9 months after my colostomy. I never had a problem other than a little leaking under the wafer before I found the proper wafer. But omg, I ate a whole avocado the other night, had no idea it had...
Man, I'm different from almost all y'all. I was 'off' coffee for months after my colostomy. I just didn't have a taste for it. But now it's back. Took about 3 months tho....
Power tools? I got your power tools right here. I use a Ryobi table saw which is heavy but lightweight at the same time. I guess you'd call it a girly table saw but it's perfect for me in my garden...
Me too!!! As someone already said, I think it's when I don't get the wafer completely dry after showering. I try to make a point of putting some wadded up tissue under it to absorb any leftovers. But...
Oh, that's awful! But lucky you were still in the hosp. when you started feeling punk, eh? That 2 hr. drive BACK to the hospital would've been a booger. (takes off rose-colored glasses now and gets...
Mary, that was rough but that was nice of her to sit with you. Me, when I was throwing up and called for the nurse, one came in and said, 'oh honey, you're being sick' and walked back out of the...
I think I'd heard this somewhere before but this was in the news today: I'll have to remember it when/if i ever go back and get re-connected. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26270852...
KAP, my stoma mostly goes 'pssshhhhh' instead of making a pooty sound. Very very rarely it makes a clattering noise but as others have said, when I hear it, I put my arm across my stomach and it...
Well, it's clear this is all your fault. You shouldn't have deliberately gotten UC nor given birth to HIS children or paid attention to their needs. Yup, if not for that, he'd never have strayed....
Glade's apple cinnamon is all I've found that completely obliterates the smell. No other fragrances by Glade or spritzing perfume worked for me. Don't even have to burn candles anymore....
You eat them. But stuffing them in your stoma would certainly slow things down!!! :yeah: Some people say to eat 4 or 5 before you are going to change your appliance and you should be able to slow...
pee ess: there are clear pouches and opaque pouches. Frankly, in the beginning most people want the clear so they can see what is going on in there. Takes the mystery out of it, so to speak. You can...
You will have a hole in the side of your body. The stoma is the opening where your new 'outlet' will be. An appliance (also called a wafer) covers the stoma --it has adhesive in it, like a...
I also wanted to add that the worst thing about the whole experience for me after getting home from my long hosp. stay was finding an appliance that worked. On another ostomy board, they suggested...
Absolutely not!!! Not everyone does irrigation. What an irrigation is is basically giving yourself an enema thru your stoma. I don't irrigate. But someone who wanted to be free of the demands of...
I got my colostomy in December due to diverticulitis and a perforation. Very long stay in the hospital, acquired c. diff while there, and lots of other fun stuff. I was due to have the reversal in...
After my gallbladder surgery, I drove myself home the next morning. (not that the drs. knew it, but I'm just sayin). After my colostomy, I was in the hosp. 3 weeks due to peritonitis and all sorts of...
Hope, you need input and some people need OUTPUT! hah..sorry, can't answer your question but your title made me smile....
I know the stupid instructions say 'apply while standing or your wafer will crease'. pfft. I lie down too! It maybe wrinkles the weensiest bit but that puppy stays on. I have a slight innie so I use...
"and then my Mom lectured me for having low self esteem." gee mom, that's a big help. Nothing raises the self esteem so much as being lectured about not having any. :nono: But I digress: sorry you...
Summerstorm, do you use the cool setting on your hairdryer? Mine doesn't have one and even the low setting burns my skin! Gonna have to buy a hairdryer with a cool setting, aren't I? (but well worth...
summerstorm, I think what you suggest is what's happening to me. I'm not drying it sufficiently probably after showering. sigh. Almost makes me want to stop bathing altogether but that would be bad,...
Oh gord, it sounds like my brother in law. Everything is always way more awful, important, devastating, etc. to him than to others who've gone through the same thing. He too acts like a two year old....
Ordinarily, tpoof, that would be my take too..but I'm not leaking. It's just the adhesive in the paper probably. It'll be interesting to see what kind of wear I get after I cut the paper off. Don't...
oh, they DO cut it off?? thanks! Now I don't feel so stoopid. I've read about paperless appliances but didn't know they were referring to the border part (so maybe I AM stoopid after all..ha!) thanks!...
I'm itching under the border of my flange. So this a.m. I said, EUREKA, I'll cut off the paper and just leave that waxy looking ring thing that surrounds the stoma. Right now, I'm getting 7 days with...