad you decided to start posting:) Paty

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A big welcome to you Mel…. This is a great group, very supportive!!!

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Hi Folks, I’ve been lurking here for a year or so and just lately started posting to the group. Thought I had better let you know I’ve been there too. I’ve had Crohns since 1985. Been down the medication road, fistula, abscesses, colostomy for a year and ileostomy for the past nine years. Crohns hasn’t been active since the ileostomy but sometimes I get the feeling it’s just waiting to pounce! As for personals, I’m a balding 40 year old, married (to a very supportive nurse… lucky me!!) male. Three kids, one beagle (may be useful in tracking missing gerbils <g), and a retired cat (he refuses to catch his own food these days). If I’m not at the computer I can usually be found downstairs making sawdust in my workshop, doing my bit to add (modestly) to the family income. Guess that’ll do for starters. I enjoy the group and just thought I’d add an extra set of (rather large) sympathetic ears Mel — "…you can’t fool me, there ain’t no ’sanity clause’."                                  -Otis B Driftwood,                                  A NIGHT AT THE OPERA

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