Hi everyone - This is what I do during the day to keep my mind occupied and off my condition. Sewing and bag making has always been a passion of mine and since I retired I have been doing more especially making handbags of all sorts for friends and some selling too! After my stomach removal last year I just lost my enthusiasm for crafting and didn't want to do anything. However low and behold it came back as I started to improve and get used to having a tube in my tummy for feeding (hated it at first) I also have an illeostomy so am used to that and living with a stoma but found it hard to get my head around this . But I am back to my old self and started getting into making bags again and now find it helps me as I have just been diagnosed with Oesophageal cancer in two places and been told I have 9 months left or I can have my oesophagus removed (40% chance of success) and would have another stoma on my neck. (I have no spare bowel left to use in replacement of the oesophagus hence the neck stoma! It has been hard since this diagnosis trying to decide what to do and the fear of the unknown and dying. I am going to see an oncologist where hopefully I will get more information to help me decide, but I am so glad I have got back into my crafting as it really does help in keeping my mind from going into over drive!! These are a few of my bags that I make.
