Mom9mom, Thanks, that encourages me. It's good to know about the immodium; I've taken it before, but I was so sick and out of it at that time that I don't know if it made me worse. So glad to be...
Angela, I have a question...I have a temp ileostomy right now, and I'll most likely not have my reconnect surgery till after graduation (in May). What can I expect from the second surgery? I know...
Katrina, I wear the closed pouches like you were talking about, and you just throw them away when you change them; I usually average about 4 a day. I actually like them better than the draining kind...
There's another thing I was going to tell you, too, about going to school again. I always where an undershirt under my clothes now so that it keeps my bag close to my body. You will notice the slight...
Oh, and the cathater (sp?) wasn't bad...sort of annoying, but it didn't hurt coming out; actually felt relief /community/emoticons/wink.gif ...
Well, I just wrote a really long post, but lost it.... /community/emoticons/confused.gif Katrina, I'm new to this, but I read your posts and my heart goes out to you. I am a senior in college and was...