Self Image and the Ostomate
I know that sounds trite, but I believe it to be true. The human experience is such that for all of us, there are commonalities and I believe that if we recognize that, others may not be as hard to understand as we think. This is not new thinking for me; I have worked very […]
My phone rings and it is an unfamiliar number. Although it may be a solicitor, there is a good chance that it is a new or future Ostomate, a family member of one, or a physician’s office referring one. To that point, more and more physicians are aware that simply providing the surgery to create […]
Looking around, I am struck by the fear I observe in so many of my generation. And why not? We are the generation that planned on living forever, having “it” all, challenging the status quo, yelled “hell, NO, we won’t go!” and not by coincidence, achieved more than any generation before. We were the first […]