There was a drive in the UK to install body scanners in airports, but the gov did a 180 on it and they have been removed. I went through chicagagos o'hare earlier this year and went through one of...
As I live in wantage, ox, I will travel to bucks. Where would be a good place to meet? Saturday (aside from next weekend: bday party for my 6 yr old) or weekday evenings would probably work best for...
That was one of the reasons I joined the local ia committee, there is not much going on around here.it was then only 2 guys running the local section, but they are also involved at the national...
http://www.iasupport.org/ When you join online, you then select your local group. Membership is ca £15, i think not much. It's good and the quarterly journal comes with a lot of free samples. I...
Actually at the last ATM there was an older gentleman in his 80s, ex BA engineer or RAF pilot, couldn't stop talking about the Concorde, he was doing really well. We chatted about blockages and he...
I have a permanent ileo and have Crohn's. I am also member of the ileostomy association ( Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire section) and there I met a lot of members with crohn's and Ostomies....
Hodaya, I know what you mean! I was in the same boat a year ago. The skintags are from how the surgeons stitch your butt together, I think they pull one skin flap over another. I remember mine they...
Hi Simon, my surgeon wasn't Mortensen, but Mr George who works in the same department and was fantastic. I had 2 stays at the Churchill Hospital, 2 yrs ago for my temp dysfunctioning and last year...
I'm doing a lot of aerobic classes and circuits. With the increased sweating wear time is reduced to 3 days, I noticed. But never had a leak though, with me the barrier ring seem to disintegrate...
Hi ep, it's only recently this forum turned negative, but just hit the ignore button (thumbs down). I just did that and suddenly all the post are more uplifting. This isn't an easy decision for you....
Congratulations! I'm a year post surgery, going to the gym and rediscovered my love for aerobics, or whatever these classes are called nowadays. LBT and body attack are my fav. I'm still amazed...
Hi NCOT, do you have a lot of stomach noises during the night or gas? I suffered terribly from trapped gas/partial obstructions in the first 6 months and often ended up pacing my kitchen for an hour...
Mossmi33, you only joined recently this forum. Our intentions are in no way to hurt esor. Rosemary's story started over 2 years ago and people on this forum, who followed her posts for all this time,...
Well said summerstorm. Rosemary, you say you get it, but you need to show us through what you do next, that you are LISTENING to your doctors, to us. Do not self-diagnose, do not think you know best!...
I have mine for life too, got my permanent ileo 11 months ago, lived with a temp ileo a year before that. Before my surgeries, my life was hell. For over a year I was on pain meds (otherwise I wasn't...