Self Image and the Ostomate
We all have our fantasies, so come along with me as I describe one of mine…new ostomates (those with ileostomy, colostomy, or urostomy, all having had stoma surgery) would begin their adjustment to their new life with all of their questions answered, they would have knowledge and be welcomed into an Ostomy Support Group, they […]
I was shocked, my body shaking, as I watched the planes fly into the World Trade on September 11,2001. The carnage and the loss of life, in front of our eyes, casted upon those going to work, flying to various destinations, working in the Pentagon, was as memorable and heinous an act as we can […]
That expression is one of my favorites, because when I was close to 21 years old, my then-boyfriend, now-husband, Bruce, proposed to me with those words, adding he wanted to “spend the rest of his life with me.” We are so very fortunate, in that we have weathered many storms over these past 5 decades, […]