Wel­come Fel­low Ostomates

Hi, Sheri Rod­well here, writ­ing from where I now live in Cal­gary, Alberta, Canada.

When I was 12, I was diag­nosed with Crohn’s Dis­ease. Like most of you, I resisted the idea of surgery, but, by the time I was 23, there was no choice left in the mat­ter. I had to get a bag. Even though my new bag was a very wel­come alter­na­tive to years of stab­bing abdom­i­nal pains and embar­rass­ing restroom emer­gen­cies, I too had to deal with all of the emo­tional aspects of being a 23 year old sin­gle woman who had a drain in her stomach.

At a time before there was the inter­net, I was pretty much left on my own once home from the hos­pi­tal. Ostomy Sup­port groups were around. They were infor­ma­tive, yet, because of my age, I did not go and still felt quite alone. Now that we have the inter­net, we are no longer alone on this jour­ney of self dis­cov­ery. Being a mem­ber of the Cal­gary United Ostomy Asso­ci­a­tion has helped me find great friends locally. How­ever, online is always a place where we can meet more osto­m­ates, and cre­ate a safe place to all come together to learn and share out stories.

My goal with this web site is to have a place where peo­ple come, shop for sup­plies, learn about new prod­ucts, find links to other great stuff and be con­nected in what is going on around the Ostomy world.

Remem­ber, this site is for you, so please feel free to con­tact us with any sug­ges­tions you may have.

ostomymedicalsupplies@gmail.com

Love Love,

Sheri Rod­well

aka Sheri Perkins of Erring­ton, on Van­cou­ver Island, BC, Canada