Self Image and the Ostomate
Recently I was looking for a decorative “makeup bag” for my pouch supplies and saw a handbag that screamed my name. The problem, however, was that with said supplies, the bag became too heavy for my osteoporotic shoulders to carry. Lamenting to the sales lady that I can’t find a lightweight handbag that suits my […]
If we ever felt like the world was an overwhelming and challenging place, it is now. Every day brings more and more awareness that what we once believed was true, is no longer; that the people who were to care for and protect us can no longer be depended upon to do so, and worst […]
From the moment I had my ileostomy in March 2014, I knew it would change my physical life, but I had no idea it would change the entire trajectory of my place in the world. I share this not because I have achieved something others cannot, but because I have achieved something everyone can. Never […]