I have been doing great lately, but I got one little piece of bad news. It isn't all that bad, but it looks like the colostomy is going to be permanent. I saw my gyn/onc on Monday and she told me that it looks like the only way they will be able to prevent any further bladder infections will be to remove the loop on the colostomy which would make it an end colostomy which would never be able to be reversed. The other option to that would be a major operation that would remove a lot of my intestines and bladder and that would be far worse I think. I have lived with this thing for this long, I guess I can live with it for the rest of my life.
I have started doing more things lately. I have become active with the Red Cross disaster services again. I hadn't done that since before I left North Carolina in 2006 and I really missed it. I am working on trying to get the Columbia office resources up to par so that if we have to send people to a hotel or to get services we will have a list of places that will work with us. Right now, there are no agreements with places that would be willing to help us to provide housing to our clients that have been burned out of their homes. This project will give me a definite purpose so that I have a reason (or another reason) to feel good about myself.
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