Learning Ostomy

Question:

Hi Cher, soooo glad to hear all went well with the surgery!  This is the case more often than not, but seems like sometimes we only hear about the ones who don’t do well.   It will probably only get better and better. Have a good one, Joy

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> Along the humour lines now:  If you get tossed in the lake, you’re have your > own personal floatation device?

That’s a good one. I think I’ll use that one on my fishin’ buddy. — Marc from AK

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 I have only had a colostomy for a little over a month. I found this group just before Christmas. This is a great forum! Thanks to all. I like to look at the bright side of things so I have come up with the *good* points of having a colostomy 1. When I go ice fishing at the cabin I’ll never have to sit on the outhouse seat when it’s 20 below. (brrrr) 2. My farts don’t stink… unless I want them to… and I can save them for later… 3. I can leave the toilet seat up forever. 4. Because my last name starts with Bag_____ my nickname was "The Bagman", now it really fits 5. No more skidmarks. 6. I get to meet all of you people. Can anybody add to these? Marc from AK

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What part of AK are you from??? — PcolaPhil The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.   – Alexis De Tocqueville "Marc" <mar…@mosquitonet.com> wrote in message

news:u3ik9sqna2gk4a@corp.supernews.com… | I have only had a colostomy for a little over a month. I found this group | just before Christmas. This is a great forum! Thanks to all. I like to look | at the bright side of things so I have come up with the *good* points of | having a colostomy | | 1. When I go ice fishing at the cabin I’ll never have to sit on the outhouse | seat when it’s 20 below. (brrrr) | 2. My farts don’t stink… unless I want them to… and I can save them for | later… | 3. I can leave the toilet seat up forever. | 4. Because my last name starts with Bag_____ my nickname was "The Bagman", | now it really fits | 5. No more skidmarks. | 6. I get to meet all of you people. | | Can anybody add to these? | | Marc from AK | | |

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Fairbanks Alaska, The Golden Heart City. "PcolaPhil" <flaretph…@earthlink.net> wrote in message

news:dXn_7.11618$Vz3.1261618@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> What part of AK are you from??? > — > PcolaPhil > The American Republic will endure until the day Congress > discovers > that it can bribe the public with the public’s money. >   – Alexis De Tocqueville > "Marc" <mar…@mosquitonet.com> wrote in message > news:u3ik9sqna2gk4a@corp.supernews.com… > | I have only had a colostomy for a little over a month. I found > this group > | just before Christmas. This is a great forum! Thanks to all. I > like to look > | at the bright side of things so I have come up with the *good* > points of > | having a colostomy > | > | 1. When I go ice fishing at the cabin I’ll never have to sit on > the outhouse > | seat when it’s 20 below. (brrrr) > | 2. My farts don’t stink… unless I want them to… and I can > save them for > | later… > | 3. I can leave the toilet seat up forever. > | 4. Because my last name starts with Bag_____ my nickname was > "The Bagman", > | now it really fits > | 5. No more skidmarks. > | 6. I get to meet all of you people. > | > | Can anybody add to these? > | > | Marc from AK > | > | > |

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Here’s a good one…a friend of mine fell on New Year’s Day and she has a cracked pelvis…lot of pain and hasn’t been up since the fall. My first thought…how does she go to the bathroom??  Yep, the old bedpan! The nurse didn’t come back to get her off of it and she said she slid down and was sitting in shit!  Well, I will never need a bedpan or diaper due to shit!!  Yippeee!  I’ll certainly raise hell if my bag is full and I’m unable to empty it by myself, though!!!  You can count on it! A good thing for me is that I wore white shorts last summer!  Hadn’t been able to do that in over 15 yrs! (yes, yes, it would be awful if I had a leak but I haven’t had any and it is alot better than leaking from my ass ALL the time!) Susan

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On Sun, 6 Jan 2002 22:32:36 -0900, "Marc" <mar…@mosquitonet.com> wrote: >1. When I go ice fishing at the cabin I’ll never have to sit on the outhouse >seat when it’s 20 below. (brrrr) >2. My farts don’t stink… unless I want them to… and I can save them for >later… >3. I can leave the toilet seat up forever. >4. Because my last name starts with Bag_____ my nickname was "The Bagman", >now it really fits >5. No more skidmarks. >6. I get to meet all of you people. >Can anybody add to these?

1a. I can both pee and shit without taking my trousers down 7.  Piles R NOT us 2a. When somebody in the room farts, I can PROVE it wasn’t me. 8.  We are all good guys and gals – we don’t have an asshole between us. 9. We’re alive and we’re grateful for it. 10. We know life is for living. >Marc from AK

Bill from Spain — Bill

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My husband has his ileostomy surgery on Tuesday and it went "textbook" according to the doctor  The stoma is working and there’s no more blood coming out.  I was told that a bloody discharge is very normal, so I’m not concerned. Along the humour lines now:  If you get tossed in the lake, you’re have your own personal floatation device?  Randy laughs at the amount of gas/ballooning the bag gets.  He’s had the bag changed once, but he’s dumping it on his own in the hospital and having no troubles at all with it  The nurse called him "a natural".  He’s got no real pains to speak of, and he’s off the morphine pump.  He said it makes him get the "jerks" I’m hoping he’ll be home by the middle of next week?  Since he is doing FANTASTICLLY they said he might come home earlier then expected?  He’s still on the IV and the antibiotics, and still has the catheter, but that will come out this morning, the nurse said this last night.  His spirits are up, he still has his sense of humour, and he’s behaving himself Thanx to everyone for their added support with me, and I would like to return the favour someday to another spouse as a spousal supporter HUGS to all — cher ho…@bmts.com Bill Hayles <bill…@wanadoo.es> wrote in message

news:a1cfoi.3vu1l0t.1@billnot.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> On Sun, 6 Jan 2002 22:32:36 -0900, "Marc" <mar…@mosquitonet.com> > wrote: > >1. When I go ice fishing at the cabin I’ll never have to sit on the outhouse > >seat when it’s 20 below. (brrrr) > >2. My farts don’t stink… unless I want them to… and I can save them for > >later… > >3. I can leave the toilet seat up forever. > >4. Because my last name starts with Bag_____ my nickname was "The Bagman", > >now it really fits > >5. No more skidmarks. > >6. I get to meet all of you people. > >Can anybody add to these? > 1a. I can both pee and shit without taking my trousers down > 7.  Piles R NOT us > 2a. When somebody in the room farts, I can PROVE it wasn’t me. > 8.  We are all good guys and gals – we don’t have an asshole between > us. > 9. We’re alive and we’re grateful for it. > 10. We know life is for living. > >Marc from AK > Bill from Spain > — > Bill

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This all sounds GREAT.  Start worrying about him when he isn’t behaving himself…