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There just isn’t too much to say about “Ostomy Thoughts”. As you saw in You’ve Got to be Kidding Me, I was not responding to the treatments I was being given and I was told to mentally prepare for surgery and an ostomy. When that doctor told me that, I shut down. I didn’t want to … Continue reading “Ostomy Thoughts – The Crohn’s Saga Part 33”
Mentally and emotionally preparing for a possible ostomy is quite a journey. It’s filled with so many realizations of how your life will change. This is the one that blew my mind though. I mean seriously, try to wrap your head around the idea of never taking a shit again. It’s a thing that you’ve … Continue reading “Ostomy Thoughts Part 2 – The Crohn’s Saga Part 46”
Thinking about getting an ostomy is extremely stressful. In Ostomy Thoughts Parts 1 and 2, you saw how much I was dreading the idea. To recap, an ostomy is when they pull your intestine (colon=colostomy, small intestine=ileostomy) through your belly then attach a bag to it to collect fecal matter. I’d been dreading it as long as I’d … Continue reading “Ostomy Thoughts Part 3 – The Crohn’s Saga Part 66”
If you’ve been following the ostomy thoughts series, you’ll recognize this as a big turn for me. Instead of focusing on the negatives of living with an ostomy, I started to look at everything I’d miss out on if decided not to have the surgery. At this point, I’d tried and rejected every treatment available. I’d been … Continue reading “Ostomy Thoughts Part 4 – The Crohn’s Saga Part 72”
