Xena Knox > Quotes

“I don’t know yet. I haven’t decided. It’s up to me what happens, and I haven’t really lived with it long enough to know whether I prefer it or if I’m prepared to give it up and maybe lose the freedom it’s giving me just now.”
― Xena Knox, SH!T BAG: a darkly funny story about life with an ostomy bag

“You lot who haven’t had your stomach muscles cut through – don’t know how lucky you are. You take loads of things for granted. Sitting up in bed, for one. You probably don’t realise it, but you use your stomach muscles for that. Then there’s sneezing. Sneezing’s fun. They say it’s like a mini orgasm, don’t they? Not for me now.”
― Xena Knox, SH!T BAG: a darkly funny story about life with an ostomy bag

“Maybe I’ll never show them my stoma! That’s up to me. But, all the same, I don’t need to act like I have a dirty little secret under here either.”
― Xena Knox, SH!T BAG: a darkly funny story about life with an ostomy bag

“So, I’m Cody,’ she says. ‘I’m from Livingston. I’m fifteen.’ Fifteen? She looks twelve tops. ‘I have Crohn’s disease. My face is fat because I’m on steroids right now.”
― Xena Knox, SH!T BAG: a darkly funny story about life with an ostomy bag

“What I’m trying to say is, an ostomy bag can save your life.’ They all nod, getting that. ‘But I might keep mine because it saves my lifestyle. It’s my choice. Not just a last resort – it’s not forced on me. It’s actually desirable!”
― Xena Knox, SH!T BAG: a darkly funny story about life with an ostomy bag