Wow, congrats! Can't wait until we get there!...
Have a good time, I'm jealous!...
4 weeks out of and my wife still has a lot of rectal pain from an anal fissure that is left over from the "old" days. We can't seem to get a clear answer on when to expect the thing to heal and the...
Vitamin D is so good for the immune system and a lot of adults are deficient on Vitamin D. We take 10,000 units a day for years now and haven't had as much as a cold and it did help my wife heal very...
They really work great, and we too had to figure out what was going on. Make sure the snap is in the open position, then click the bag on to the flange, then snap the clip closed. Pretty simple once...
UPDATE: Thanks to Blueheron, I called Convatec. What a difference this company is, very refreshing. Hollister and Coloplast acted like they didn't know what I was talking about when I call them about...
Yes, we're heating up and staying put. In fact, I'm a retired medical device engineer and I'm in the process of developing an appliance that will be easy to use to "Seal the Barrier", as it were!...
@ddd...thanks for the tip, we'll try it. It's been baffling. I've called every major manufacturer about the issue and they act like they don't know what I'm talking about. They must have had calls...
@Blueheron Thank you for your input, you're the first person I have run into with the same problem. Adapt rings are the worst for her, they don't last 24 hours, Brava seem to be alright, it's the...
Bravo! Well done indeed....
Thanks Dan, I'll call....
Thanks so much for all your help. I'll get some Eakins and try them. So far the Brava have held up well, the Hollister don't last 24 hours. We really appreciate you....
My wife struggled with the decision to get the ostomy for about a year. She's glad she finally had it. The alternative was unbearable....
My wife is 2.5 weeks out of her surgery, and there is no pain associated with the stoma at all, just some post op pain, as can be expected....
Before my wife had her ostomy, she was having issues with fissures. 2.5 weeks out of surgery, the fissures are still hurting very much, even though she isn't using whats left of her colon. The...
Thanks ddd45, we have the Brava rings, I'll try that next change!...
@mom2panda Again, thanks for the great info, I'll check them out too......
@SeaShell Thanks so much for the info...I'll research CyMed. My current insurance supplier does not carry them, but I'll find one that does and get some samples......
Oh my, sorry to hear you have a new one. Was the first one temporary? Sorry to hear you have to go through all this again....
@Mom2panda...Thanks for the reply so quickly. I've called all the companies I can think of, no one has a remedy. Yes we use a barrier ring under the wafer. She blows through Hollister rings in about...
Immodium has helped slow down the output. We use the liquigels about 1/2 hour before bedtime to slow it down and it does work! We're told new ileostomies are very frequent on the output, but slow...
Interesting topic and one worth investigating for sure. I have seen some ridiculously priced items out there, like a plastic skirt to cover the entire area for a mere 80 bux! We're new to this, so if...
Hi, We're new to the group as well as to the land of ostomy! My wife is a new ostomate and has an ileostomy. During the past two weeks it's been a real trial, leaks 3 or 4 times a day until we found...