December 2017 – colin reynolds – music memories / mental health / living with a stoma

Manbag#4

Leaks, more leaks and finally a solution The leaks have continued, and some have been pretty nasty and a tad demoralising. The issue is that a couple of weeks ago my stoma shrank quite dramatically from 40mm to 30mm and it slopes down on one side. As a result, with a standard bag one side … Continue reading Manbag#4

Manbag#3

Confidence My crappiest week to date, metaphorically and literally This stoma bag thing is all about confidence. At first it’s about building your confidence around handling and changing the bag. You need to be competent before being discharged but there’s a big difference between competent and confident. Like all processes there is no shortcut and … Continue reading Manbag#3

Manbag#2

Manbag#2 Can you spot the difference between this week’s photo and last weeks – you’ve got until the bottom of the post to work it out, no prizes, unfortunately if you spot it. This week has been about consolidation, getting more confident and adept at bag handling, I’m still at the conscious competent phase. Taking … Continue reading Manbag#2

AI Bots and Mental Health

It is digital Mental Health Week #digiMHweek and there have been several articles about the use of Artificial Intelligence Bots and social media for delivering mental health support or analysing social media posts for signs of suicidal intent and going as far as alerting the authorities – so this is my take on the subject … Continue reading AI Bots and Mental Health