Although I have written before about dehydration as a side effect of ileostomy, (we lack the ability to absorb fluids due to our new anatomy) I have only dealt with it peripherally. I assumed that was because I was mindful of my liquid intake and ability to control my heat exposure. Such was not the […]
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COMPASSION IS A SUPERPOWER!
I just finished rereading a book that was meaningful to me years ago. I had forgotten all about it until a dear friend recommended OUT OF MY MIND by Sharon M. Draper. I absorbed every word of it, once again, with even deeper emotions than previously, perhaps because each decade of my life fills me […]
OSTOMATES HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH FDA!
United Ostomy Associations of America (UOAA) has the most amazing Advocacy Manager, and I want to acknowledge her latest accomplishment. Jeanine Gleba and I met several years ago when she took her very important position, and I was growing the Union County Ostomy Support Group in New Jersey. We immediately connected and she invited me […]