THANKS SO MUCH TO YOU ALL! THIS WEBSITE IS AWESOME! Diane from Maine...
Does anyone out there know of any sites that have ostomy swimsuits ( with the pouch holder on the inside) and or intimate, nice lingere? I only found one site and I did order something but was...
HI ALL I HAVE HAD TWO FAILED ATTEMPTS AT RECONNECTION AFTER A SIGMOID RESECTION AND TEMP COLOSTOMY. THESE WERE DONE WITH A GENERAL SURGEON. I HAD PERFORATED BOWEL DUE TO DIVERTICULITIS IN OCT 2007....
HI ALL! thank you for your input...i have heard of the cleveland clinic...but will insurance companies tipically let you go so out of network? i sure cant afford to pay out of pocket....what have...
HI THERE I HAVENT WRITTEN IN A WHILE....EVERYTHING WAS GOING VERY WELL AND THEN I WENT FOR 2ND TRY AT REVERSAL JAN 20TH, DOC COULD NOT DO IT. IN OCT 07 I HAD A PERFORATED SIGMOID COLON AND A MASSIVE...
HI PHYLLIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT! I TRY NOT TO OBSESS about IT BUT THATS EASIER SAID THAN DONE! HOW LONG WAS YOUR HOSPITAL STAY FOR REVERSAL? AND WAS IT EASIER THAN THE FIRST...
[color=red>HELLO] [b][color=#ff0000>HAVENT] [b][color=#ff0000>OH ] [b][color=#ff0000>MY] [b][color=#ff0000>SO ] [b][color=#ff0000>BEST] [b]DIANE FROM MAINE ( ITS COLD UP HERE!!! ) ...
/community/emoticons/tongue.gif HI I USE THE SAME KIND OF BAG AND I HAVE FOUND THAT YOU NEED TO KEEP THE END UP UNDO THE VELCRO AND JUST KEEP IT PINCHED CLOSED, POINT DOWN AND THEN LET IT GO!N DOES...
/community/emoticons/cool.gif HI ALL I MIGHT BE REVERSED IN LATE FALL OR JAN...COLOSOTMY...KINDA NERVOUS about BEING REGULAR AGAIN ! ALSO WHAT IS A J-POUCH???? DIANE FROM MAINE...
/community/emoticons/cool.gif HI I TOO HAD EMERGENCY SURGERY LAST OCTOBER FOR PERFORATED COLON DUE TO DIVERTICULITIS WITH A TEMPORARY COLOSTOMY. IT'S BEEN NO BED OF ROSES BUT THE BAG PROBABLY SAVED...
/community/emoticons/yeah.gif I HAVE THAT SMELL SOMETIMES ALSO...BUT IT SMELLS LIKE POOP TO ME BUT NO ONE ELSE CAN SMELL IT, SMELLS LIKE A LEAK BUT THERE IS NONE AND IT DOES GO AWAY AFTER A...
/community/emoticons/smile.gif HI DENISE, HAVE YOU HAD YOUR BLOOD COUNT CHECKED LATELY? IHAD THE SAME COLDNESS AND I WAS ANEMIC. CALL YOUR DOCTOR AND ASK GOOD LUCK, LET ME KNOW HOW IT GOES! DIANE...
MY BOWEL RESCTION WAS IN OCTOBER 07, A WEEK LATER DOC HAD TO GO BACK IN TO DRAIN ABCESS AND IN FEB I HAD AN ATTEMPT AT RECONNECTION BUT IT WAS TOO SOON. WILL TRY AGAIN IN LATE FALL OR AFTER THE...
HI ALL! THANKS FOR THE ADVICE...I WILL SURE TRY THE CALMOSEPITINE OINT. SOUND LIKE JUST EHAT I NEED ABOUT THE FIBER... NOT SURE IF HIGH FIBER IS RIGHT FOR ME RIGHT NOW BUT IT SURE KEEPS THINGS...
/community/emoticons/smile.gif HI ALL! I HAVE A LITTLE IRRITATION AREA AROUND THE STOMA...I AM USING STOMA POWDER WHEN I CHANGE BUT ITS NOT GETTING ANY BETTER, I ALSO USE AN EAKIN SEAL. IS THERE...
HI GUYS! THANKS FOR THE KIND WORDS JUST GOT BACK FROM DATE NIGHT WITH MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND. WE WENT OUT FOR CHINESE...THAT SHOULD GET THINGS MOVING EH? HAVE A VERY HAPPY EASTER, TALK TO YOU SOON...
HELLO ALL, ITS BEEN AWHILE. I HAD SURGERY 3 WEEKS AGO TO REVERSE COLOSTOMY BUT AFTER THE SURGEON openED ME UP ( 3RD TIME AT SAME INCISION SITE ) HE SAID I STILL HAD TOO MANY ADHESIONS TO ATTEMPT A...
HI ALL! I AM HAVING COLOSTOMY REVERSAL ON THURSDAY YAHOO! MY SURGEON TOLD ME THAT IF HE THOUGHT MY CONNECTION NEEDED MORE TIME TO HEAL THAT HE WOULD DO A TEMP ILEOSTOMY...MY QUESTIONS----------- DO...
HI AMY I'M A YOUNG 56 YRS OLD AND THE ONLY ADIVCE I CAN GIVE YOU IS WHAT I HAVE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS. PEOPLE WILL THINK WHAT THEY WANT TO THINKWHEN THEY SEE YOU. AND YOU KNOW WHAT ? IF ALL THEY CAN...
HI THERE RIGHTWAY! IAM SCHEDULED FOR REVERSAL ON THURSDAY AFTER SAME CIRCUMSTANCE AS YOU, HAD 2 PERFORATIONS IN SIGMOID COLON AND WAS SEPTIC AND RESECTION AND TEMP COLOSTOMY IN OCTOBER 07. I AM...
HI I DID USE WATER AT FIRST TO CLEAN OUT THE BAG BUT IT SEEMED TO LOOSEN THE WAFER SO I STOPPED AND JUST TRY TO PUSH THE STUFF DOWN AND OUT AND CLEAN OUT THE TAIL WITH LYSOL DISINFECTANT WIPES..I...
DOES ANYONE OUT THERE HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR PANCAKING IN THE COLOSTOMY BAG? IT'S WHEN THE STOOL STAYS ALL AT THE TOP OF BAG AND WONT SLIDE DOWN. IVE TRIED BABY OIL INSIDE THE BAG AND IT HELPS AT...
I'LL TELL WHAT MY DOC DID...HE SENT ME FOR A CT SCAN WITH CONTRAST OF ABDOMEN/PELVIC AREA AND ALSO AN ULTRASOUND OF THE SAME. BOTH SHOWED NO INFECTION AND HE FEELS CONFIDENT TO PROCEED, I'M 4 MONTHS...
HI ALL MY REVERSAL WAS POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT WEEK AS MY SURGERON IS ON CALL ON MONDAY AND IF HE HAD A TRAUMA CASE THAT HE HAD TO DO FIRST HE DIDNT WANT ME WAITING UNTIL 10 PM THAT NIGHT TO GOTO THE...
[color=red>CAROL [color=#ff0000>WHATS] [b]DIANE ...
CAROL I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT ALL THE DRUGS..ANTIBIOTOCS AND STUFF ACTULLY CHANGED THE TEXTURE OF MY HAIR! MY HAIRDRESSER COLDNT BELIEVE IT. IT USED TO BE BABY FINE AND SOFT AND NOW ITS...
DIANE FROM MAINE...
HI! I HAD MY FIRST COLONOSCOPY LAST MONTH AND IT WAS A PEICE OF CAKE..AND I HAD IT THROUGH MY STOMA! I WAS GIVEN A PREP CALLED MOVI-PREP, MIX IT WITH ICE TEA AND ITS NOT SO BAD AND REALLY WORKS...
/community/emoticons/yeah.gif HI GUYS! GOOD NEWS..I'M SCHEDULED FOR RECONNECTION OF COLOSTOMY ON FEB 25..10 MORE DAYS! I CAN'T WAIT BUT I'M ALSO A LITTLE NERVOUS. MY FIRST SURGERY WAS EMERGENCY DUE...
HI OHIO I TRIED THE COLOPLAST ONE PIECE BAG AND IT REALLY WORKS WELL..I ALSO USE AN EAKIN SEAL, SOMETHING I WOULD HAVE NEVER TRIED IF NOT FOR THIS WEBSITE! MY OSTOMY NURSE WAS NOT VERY PATIENT WITH...
Hi Caro! I'm post colostomy 4 months but I do remember that when I got home I really had a hard time to sleep...for about 3 days. I was so tired all I wanted to do was cry. I got my doc to call in...
HI ALL! WELL...HAD MY COLONBOSCOPY, THEY FOUND ONE POLYP BUT OTHRWISE ALL WAS GOOD...........BUT YOU WONT BELIEVE IT....I CHANGED TO A COLOPLAST BAG AND DID NOT USE PASTE OR EAKIN SEAL , JUST SLAPPED...
HI STACIE ! WELL I WILL BE TALKING TO ONE OF MY DOCTORS TOMORROW AT MY COLONOSCOPY...I WILL TRY THE ALCOHOL NEXT TIME GOOD IDEA BUT! THE BAD A PUT ON YESTERDAY IS STILL ON AND NOT LEAKING!!!! DONT...
/community/emoticons/mad.gif WELL HI THERE, GREETINGS FROM MAINE ! BAG IS STILL SPRINGING A LEAK EVERY DAY!! HAVE TRIED EAKIN SEAL, DIFFERENT BAGS, PASTE AND NO PASTE, APPLYING BAG STANDING, AND...
HI PEGGY, LAURA AND STACIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE ADIVCE.. I TRIED ANEW BAG, COLOPLAST ON FRIDAY AND IT HELD UNTIL SUNDAY NOON..I AT LEAST HAD A SATURDAY NIGHT DATE WITH MY HUSBAND, WENT OUT TO...
THANK YOU FOR THE ADVISE! I WAS USING A CONVATEC ONE PIECE FLAT WITH PASTE AND OF COURSE THIS AM AGAIN I SPRUNG A LEAK..I HAD A COLOPLAST SAMPLE BAG SO TODAY I AM TRYING THAT...I PUT THE PASTE...
/community/emoticons/confused.gif the past two weeks i have sprung a leak ...seems like ever since i started iron supplement this happens. i am so frustrated i.m near tears, wil try new type of bag...
HI ! i had temp colostomy done oct 07 and plan to be reversed in april. i started taking iron tabs about two weeks ago and since then my bag has leaked almost every day..it's to the point that i am...