CELEBRITY OSTOMATES
former Vice President Hubert Humphrey and President Dwight Eisenhower.
The late Queen Mother Elizabeth of Great Britain who was over 100 years old
before passing away and the late Moshe Dayan, former Defense Minister of Israel.
Rolf Bernischke, ex-kicker for the San Diego Chargers has an ileostomy. So does
senior PGA Golfer […]
Crohn’s Disease: Advanced Treatments
Written By: Sara Wykes, Health Editor, 3/14/2008
Reviewed By: Paul Auerbach, MD, […]
Choose bathing suit colors or patterns that will hide your ostomy.
Women can get a bathing suit that has a special lining, or they can wear stretch panties under their bathing suit to hold the pouch in place.
Men can wear bike shorts underneath their bathing suit, or wear swim trunks and a tank top.
Always empty your […]
Verbal Abuse Survivors Speak Out
On Relationship and Recovery
Patricia Evans
Bob Adams Inc, 1993 Gauging by the amount of feedback I receive from my readers, this book is by far the most popular books summarized here. For more information on this topic, visit Patricia Evans home page.
1) ” If you are […]
Even in this day and age, women face discrimination and prejudice. Yet, women all over the world continue to work hard to make a difference — to alter their lives and the lives of others. Here are some highly motivating quotes by women of substance. These women have spoken from their heart, and their words […]
~ Comments on the previous post.
•Handicaped toilets are for any people with handicaps not just those in a wheelchair. People with stomas need access to a sink right there. Normally constructed people would have a fit if you started wiping your stoma at a normal open sink in full view. you have every right to use […]
From a support group chat forum…
~I am sympathetic to people in wheelchairs, and if a person with a wheelchair came in while I was waiting, of course I would let them go first. It is true that I can fit into a regular stall. But with the ileostomy and getting all of my stuff together and […]
The bond between mother and child
Research shows that without a secure motherly attachment, children’s bodies activate a stress reaction to unexpected events. By Beth Azar
Monitor staff
With the cutting of the umbilical cord, physical attachment to our mothers ends and emotional and psychological attachment begins. While the first attachment provides everything we need to […]
……after all, the worse thing any Soul has to endure is living in fear,
all of their life, especially while next to their partner, and the people who they love.
Enjoy your relationships with the people you love, and cherish it for all that it’s worth,
because life is worth living and it should be in harmony.
Joseph Ghabi
The […]
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Ostomy is a type of surgery which allows for drainage when a person has lost the normal function of digestive or urinary systems due to birth defects, disease, injury or other disorders. Nearly 1.5 million Americans have had ostomy surgery, and approximately 125,000 new ostomates join […]
June 06, 2009 