Self Image and the Ostomate
Our Ostomy Support Groups bring many together, and people attend for a variety of reasons. Some may be considering an ostomy, feel it is in their future, some may need specific information about clothing, food issues, intimacy, and some may be there to meet others like themselves. To me, anyone who steps out of their […]
Setting the scene for you, imagine the patient who has controlled ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s Disease, or diverticulitis and is suddenly terribly symptomatic with infection and unremitting agonizing pain. Or consider the patient who has an accident in the intestinal region of their body. Or the patient who hears the news following a colonoscopy that […]
My most recent Ostomy Support Group had spare minutes at the end of “the business at hand” so I opened the discussion to all by posing this question: How do you get your mental toughness? I saw facial reactions in some which indicated that perhaps they didn’t realize they exhibited the mental toughness I saw. […]