I would like to keep in touch with you too. I had very severe Ulcerative Colitis and had to have surgery in 1983 in which they removed my colon from one end to the other and this resulted in what is an ileostomy, I have an opening in my belly, kind of like a buttonhole. Mine is a continent ileostomy so instead of putting a bag on my belly for my small bowel to empty into I use a catheter, I insert it to empty a pouch which the doctors made to hold the waste from the small bowel. Hope that kind of explains that.
Yes, that is my wonderful dog in the picture. He lives with me and my husband in our home and goes with me whenever I leave the house. He has become my safety, for I no longer have the need to be totally aware of all that is going onaround me since he is aware of any situation in which I am uncomfortable, He is always between me and any other people so that no one can get near me.

I lived alone much of the time when I had DID, it would have been ever so difficult to be with someone else. I had friends who began to recognize my different parts and would tell me when I had switched. This was a great help in my path to integration. God is walking with us all the time, he is blessing us with what I call butterfly blessings all the time, we just have to keep our eyes open to see them. You are a precious child of God and don't you forget that....also remember that in the eyes of the Lord you are perfect.