by benforred | Aug 19, 2013 | Activity, Health, Symptoms
What does it take for you to feel accomplished? Does it change day to day and place to place? At work I keep busy and as I mark off items from my to do list I feel accomplished. But at home, I feel accomplished if I do the dishes and vacuum the house. This weekend I...
by benforred | Aug 1, 2013 | Health, Pain, Symptoms
I hate when I have phantom stoma pain! I just hate it. I’ve lived without an ostomy for over ten years now and I still getting the feeling that I still have an ostomy, stoma and all. Last night I spent half the night in a shallow sleep rubbing at my last stoma...
by benforred | Jul 21, 2013 | FAP Information, Fertility, Health, Symptoms
At last my GI doctor appointment, my doctor gave me a study to read about colon cancer in families, who is at elevated risk and it also included FAP. It was an interesting read and I urge you to also read it when you get a chance. Preferably after you’ve...
by benforred | Jun 30, 2013 | Health, history, PTSD
It’s been so long ago, the medical tests and procedures, the surgeries and the struggle for life. It’s been a lifetime ago but it doesn’t always seem like my life. I have to remind myself that it was my life and not someone else’s life. I feel...
by benforred | Jun 22, 2013 | Food, Health, Symptoms
I don’t think I’ll ever learn when to keep my mouth shut. There are so many times I wish I had for my sake. We need to listen to our bodies, especially when our body is screaming at us! Our body knows what it needs, we just need to listen. I try not to...
