Don't Die of Embarrassment: Life After Colostomy and Other AdventuresA remarkably candid and informative first person account of surviving colon cancer and living after a colostomy. A helpful guide for anyone facing this life altering surgery. Every year 70,000 people in the United States and Canada undergo colostomies. In 1994, Barbara Barrie became one of them. When the successful actress received the diagnosis of colorectal cancer, she knew that this was the greatest crisis she and her family would face. But it also