Robert, ya Ma, is fine... what does that mean anyways?  Mom? 

Maybe Feleicty and Barbra are on vacation from life?????  Don't blame them.. Don't know why they didn't invite us?  Proberly found a nice island someplace and keeping it  hush..  We all could use time out--So, lets hit the lounge and arrive on our private jet.. We are the jet set.. Included  on our jets are many baths of comfort, fruits, for Eric and corn and bacon for Robert, Barbara emptied all the grand slams for her island trip tho-- They are going to miss our bowling teams sign ups!!!!!!!!!!! ...... 

Michelle, and a Linda, what are your favoriates of foods,??? (see Linda - I cant spell either-so what??  etting a call from Barb now-- hospital.. got to go......

Well, Barbara did get into her own Island...Via: Ambulance..She went into diabetic shock, dehydration.   Her son found her.  She was out of it.. But in good hands now, and in a different hospital than the one before as of 2 weeks ago-- 

She wanted me to tell you all this, and that she will get in touch when she is up to it.  Still on the groggy side of this shock.. But sounds good and looking forward to go home and STAY there.. :-) She miss's her pink elephant tho........ :-( -No seriously, she has a stuffed pink elephant.. 

Barbara if yer online, Best Wishes!!

Oh my goodness graciousness! 

We miss you.  Please let us know how we can help .

Linda, I will check in with my Dr. next week.  Hope I will see her-I get in real fast tho-- after my blood work--I have Infusion Monday then the chiropractor, then Tuesday 2 dr. appointments-- Wed, infusion. and then again Friday infusion.. Looks like no days off..... :-(  

My pain is tucked behind my rib cage, left side (nurse) Stomach? feels so full at times, and have to take vomiting oils to ease that.. I am sure that part is scar tissue as the colon taken out and the upper scar.  Surgeon did a nice job for me.. tho- THE only scar I have is from my busted Gull Bladder (right side-as u know nurse)a year ago-- 25 tales and 3 surgeries with that one!! YOur right, after surgery, every 14 hour's is a better day--but how fast we forget..

Hope your doing fine.. Waiting to see if our government will shut down--got 1/2  hour to go.. Crazy world and life huh?  SURPRISE  :-)     ???????????? check your p.m.             

QUOETS   --can we have a page for this Eric?  read on-- 

As you get older, you've got to stay positive !! For example, the other day I fell down the stairs, instead if getting up--I thought WOW !! That's the fastest I've moved in years!!    :-)

Don't count the days,

Make the days count !!! 

Marcie falling down the stairs Lol . Reminded me of when I was on a 30 foot ladder at work once and feel off ! Good thing I was only on the first step ! Lol

Nancy... my Stella 's 1st birthday is the 27th. Guess we were going through the recovery mess about the same time.  I will be doing some occupational therapy on the 27th and plan to bake a birthday cake.  Thought German Chocolate, with coconut German Chocolate frosting would be appropriate.  Pink and red hand drawn picture of her. With one large numeral one.  I will send photos and bring some to the lounge!  Let's see. Stella will need a new party dress. What do you bet she misbehaves?? 

Macie, got to take full advantage of being down there. While at the bottom of the stairs you should have dusted.

Robert, that first step is a real dozzy huh? Fall down and go boom huh?  hurt your self?? :-(

We will all send kiss's make it feel better--or put them in your pocket for next time.. 

Lots of dust lots of dust !!! Barb.. 

Nellie is un-happy now.. gonna be a long night-- But, I did myself--all that large order of Chinese food-but it was sooooooooo GOOD!!! :-)      Beer anyone?????????? Eric is buying.. 

Posted by: Marcie

Lots of dust lots of dust !!! Barb.. 

Nellie is un-happy now.. gonna be a long night-- But, I did myself--all that large order of Chinese food-but it was sooooooooo GOOD!!! :-)      

Was it worth it? 

I'm asking because I am afraid to try 'overdoing' it. Right now, I value sleeping for 4 hours  without having to wake-up for emptying . Friday night,  I ate a 4 course family meal and got no real sleep. I'll probably forget my trouble by next Friday night. 

When will I learn? 

Marcie,  just remember it isn't the falling that hurts you so much as the bump down below when you're stopping.

Zvi, I over did it once about a month and a half after my Ilieostomy. I ate a huge meal at a leisurely pace at a later hour than normal. Drank plenty of fluids, ate lots of good food, enjoyed the company vastly. It was a good 2 hours when we were done so I needed to empty, not a lot, maybe a cup of output. I decided not to because the place had a carpeted bathroom and I was still kind of iffy about my bag aim. I figured it was only 15 minutes to home. How fast could the bag fill up on me?

5 minutes out where there was no place I could use a restroom Oscar is doing his best fire hose impression. I could feel it pumping out, I decided to burp the bag as best I could, leaving no air and say a prayer. 10 minutes out the bag sat heavy on my lap, over half full. I looked desperately hoping I had an empty gatorade bottle I might be able to drain into. No such luck, I'd cleaned the truck out. Finally made it home and there was barely any airspace left in the bag. I had a poo bomb attached to my belly, ready to explode. I supported it with both hands while dear husband opened the door for me. I made it, thankfully, to my bathroom without carpeting to drain the bag.

I did wake up once to a pretty full bag that night but otherwise I slept pretty well.

Lessons learned, I carry puppy piddle pads so I can lay one down if needed. I also should carry a gallon zip lock bag or something of the nature for emergency dumps. I'd do it again even with all the issues.

Felicity, I have barf bags in the  car.. along with the bag that comes with the pouches.. and tucked inside also-napkins. -- and disposial gloves.. Fits into the glove compartment nicely..  Take this on walks in the woods also-- 

 it was worth it.. and no problems.. when I got up, and walked for 1/2 hours, Nellie let go-- so she slept well through the night too.  I did empty liquids during the night-but that is my  norm. 

Barb.. lots of dust lots of dust-- got to get the sons moving on that.. 

Changing the subject,  I,  yesterday, paid an old debt of gratitude. 

The story goes like this :

When I moved from Houston to Louisville, KY,  in 1976. I had to move with a Uhaul trailer behind my 11 year old clunker. It was packed to the gills. To make a 1000+ km story short,  I had a flat tire in the Ozark mountains.  I needed to fix it.  I rolled to a stop at the side of the super highway. Got out and saw the trouble. 

I raised up my hands and cried out," God help me ".

30 seconds later, this big bad Buick pulled up behind me and a real Redneck got out. Big intimidating fellow with a porkpie hat . A Redneck. 

He asked me,"son, what's the problem? "

I answered, "sir, I have a flat tire".

Not saying another word, he turned and went to the trunk of his car, opened it and picked up something.  He walked back to me and handed me a can of Flat Fix. I was astounded,  to say the least.

I pulled out my wallet and wanted to pay for the can. 

He said ,NO, SON, YOU CANNOT PAY ME, YOU HAVE TO PASS IT ON! And he left.

This episode  (which I am typing with 1 finger,  so it is highly edited) taught me to show my appreciation of the goodness that I received by passing it on to the NEXT p er son. It is a debt of honor that must be paid.

When I got my stoma,  I had a rough time. My wound was seeping under the wafer, I used 14 wafers in 2 days.  A friend of my daughter helped me with supplies and show and tell.  He helped me till I was readmitted to the hospital for dehydration.

Took a long time to lick the problem,  including firing Rhonda the incompetent WOCN . 

Yesterday,  I paid my debt to my daughter's friend.  I helped a young woman with her problems with Ostomy bags. She had the hospital issued El-Cheapo  clear ,one piece bag with the clip. Every night it would burst on her. She was stuck in Rehab because she was a mess. And the bag was not helping. 

I brought her a supply of Convetac moldable wafers with opaque bags that have velcro closures.  Along with the other items needed to get a stoma properly dressed. 

I talked her through the process. She wasn't able to get it , so we brought in the aide and we were able to put it on properly.  

She wanted to thank me , but I said,"PASS IT ON ". 

She did like the story , which I took my time telling . 

• I hope you guys liked it , too.

Posted by: FelicityG

Zvi, I over did it once about a month and a half after my Ilieostomy. I ate a huge meal at a leisurely pace at a later hour than normal. Drank plenty of fluids, ate lots of good food, enjoyed the company vastly. It was a good 2 hours when we were done so I needed to empty, not a lot, maybe a cup of output. I decided not to because the place had a carpeted bathroom and I was still kind of iffy about my bag aim. I figured it was only 15 minutes to home. How fast could the bag fill up on me?

5 minutes out where there was no place I could use a restroom Oscar is doing his best fire hose impression. I could feel it pumping out, I decided to burp the bag as best I could, leaving no air and say a prayer. 10 minutes out the bag sat heavy on my lap, over half full. I looked desperately hoping I had an empty gatorade bottle I might be able to drain into. No such luck, I'd cleaned the truck out. Finally made it home and there was barely any airspace left in the bag. I had a poo bomb attached to my belly, ready to explode. I supported it with both hands while dear husband opened the door for me. I made it, thankfully, to my bathroom without carpeting to drain the bag.

I did wake up once to a pretty full bag that night but otherwise I slept pretty well.

Lessons learned, I carry puppy piddle pads so I can lay one down if needed. I also should carry a gallon zip lock bag or something of the nature for emergency dumps. I'd do it again even with all the issues.

Carrying  a gallon zip lock bag for dumping emergency. GENIUS!!! 

I am doing that ASAP . Thanks 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

I am happy to have a lavatory on each floor of my home. Emptying is not a heart stopper. 

In the beginning,  when the instinct to empty isn't fully developed,  we learned the hard way to not wait till its full. After trail and error,  we know that it must be emptied. 

Problem is going out after a meal to an evening of embarrassment because you need to wait for the lavatory to be free, or clean or ... 

Yuck. It's enough to make you into a hermit.

Bless my wife for being patient with me and Ned...