It has been a little while since I shared a tip I had, or someone else had that they shared with me. This one is pretty simple and I guess you could say obvious to some degree. If you live with any type of ostomy, you are familiar with some of the challenges of emptying the […]
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Part 3: Intimacy with an Ostomy
In two previous posts My Love Life as an Ostomate & How Having an Ostomy Affects Relationships, I spoke out for the first time about what it was like for me to have an ostomy in relationships. The physical aspect of intimacy is a little different when you have an ostomy but in all honesty, […]
Ostomy Nurses
For those of us who have an ileostomy or a colostomy, you have probably met with an ostomy nurse at least once. These people are nurses who usually specialize in ostomy and wound care specifically. Meaning, that is the only thing they deal with everyday which makes them experts. To be honest, I hate seeing […]
“Hi I am Marisa and I…”
I believe I have mentioned before on this blog that I have avoided the word ostomy and ostomate for quite a while. When I had my first ileostomy (from the ages of 16-19), the only people who knew about it were my family and I named my bag “BB”, short for belly butt. Occasionally the […]
Does the way someone came to have an ostomy really matter?
This question is one that has crossed my path since my first ileostomy surgery which will be ten years ago on January 6th. The answer to this question has honestly really differed depending on what stage of life I was in but in recent months, I found myself thinking about this topic more for a […]