Sunday 7 February 2016

Silver Linings



Some of you who have been following my blog may remember an older blog where I was discussing the things that having an Ostomy had given and taken away from me.

In a light hearted moment I mentioned how the one random thing I actually miss is farting.  Yes, its still true.  It’s a fact you really do not know what you have got till its gone!

My last blog post was written whilst sat in a hospital waiting room.  I was due my annual endoscopy check and biopsies.  Im afraid the procedure did not go well and due to some nasty inflammation from the Ulcerative Colitis in my rectal stump was not completed.  

I won’t lie I had a tough few days after this.  The last time it had flared up this bad was 9 years ago when I was told I had bowel cancer and need an operation.  I know it sounds a bit dramatic as I am fitter and healthier than ever…but that’s what I felt.

Anyway, I was given some lovely new foam suppositories to take over the next month to control the flare up and allow the endoscopy to be rebooked.  Im not sure if I have actually said this before, I think I have but im not 100%. Well, after having bowel cancer and an Ostomy your bashfulness disappears.  I mean cumon, if you got a group of Optimists in a room together we could talk all day about bodily functions and ultimately……shit! Lol

When writing some of these blogs I often have to edit them as I worry about being too blunt.  Well sorry, in this one the filters are being turned off!

The new meds….they aren’t pleasant.  They are a can of compressed air and foam designed to get the medication as far up into a ‘normal persons’ bowel as possible.  Id assume a good foot or so?  Well I’m not normal…I only have about 6-8inches of stump left…..can you see where I am going with this yet?
The medication and air therefore used is a bit excessive for a track of my length, it does make using them even more of a challenge!

But that’s not what this blog is really about.

In life I believe we must always look for the silver linings, try and see the positives in even the most negative...well apart from the obvious benefits of the medication they had a very unusual side effect.

Seems shortly after administering them....I get to do something I have done in almost 9 years......yep that's right. ....FART!

So there it is....my most random of wishes and the thing I missed has finally returned!

You don't know what you've got till its gone. Treasure the little things. The things that make life fun.

In my opinion it's these little things that make you smile...not matter how small, how weird, how insignificant it may seem to others, it's these weird things that make us smile....that make life worth living 😊