Intimacy, Marriage, Dating, and Confidence After Ostomy Surgery In my clinical experience, intimacy after ostomy surgery is a topic that is deeply important, yet rarely talked about. It can feel embarrassing, awkward, or seem unimportant to bring up. During...
Becoming an Ostomate My journey to becoming an ostomate is probably similar to many of you with Crohn's disease. It was October 31st. 1988, when I stepped into the surgeon's office with my two-year-old daughter in tow. This day began as normal as any other, racing...
I live in Kernersville, NC, about ten minutes from my daughter and two happy, hilarious, curious, so stinking cute granddaughters. My husband and I are owned by two Dalmatians and two cats, who occupy much of our time. We planned on breeding our female Dalmatian in...
Intimacy, Marriage, Dating, and Confidence After Ostomy Surgery In my clinical experience, intimacy after ostomy surgery is a topic that is deeply important, yet rarely talked about. It can feel embarrassing, awkward, or seem unimportant to bring up. During...
Decorating pouches for new ostomates 😍
The day I found out I had a parastomal hernia, I was completely caught off guard. I had recently undergone a CT scan, not for my ostomy, but to evaluate a kidney stone that might be too large to pass. As I read through the radiology report, one unexpected line stood...