Oh, this is turning into such a (bad) habit........Awake since 1am, trying to get back to sleep - nope, up at 2am to empty bag and invariably ending up in the kitchen with a cup of tea for a couple of hours. It's been 5 months since I had this ileostomy and it feels like it's the only thing I can think of sometimes. I don't know why to be honest. It's behaving itself (fingers crossed), I've finally found a reliable pouch after loads of trial, error and accidents! and I've been so lucky to not need further treatment. BUT, I just can't seem to relax, forget about it and let it do it's "thing".
Does it get easier? I hope so. I went into this firmly believing that I would cope, and I do, but, as there's only a 50/50 chance of reversal, I need to do more than just cope. We have to learn to live comfortably with each other.
Blue Blue you know how men take a newspaper in with them ,it's the kindle and a cup of tea 
sometimes 
