Jayna was excited – she was about to get married.
She works in the wedding industry, so she knows how to handle every detail. She also hired a wedding planner. Shayna knows from experience that on the day of the wedding, there are lots of different things happening, and you have to anticipate problems and avoid surprises.
She never could have predicted that the events of that day would include a fire alarm, a gunman, and having her wedding story featured on the national news.
If you’d like to contact Jayna, all of her social media, podcast info, and other contact information is on her website at https://www.hellojayna.com.
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128: Jayna's hotel was a crime scene

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Every Tuesday, we grab a past question from the Facebook group, then Meredith and Scott answer it and read some of the answers given by other listeners.
 
The question for this episode:
What's something you wish you could forget?
 
Links for this episode:
 
The horn I have on my bike:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000ACAMJC/
 
The Charisma Quotient podcast with Kimmy Seltzer:
https://www.kimmyseltzer.com/podcast/
 
Meredith for Real episode 226 – From Trafficking Victim to Attorney:
https://www.meredithforreal.com/podcast-episodes/episode/7e18899e/ep-226-or-from-trafficking-victim-to-attorney
 
Trafficking support:
https://www.dhs.gov/blue-campaign
 
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https://www.whoismakingnews.com/#welcome
 
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TQ10: What's something you wish you could forget?

Nancy Brophy fills her novels with romantic betrayals and murder. It’s a far cry from her
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golden years. But when Dan is shot dead, Nancy finds herself at the center of a murder
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How would you handle it if you ended up having a medical condition that suddenly made you different from everyone else, in the most embarrassing way possible?
That’s what happened to Mike.
Today you’ll hear about when Mike got the news from his doctor – sorry, you won’t be able to poop the normal way any more. From now on, for the rest of your life, you’ll use a bag, actually called a pouch, and you’re gonna poop directly from your stomach into that.
And when Mike got that news, he was just a kid – not even a teenager yet.
So today, Mike’s gonna tell us what that was like, and how he handled it, and what it’s like today, as an adult with an ostomy. I asked Mike all the questions that normally you’d never be comfortable asking someone in this situation.
This conversation with Mike is so real. That’s what we do here – real life. You’ll hear it all, because Mike is open to talking about everything. And you know what else he is? He’s happy and he loves life. Because he wants people to know – if you get the diagnosis he got, it’s not the end of the world.

If you’d like to contact Mike, his email is mikegmoffat@yahoo.ca

Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here:
https://WhatWasThatLike.com/175

Resources:
The r/ostomy subreddit – 8000 members - https://www.reddit.com/r/ostomy/

Meet an OstoMate – large ostomy community - https://www.meetanostomate.org/

Facebook groups:
The Real Ostomy Support Group – 23k members - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1160120857334266

Stoma and Ostomy Support Group – 14k members –
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1442544766001622

Colostomy and Stoma Support Group – 13k members –
https://www.facebook.com/groups/607387186088212

Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai.

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175: Mike wears an ostomy pouch

Every Tuesday, we grab a past question from the Facebook group, then Meredith and Scott answer it and read some of the answers given by other listeners.

The question for this episode:
What’s something you LOVE, that everyone else hates?

Links for this episode:
The smell of horse farts
Awesome Facts about Bats
Meredith For Real episode 143 - Why is cannibalism taboo? Placenta, Columbus & Communion
Opossums
The TV show Alone
WWTL episode 75 – Woniya was alone in the Arctic

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TQ9: What’s something you LOVE, that everyone else hates?

Every Tuesday, we grab a past question from the Facebook group, then Meredith and Scott answer it and read some of the answers given by other listeners.

The question for this episode:
When you were a child, did you ever have a same-age friend die? How did you handle it?

Links for this episode:
 
Meredith For Real ep 165 – Grieving during the holidays:
https://www.meredithforreal.com/podcast-episodes/episode/7a37d91f/ep-165-or-grieving-during-the-holidays-sneaky-symptoms-and-finding-joy

Death Cafes:
https://DeathCafe.com

WWTL ep 168 – Julie is a Hospice Nurse
https://WhatWasThatLike.com/168

Valerie’s House:
https://valerieshouse.org/

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128: Jayna's hotel was a crime scene

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