Archive for February, 2008
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OK, boring stuff over… lets get back to the fuuuuuuuuun! 
Wishing you a Very Happy 30th Birthday, Sean!
On February 26th, 2008 our message board will have had it’s first month using the new system/software thanks to the upgrade from phpBB2 to the rather funky and cool-to-use phpBB3.
I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their patience whilst the admins got to grips with what buttons did what and so on, and also for all the nice comments people have given about the new forum boards features and ease-of-use.
So, a big thank you to all the board members. Here’s to looking forward to many more months of phpBB3 powered fun. 
If you are not a member of our message board community, why not pop over and visit us now. Registration is free. Whether you are looking for Ostomy Support or off-topic chat, or just the chance to hang out with people thats already been there and bought the proverbial Ostomy-Tshirt, then the Ostomyland Message Board is for you!
Each month the top 10 players are written into Ostomyland’s Trivia Hall of Fame.
Congratulations to the following players who are both written there and have won at least one game:
Karen - 38 wins, 6 appearances in Ostomyland’s Trivia Hall of Fame
rachie - 22 wins, 5 appearances
JohnW - 20 wins, 6 appearances
MikeNZ - 17 wins, 6 appearances
hovis - 15 wins, 7 appearances (7 is the maximum possible until the end of this month)
Lory - 9 wins, 7 appearances (7 is the maximum possible until the end of this month)
Mitzi - 6 wins, 5 appearances
LisaJoe - 5 wins, 4 appearances
Shaz - 5 wins, 3 appearances
vampirlover - 4 wins, 5 appearances
jc - 3 wins, 4 appearances
bagpuss, Maryann - 3 wins, 2 appearances
Lauza - 1 win, 2 appearances
PattiMc - 1 win, 1 appearance
Well done to you all!!!
For more details see: Ostomyland’s Trivia Hall of Fame
Kathy
Website, Chat Room and Message Board Senior Admin
“Living with a Colostomy” - the book version of the Ostomyland Lifestyle Guide, has been massively updated and is now available to download as a .pdf file, which can be opened in Adobe Reader.
Why download the file, when the pages are on the site to read? Well, maybe someone would like to download and print it out to give to a family member, or friend, who is in hospital. Or quite often we get Ostomates downloading it and giving it to their family so that they can understand what a Colostomy is all about.
Now in colour, Version 2.1 of the download features all the chapters you can find on the website, as well as space for personal notes, and a medical contacts section where you can keep all your important Ostomy contacts together. For example family doctor/surgeon contact details, ostomy product codes and descriptions and more!
The new Lifestyle Guide Download page can be found here, and is listed in the guides menu on the left hand side of the page.
I hope you enjoy this updated version of the download guide.
Jason D.
Webmaster & Colostomate
www.ostomyland.com
