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Me too, Eric. With all I’ve been through I would be a mess if I couldn’t laugh at things. This is my new bag to carry a change of clothes and my em...

@llholiday On my gosh, that gave me chills!!

I love reading your guys stories. I too am the same “prime of life” age as you both. My story is so different though. I have apparently had Crohn’s si...

I just had my first dose of Pfizer. Yay!! Originally my group wouldn’t have been until April 12 but our governor added anyone with a disability which...

This happened to me last night. I woke up at 4:30 and my bag was hard as a rock. When this happens I usually stay on my back and undo the tail and let...

@lil-stomie Congrats lil stomie!! I am so happy for you to be cancer free and stoma free!!

Welcome Jon! You have a nice perspective in that you’ve had both an ileostomy and now a colostomy. It seems like differences between the two are com...

That is exactly what I did. 😀 Thanks Eric, for working so hard to make this website such a great asset for us!!

Eric, Funny Tony should mention this. I was looking in my spam folder yesterday for an email sent by my ostomy nurse and found some VO emails as wel...

@jeff I like that routine!! I’ve done that a couple times-stayed in the shower until the hot water ran out. You have to stop while the water has so...

I have been getting emails about private messages. 🙂

@glenn-giroir Tell your friend (😉) absolutely!! That is Squeaky’s and my favorite way to get our marshmallows. 😋

@tigerlily Laurie, that is so interesting. I think there very easily can be permanent and temporary disabilities. Right out of college I did temp ...

Hi again, I thought I would check one more time to see if anyone can use these appliances. I had an appointment with my ostomy nurse today and me...

I have had my ostomy nurse also suggest the marshmallows. They work pretty well, but won’t counteract something powerful, like cran-grape juice. 😂

Thanks Linda!!

@glenn-giroir Oh Glenn, I am so sorry for how hard I am laughing right now. 🤣 I will definitely heed your warning and learn from your mistake, rathe...

@tigerlily I love trivia!! Wouldn’t it be fun to have a virtual trivia team? 😀