I have talked a lot about insomnia and how much it has impacted my life for years. Not sleeping or having your sleep schedule/routine thrown so much can truly make a person feel crazy. Although I am getting used to not sleeping well since it has been my “new normal” for over a decade now, it […]
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Sleeping in the Heat… with an ostomy
I have always felt this need to wear a decent amount of clothing while I am sleeping in case my ostomy should leak. I would want it to get on my clothes instead of the sheets, blankets or pillows since it would be a lot easier to deal with. When I can just quickly do […]
How Do I Approach New Doctors Now?
I wanted to expand on what I wrote the other day about needing my dogs to get me through many months of having terrible adverse reactions to a medication I was prescribed for sleep. I have an appointment with a doctor at a sleep clinic in a couple weeks. Of course, insurance will only cover […]
What is it like to live with an ileostomy?
Someone asked a question on google plus about what it was like to live with an ileostomy. For starters, I do want to say that as long as my skin isn’t bad, having an ostomy is not a big deal to me now. Especially when you take into consideration that most people undergoing surgery to have […]
Picc Lines and Central Lines
When I went to visit Damon, the 9 year old boy who had an ostomy, in the hospital last Sunday, the issue of a picc line or central line came up. When I asked how he was sleeping the response from his moms was so incredibly familiar. They told me that every time the door […]