#ostomy awareness

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A throwback to 2018, when Stan Lee was only 5. Today marks 13 years. Bit crazy to think about really.

Also, why did 2018 Stan Lee Stoma look like Sam Claflin in Enola Holmes? Did Netflix steal my idea 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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The four horses of ostomy awareness day. They are all in for ostomy and a huge part of my ileostomy life ♥️

[unseen--tides]

This weekend, I am celebrating Ostomy Awareness Day, as well as the 3-month mark since my life-changing stoma surgery. Fun fact: When I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease seven years ago, I cried in the hospital bed because my doctor told me I couldn't eat french fries or pasta anymore. This advice became especially true within the past year, as I could barely stomach much of anything without significant pain and risk of internal bleeding. Anyone who knows me knows that my life would be tragically incomplete without french fries and pasta, so today, I celebrated this very special occasion with as many Good Stuff fries as I could possibly fit in my little self, and am currently planning some delicious pasta concoction for dinner. Ha, take that, Crohn's! This is just one of the many, many reasons I am so grateful for my ostomy. I truly owe it my life. Happy Ostomy Awareness!

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Today is Stan Lee Stoma's 10th Birthday 🎂🥳🥂🍾

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Stan Lee Stoma is 6 today!

I have Stan Lee due to a ruptured bowel and rotting large intestine. My ostomy is an ileostomy, which means it is formed from the end of the small intestine. Brought through the abdomen and a stoma is formed on the right side of the body. Because of complications during my first two surgeries, Stan Lee was made permanent in 2016. While the UC is gone there are still many other health issues that reside.

Luckily for me, annoying as they are, they could always be worse.

Did you know?

Over 40,000 people in 2015 died from Crohn's or Ulcerative Colitis.

UC patients are often diagnosed between 15-25.

At least every 1-20 people out of 100,000 suffer.

In 2015 at least 11.2 million people suffered from Crohn's or UC.

UC isn't only the bowel and intestinal tract, but it has negative effects on the entire body. It causes anemia, joint problems, ulcers in the mouth and on the skin, deep vein thrombosis, clubbing of the fingers, and inflammation of the iris to name a few.

UC symptoms can often be "cured" with the removal of the intestine and colon, but other issues can still effect the body outside of the digestive tract.

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Bowyer and Dawn sporting their Ostomy Awareness stickers for World Ostomy Day

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Yesterday was such a day that even though I made myself a note not to forget I did anyway. So here's my annual Ostomy Awareness Day post just a day late.

If nothing else everything that I accomplished yesterday is proof that having what some consider a "disability" is in fact not something that should hold you back. I am proud of what I have done in the past almost 4 years since my illostomy saved my life. Is everything always ok? No. Do I sometimes get annoyed with it? Yes! But I am living proof that the stigma surrounding having a Ostomy is completely false. Life doesn't end, you can accomplish anything, find love, live your dreams, be happy!

[good-old-kj]

Yesterday was such a day that even though I made myself a note not to forget I did anyway. So here's my annual Ostomy Awareness Day post just a day late.

If nothing else everything that I accomplished yesterday is proof that having what some consider a "disability" is in fact not something that should hold you back. I am proud of what I have done in the past almost 4 years since my illostomy saved my life. Is everything always ok? No. Do I sometimes get annoyed with it? Yes! But I am living proof that the stigma surrounding having a Ostomy is completely false. Life doesn't end, you can accomplish anything, find love, live your dreams, be happy!