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173: Presenting RISK!

A storytelling podcast, with first-hand amazing stories presented by Scott Johnson and Meredith Hackwith Edwards. Each storyteller tells their own personal true story, with all the details of what happened. Animal attacks, plane crashes, mass shootings, and more – you'll hear what happened directly from the person who experienced it, and the inspirational outcome of how they came out on the other side.

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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

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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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TQ8: When you were a child, did you ever have a same-age friend die? How did you handle it?

I’ve always been fascinated with the idea of human endurance. What are we actually capable of doing? It’s almost always a lot more than we think.

At some point, I want to do a long distance bike ride. So far, the longest I’ve biked in a day is about 50 or 60 miles. And that was right here in this area, so afterward I went home and slept in my own bed.

But I’d really like to bike from here in the Tampa Bay area, across to the other side of Florida, the east coast. It would probably take me like 3 days. I love the idea of that kind of adventure.

But my guest today, Daniel, had a much bigger idea. His plan was to ride his bike across the entire US - from San Francisco all the way to New York City.

And – he started this ride without carrying any money or any food. He was going to depend on the kindness of strangers all along the way.

And that’s exactly what he did. But that’s not all – he recorded video all along the way. And he turned that into a documentary that’s won a ton of awards. So we get to see him struggling to bike up mountains, and across long stretches where he saw no one, and through some scary neighborhoods.

But my favorite part, and what made Daniel’s journey so magical, are the people he encountered along the way.

Daniel’s website:
https://www.weareallinthistogethermovie.com/

Contact Daniel by email: WeAreAllInThisTogetherMovie@gmail.com

Daniel is also in our podcast Facebook group:
https://WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook

Documentary We Are All In This Together on Amazon Prime -
https://www.amazon.com/We-Are-All-This-Together/dp/B0CLBBN833/ref=sr_1_1

Daniel on
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/the_travelin_dude/
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/TravelinDudeProductions/
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheTravelinDude


Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here:
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174: Daniel biked across the US

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:
Is there a specific person in your life who you consider to be your enemy? How did that come to be?

WWTL episode 166 – Suzanne was stuck on the boat

Tim Ferriss has a fascinating conversation with Barbara Corcoran

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173: Presenting RISK!

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