Oops

I really thought that I'd be good about blogging now that I'm getting my life back - but I'm too busy!!  I had hoped that I'd be able to step back into life slowly and keep in control... but old habits are heard to break and I've got right back to eating too many cookies and trying to do too much.  I'm a normal person again, hooray!!!!

What have I been up to, now that I have freedom in a bag?

• NOT TAKING STEROIDS!!!
• The beach!
• Socializing!
• Working - even traveling into my office weekly, I feel so grown up!
• Eating!

Normal person, chilling with her kids in a cardboard house

Look, here I am multi-tasking: Visiting family at the beach in Rhode Island with my kids while eating and speaking Spanish

Fun summer!

I still have so much to catch up on with my never ending to-do list, but at least I feel like the limits have been lifted, and I can do whatever I want to this weekend, as long as I can fit it in!  So far the plans for this weekend include a wedding, a friends/holiday reunion in New Jersey, a pool visit, and possibly a NYC excursion with visiting family... or another bbq.  Plus some new shelving, mowing the lawn, and general homeowner/mom tasks.  So much to do!  And I'm not sick, so I can do it! Yaaay!

Happenings in ostomy life:

• Air filters are tricky, and don't last long.
• I'm allergic to some of the adhesives.
• Fancier does not mean better - Old school can be a lot easier to maintain.
• Dehydration is a SERIOUS danger - I almost went to the hospital!!
• Ordering supplies is super stressful.  Nobody sells ostomy supplies in-store anymore, and if they do, insurance doesn't cover it.  Phone/internet based ordering is confusing and overwhelming for us newbies; I cried when I hung up the phone and I have no idea if I ordered the right things - nor do I know what anything costs!  They don't tell you what the parts cost, only the final price after insurance, so it's really tricky to figure out how many of the "fancy" and "cheap" setups to order!  I have yet to see the bill...  and to find out what I actually ordered, ha.