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Posted 11/29/2011 2:59 PM (GMT 0)
so i am starting on my resarch paper as most people know im very behind in school and thursday (and posiblly a lil of next week ) i have to get 1 full credit (yikes!!!) im half confident i can get some so a friend suggested my ostomy bag so does that sound duable to write a resarch 3-5 pages on???

Posted 11/29/2011 5:09 PM (GMT 0)
That's a great idea. What's the assignment? There are a lot of different angles you could take, depending: history of ostomy surgery (and what kinds of appliances people used in the past), psychology of how people cope with changes in their bodies, sociology of how people tell or don't tell people in their lives, how supplies are manufactured, etc..... you could write a lot more than 5 pages!
Posted 11/29/2011 6:08 PM (GMT 0)
wow i didnt even think of thoes things.!!!!! i just started writing how with surgery deppresion may occur and the emotional part is the hardest part! mayb i should change it to why people may not tell people why ...i dont know . i already made my out line but if i come across any problems ill say something
Posted 11/29/2011 6:23 PM (GMT 0)
What sources are you using for your research? I bet people here could suggest many things if you're having problems finding stuff. I think a report on depression after surgery is plenty, if that's how you want to focus it. Are you allowed to include some of your personal experience? If so, are you going to?
Posted 11/29/2011 9:00 PM (GMT 0)
im just finding things on the internet and its a persuasive resarch paper
Posted 11/29/2011 10:08 PM (GMT 0)
For my money the Evansville Ostomy Newsletter is a great source of information. The writer is out of action because of illness but he left a wealth of information for all to read. Check it out.
Posted 11/29/2011 10:14 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, it's the greatest idea for a research paper, and I think you're fantastic for doing it!

What about a research paper on your own body perception?It's changed, hasn't it, and you accepted your stoma very very quickly.

If it's really a research paper, then it means you have to find primary sources, which means medical books.

Now I just reread the entire threat here. Yeah, you want to write about your personal experience with it. I would take some aspect of my personal experience and write about it as a subject, research the subject and write about it but without writing about myself in a way that makes me the subject. For me the subjects could include: Ostomy and body image, or, the psycological adjustments (loss, mourning, chaos) that a person has to make when they go through this experience (no one at school would ever have imagined anything like that). Depression as response to body-changing surgery is also good. I think you will find that 5 pages is really not enough. I always have a problem with writing only 5 pages.

Posted 11/30/2011 12:06 AM (GMT 0)
Great Jackie. So many angles on this you could go. The one you are on I think is the best as you can incorporate your own experience, you could also include the frustration of figuring out what to eat. If you get into that, let me know what you find. Rosemary
Posted 11/30/2011 1:06 AM (GMT 0)
If I was writing the paper I would base it on my story, how the illness developed, options involoved including all the meds, why I chose the stoma and feelings leading up to and the outcome. I would also balance this with a theoretical outcome of worst case scenerio of what could have happened if stoma wasn't done and also include the psycilogical aspects of it and how these feelings developed and what can be done.
Posted 11/30/2011 5:24 AM (GMT 0)
you guys are so great!!! i cant use the word I, me, we etc. but the resarch paper is about how i feel im just not going to put i ....kinda like what B'Dereh said
Posted 11/30/2011 11:34 AM (GMT 0)
You'll find lots of info at my site at http://www. ostomates.org incl pics of old appliances, etc
Posted 11/30/2011 12:59 PM (GMT 0)
Shaz, those early ostomy pics are amazing, and the description of what it was like to have an ostomy bag in 1959 is something anyone who is feeling sorry for him or herself for having a bag should read.

Imagine having parts of the wafer being metal that you had to unscrew every time you changed, and the rest rubber.... plastic is not always a good thing, but it sure is for us!

Jackie, great stuff there if you want to go there for your paper. Shaz, thanks for sharing and thanks for your site!

Trying to imagine what it would have been like to talk about high school research papers w/others this way before writing them..... many good things about the internet for education.
Posted 11/30/2011 2:00 PM (GMT 0)
Shaz , your information is very helpfull i love the bags did you make thoes ?!! anyway i see your email is available because i have questions about my personal health .....a desicion i dont know how to make because of everyones input . i want to keep my stoma longer and just wait until im ready to finish the surgery !
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