So glad to have a stoma today

. I know what you mean. Nuclear fallout sums it up perfectly! Brilliant! 

Kim x

I love that. Your stoma could protect you. 
They’d get such a shock. 

I call it a “poonami” since it can be like a tsunami tide of horror on occasion! I like your thinking about scaring off an aggressor, Kath!

 Another brilliant description. This is the sort of thing you never talk about because people wouldn't understand. That's why this site is so amazing  

Kim x

Honestly Kim-If we didn’t have a sense of humour I don’t know how we’d cope! Very few people know I have stomas, because no-one would understand, so I don’t see the point in telling them. Not even my in laws know! I I love being able to speak about these issues with people who know exactly what I’m talking about.

I know. I only told a few people at first. More people at work know now as I've become more confident about taking about it. I have to say that everyone has been very supportive of me. I  think we can sometimes worry too much about what other people think. At work I sometimes say "stick a brush up my arse and I'll sweep the floor at the same time". Then say "oh you can't , I  don't have  one. lol.

Kim x

OMG! I've nearly wet my pants laughing! How very true this is!

Moira x

Hi Moira.

Yes. I said that just today. Looking after my elderly and frail mam. Asking me to do 6 things at once, I  said those words and we both laughed. We so need our sense of humour.  

Kim x

I don't seem to have a problem with mushrooms. Sweetcorn, however is a different animal. Comes out whole. I have a colostomy, which I understand is more accepting of some foods than an ileostomy 

Kim x