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Being an Ostomate

Lazarus – A quick-start to making life easier for Ostomates

7th September 2016 By Jonelle

Making life a little easier. When you have to live your day-to-day life with an Ostomy, you jump for joy at the thought of ANYTHING that makes your day a little bit easier. Most people don’t have ostomies, most people don’t know what that means but for those of us that do know, we know…

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Filed Under: Being an Ostomate, Being Resilient, Blog Tagged With: colostomy, colostomy bags, colostomy support, life with a colostomy, life with a stoma, make life easier with an ostomy, ostomate, ostomy patients, ostomy products

Simply Believe

12th August 2016 By Jonelle

Simply Believe | Tyranny of Pink

It’s a weird thing when you feel like you’re lying at the bottom of a pit of despair and then suddenly out of no where, you get an email telling you that you’re inspirational and deserve this amazing T-shirt just for being awesome. I guess it’s hard to believe nice things about yourself. In fact,…

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Filed Under: Being Resilient, Authentic Living, Being an Ostomate, Being You, Blog Tagged With: brands I support, Simply Believe, supporting brands

6 Weeks Post Colostomy Reversal Op! I survived!

22nd June 2016 By Jonelle

6 Weeks Post Colostomy Reversal Op! I survived! Tyranny of Pink

The last few weeks have been really tough. My colostomy reversal surgery went amazingly (Read about that here) well and a week after being sent home from the hospital I went for a check up and my surgeon happily reported that everything was perfect and it’s all over. I smiled all the right smiles but…

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Filed Under: Being an Ostomate, That time I nearly died Tagged With: acceptance, be grateful, believe in yourself, choosing me, colostomy, Coping with change, hartmann's procedure, I survived, life after a colostomy, Motivational Speaking, patient trauma, post surgery inspiration, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, reversal surgery, Survivor workshops, things to be grateful for

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Hello, I’m Jonelle and this is my story.

Wow! This was a moment. Turning 40 when I almost d Wow! This was a moment.
Turning 40 when I almost didn’t live past 32. 
Grateful for every day of every year since then! 
Life is so precious and life is everything you make it. 

Thankful for all the opportunities I’ve had along the way. Thankful for all the people I’ve met and the leaps I’ve taken! 

Grateful to live where we do. 
Grateful for my family and friends. 
Grateful to live comfortably and never have to worry about being without. Such privilege in a world with so much struggle. 

Thankful for my pets who drive me nuts and love me endlessly. 

I’m looking forward to the next decade. Stepping more into myself and knowing who I am and what my boundaries are. The things I will not tolerate or accept. 

Just grateful for my life. 
The end. #HBD to me!
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