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Rolf Benirschke: Winner of Convatec's "Great Comeback Award" - http://www.greatcomebacks.com/
Rolf Benirschke was the placekicker for the San Diego Chargers for 10 years and set 16 team records before retiring as the third-most accurate kicker in NFL history. But what makes Rolf's career so remarkable is that he played while battling Ulcerative Colitis and after undergoing ileostomy surgery midway through his third season. |
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Ostomy Poem - http://qurlyjoe.bu.edu/cducibs/ostpoem.html
Found in a biography of J.B.S. Haldane. Haldane wrote it after being diagnosed with rectal cancer. |
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My Pink Button - http://mypinkbutton.blogspot.com
A woman's experiences with having an ileostomy and how it's affected her sense of self. Sex, emotions, self-perception, and funny stories all about life with an ostomy. |
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Candy's Home Page - http://freespace.virgin.net/candy.moran/index.htm
In February 1998, after treatment in hospital, she had an ileostomy due to ulcerative colitis. |
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Buzzlady - http://buzzlady.homestead.com/
A patient who experienced ulcerative colitis, going from a permanent ileostomy to a BCIR (appliance free). |