Having Enough Stoma Gear for an Emergency
The timeframe right now is that the year is 2020 and the Election for our country is happening in a week. This means that our country is going to have new forms of leadership and that will be exciting. What is not exciting is that already I am seeing planned riots and chaos as people are boarding up the downtown stores across my state and city. We are planning on criminals attacking already and it is not a fun thing to think about. Citizens have been shows by police that they won't be held accountable for crime and that means that this election year our economy and ability to receive items for an extended amount of time could happen. We saw it happen already this year and it happens in times of crisis and emergency like a hurricane. So that is why I am preparing to keep enough ostomy gear to get through a possible emergency just like the one scheduled to happen in a week.
Now I feel like I am talking crazy, but the older they get the wiser I become. When you see this exact situation happen and in my case, it was 4 months ago, then why wouldn't I be prepared for it now when it is likely to happen again? That is what I am doing and I want people to be prepared just in case they lose the ability to get their ostomy gear. I say this because our country runs on just in time delivery. Even for our medical gear, we wait until we are about out for our next shipment to come in. For me, this happens every month and most of the people with a stoma in this country are the same way. But in many major cities pharmacies where we get our emergency gear if we run out were closed, burned down, or blocked by criminals. It was simply not safe to go out and get new gear and the post office and amazon were not delivering in the parts of my city that were overrun with looting and rioting. It was just like a movie and when people on the news were only talking about how peaceful it was, we were trapped, surrounded by fear and actual danger.
So my advice to you is to stock up. I have never been a prepper, but I now have two months of extra supplies on hand. If the worst happens and I have locked in again due to COVID-19 and stupid riots then I will be just fine. But many people won't. If an emergency happens they will be in trouble and that is why I am writing this. Don't get yourself into a situation that you have to go out into the danger just to get an ostomy bag. That is insane to me. I think it is truly wise to plan out all the gear you will need and to start getting extra. If you don't get extra gear then you may end up regretting it.
Don't be afraid of the unknown. But what is known can be prepared for. I am not worried anymore about the economy failing for a small amount of time or that I will be stuck with reusing old supplies that are now unsanitary. That fear and anxiety are gone and I hope you are able to feel as free as I do and to prepare for the known.