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Does anyone attend any Stoma Support groups?I attended my first one this week after months of feeling too anxious to go. But a huge thanks to Elliot for coming with me! I found it interesting so a thank you to the organisers, Tracey & Helen at MOGS.We are not alone with our daily struggles, pain, discomfort, adversities and general life difficulties. Some people have it worse than others and everyone copes differently. Some have a myriad of daily problems, health and non-health related. I ha…

Hi Everyone,I've had an ileostomy for 15 years now and a general matter that I've come across is that a lot of Ladies have spoken about losing their Femininity since having to wear a stoma bag. This, of course, is very understandable amongst other insecurities and adaptations that We've all had to face. As far as Men losing any sort of Masculinity, I can, of course, comment that this is also true. I've had numerous rejections from able-bodied Ladies in the past because there…

I wanted to blog about prednisone, the best drug ever for flare ups if you have UC or Crohns, the deadliest drug ever, long term side effects. I was on this drug for close to 8 years, the weight it puts on is incredible depending on your dosage of course. I was always a slender teen and when my doctor started me on it i put on 30 pounds. Keep in mind though when your weened off prednisone you lose all that extra looking weight. Furthermore, after surgery over the course of 8+ years my hearing st…