Coincidence!
Yesterday through Facebook I caught up with a former work colleague who I had not seen for about five years. I went to school with both her and her husband, so we go back a long way.
I was surprised when she told me that she'd had bowel cancer four years ago and gave me the name of her surgeon. The same one I had for my bowel surgery eighteen months ago. She then went on to tell me that her husband had the same surgery, by the same surgeon for diverticulitis. The surgeon said he'd never had a husband and wife both fitted with bags.
So there we are, three school friends, all with ileostomies in the past four years. A reunion should be fun....