The weather is turning cool and the best time of the year is fast approaching. This means that I am beyond getting excited. Every year I look forward to a specific season. This season brings me immense joy and allows me to get back in touch with nature and feel refreshed. There is so much more to it then just fun, but manliness as well. I think I enjoy this season the most because I take off a week from work and spend that time with great friends and family or alone in the woods. It brings lots of memories and allows me to spiritually reconnect and reflect on the year. The time I am able to take to do this allows me to get a new look on life and is flat out spiritual
This is hunting season and more specifically deer season. I say all these things because I want you to know how important it was for me to be able to continue to do this successfully with an ostomy. There is so much more to life than an ostomy I was incredibly worried that my favorite part of the year would be destroyed by my own body. It hurts to think of it that way and it was psychologically troubling and worrying for me. It is because it is such an important refreshing time for me. This is my time to talk to God and be alone with life. Guess what I didn’t need to worry about it at all and neither do you. So how am I able to do this with an ostomy. Let me give you a few tips.
There are a lot of aspects to think about when hunting and things to plan for that make it challenging. One thing to know is that when hunting scent is everything. It is the area in deer hunting that humans are the most deficient in. We have a much lower sense of smell than most animals and especially deer. So hunters for centuries have attempted to mask their smell. This worried me because I was literally carrying my human feces around in a bag that was most likely more open to being smelled than it would be without. This terrified me as a hunter. So I took to researching what to do. I found the idea that getting the best ostomy supplies and gear that gave me the best adhesion and seals would be a start. So I found a company that offered free samples of Ostomy Supplies and I got to work. I tried lots of products until I found one that would allow me to move in the woods silently and with the perfect seal. This was a godsend and I was so happy to find a great company to help me.
So fight for what you love to do and don’t give up on enjoying life to its fullest. There is so much more than simply giving up on things you love. It is worth finding gear that fits your life instead of simpyl giving it all up. Work hard for what you want and try to overcome it all as a challenge. That is what I find fun about hunting and now about keeping up with my stoma.
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