Miss UK, I will keep in touch with everyone here. It will take awhile for things to get back to normal. I will be off work for about 6 weeks and during that time I will be looking for a new job. So...
Hey ya'll, just thought I would drop by and let everyone know that my reversal surgery was a success. I no longer have the "worm" on my belly. I am still sore and somewhat swollen from the surgery. I...
I guess guys are more tolerant of the "itchies". I can get at least five days out of mine but most of the time its only four. I know when I start getting the "itchies" then its close to time to...
Well, here's my story. As most of the people on here may know, I'm a truck driver. Well on time i was in Wyoming and was on my rest period when it happened. For some reason I had been suffering from...
Hey Wade, I had my ostomy done the same day as yours, what a small world. My condition was alot different than most of the people on here, I had a near perforated colon and had to have emergency...
Thanks for the well wishes! Sorry I have not posted in quite some time, I have been really busy out here on the road. I hope that it doesn't take too long to get back to normal again although I've...
Hey ya'll, its been quite awhile since I last posted on here. I have talked to my doctor a couple of weeks ago and we have set up my reversal for next year. I first have to get a colonoscopy before...
Cool, i found that the two piece system works really well for me. I tried one piece setups b4 and had problems with leaks after a couple of days due to the way the appliance was made and the...
Hey slim, i have no problems of any kind as far as driving or lifting. I have been back out on the road since December last year and i thought would have problems but so far so good. I use a two...
Hey all, it has been awhile since my last post on here but just wanted to let everyone know that I'm doin good out here on the road and have had no problems so far. As the topic says, i set a new...
Thanks for asking. What I mean is that it has gotten bigger. It used to be round and small and now it is oval shaped and bigger than it used to be. I hope that the next time that I change it, it will...
Well, I am home now, which is a good thing. 8 weeks on the road is too long. I took a shower tonight and changed my bag and went thru three wafers b4 I got it to fit right. I use a two piece system...
Praying: I can understand what you went thru. I had some similar problems when I got mine. It's kinda funny when the farting noises start but now I really don't have them anymore. In case you don't...
I don't know of any places on the road to be able to get some supplies and we usually don't have much time between drops to be able to stop anyway. Fortunately we will be going thru the house soon...
Well it has been several weeks since I got back out on the road and so far every thing is going fine. One thing I have noticed is that I did not come out with enough supplies to last as long as I had...
Well, I don't have a Starbucks story to tell but as a truck driver I know where most of the good stores are all over the US. There are several that are open 24 hours along the Pennsyvania turnpike....
Praying: The only reason I use the jar is for being able to mt while my co-driver ( I drive team with another driver in the truck, namely my mother) is driving and can't stop at a rest stop or a...
:cool: Well I am back out on the road again. The doctor released me to go back to work and now I am in New York and goin after another load in New Jersey. I did not think it would be this soon after...
thanks Amey, I was goin to try for five days but I thought it might be a little risky. I may try it this time just to see if it is possible. Just have to cross my fingers, toes, eyes,...
I know how you feel. I had an ileostomy done and it took awhile for my insides to wake up too. I have the two inch insision at my naval and it hurt for a few days. I am better on the pain scale than...
Hey ya'll, thanks for the input about this subject. I went another four days without a leak even showing up. I changed my bag this morning when I went to shower and the seal held up during the time I...
Well I got lucky, my bag lasted four days and I just changed it this morming. I hope that this bag lasts as long as the one I changed. My supplies should be coming in this week and we'll see what...
Well, so far I have not had any problem eating those things either. I have not eaten broccoli though. I have had carrots and peas and they come out the way they went in. Everyone is different as far...
That was a very good thing you did. My wife helps rescues animals when she can and you did the right thing by taking it in. Hoozah for you!!! Post a picture of Raccoon so we can all see him....
:cool: well if the sticky stuff on the backside of the bag is a wafer, then I guess I have one then. So far the bag I have on now has not come loose yet and I hope it will stay that way till changing...
Thanks Amey. I do not use wafers yet but I hope the stuff that is coming will have one. I have not tried the Eakin yet but I just may. just have to wait and see what I get....
The bag is a flat one. I just have trouble with it coming loose on the bottom just below the ostomy. It seems that my skin folds just below it prevent a decent seal from forming. Hopefully the...
Well to answer your questions: I do use a skin prep prior to putting the bag on. No, I do not have oily skin, It is just that the ostomy is low on my belly and the bottom of the bag sits in a fold....
So far I have not woken near as often as I would have thought. I can get about five or six hours of sleep and not have a problem. When I do wake up to mt, I do so and then go back to bed and can fall...
I was just wondering, what is the best way to keep your bag from coming unstuck from your belly and causing leaks when you least expect it? I have gone thru several bags in just a few days due to it...
I have a Hollister one piece bag with the filter on it but have not tried a deoderizer yet. I don't mind the smell some much I just imagine that it came out the back end and kinda laugh about it. I...
After I got home from the hospital, I did not take any pain meds cause I did not need to. My ileostomy is mostly water too and so I had no pain. I usually get up once in the middle of the night to mt...
Another thing I noticed last night, I ate some of my grand mothers home-made chicken salad. This morning when I mt'd out my bag it smelled something awful, like rotten eggs. Oh man was it awful!! ;)...
I've decided to rename mine to 'lil spitter . Yeah, it's just like the energizer bunny too. It just keeps spitting and spitting. LOL...
Just curious, has any one had problems eating meat? I had some sloppy joes the other night and my output had a real hardy beef smell to it. I was wondering if anyone else has had any thing like that...
Well I showered last night w/out my bag and it was very liberating. Mr. Razberry did act up up a couple of times but nothing major. After I got out I put some tp over the razberry and toweled off...
hayley: I guess I'm in the minority here, so far I have excepted the fact that I have a bag and have not got depressed about it. Yeah, at first I was depressed in the hospital but after a couple of...
Thanks Peggy, so far my only real challenge is to get better so I can go back to work. In case you did not see my profile I drive a truck over the road. I miss the road already but I know that I will...
flchurchlady, No, all I got was the ileostomy. I had a near complete blockage of the large intestine with no bm for two weeks straight. I had an colonoscopy to see what the problem was and they...
I haven't tried a shower yet but so far have stuck to a bath. I leave mine on and just take of business. I would like to shower sometime but i'm not ready for it. It is whatever works for really....
I don't know about the rest of ya'll, but i plan on getting mine reversed asap. My doc said it would only temp anyway. I drive a truck and not being able to is so frustrating. I miss the road. I got...
Well, i have only had mine for bout two weeks now and i'm still adjusting to it. I have only had experience two types of bags, Convatec and Hollister. Both bags so far have been ok. I have occasional...
Now naming your stoma is just too funny! Mate, i thought that was just hilarious. I haven't thought about naming mine but if I did I thought I would probably call it "snortin' norton"!!!...
Well, i can't say that i've done that but i have only had mine for about two weeks now. The only thing i hate is some times i don't get it fixed just right and i develop a leak about 15 minutes...