I would also recommend getting the TSA precheck. I fly on average once a month, and with the precheck you usually just go through a metal detector instead of the full body scan. The full body scan...
I think for everyone it is different. I made the decision when the doctors said there was no other choice. My colon was fully inflamed from top to bottom and we had tried basically every treatment...
I've never had any type of personal odor issue with mine, but I don't use a filtered bag. So for me it is a closed system and the only time there is odor, assuming you keep your bag clean, is when...
I have similar issue with flush stoma and I also used a convex appliance with a belt and had significant skin issues. It turned out it wasn't the leaking that was causing my issue, but pressure from...
Insert story here - I can speak on experience. I had a mild flare in 2008 hit prednisone for a week and started mesalamine. After 3 years and not another sign thinking I didn't want to keep taking...
Is it the whole stomach, or primarily on the side of the stoma. If it's the whole stomach probably not a hernia. If more isolated around the stoma like a mound then hernia is likely....
I'm 3 years in, and I pretty much do everything I did before getting 9 feet of colon yanked. When drinking hard stuff I generally hit a glass of water between rounds. Most I've probably had in a 4...
I'm in your boat to a degree as well SB. Had mine out right at 2 years ago and left rectum to consider JPouch. Happy with my stoma and I have young kids don't want to deal with surgery. Anyway I had...
Good luck with the surgery. I had my sub total colectomy in dec. 2014. I had lost 65 lbs. in 3.5 months, and was quickly on my way off this planet. I can honestly say the only regret I have was not...
I use very similar process, but had never considered clothespin. I just used my finger tip wrapped with 4 segments of t.p. Sounds gross i know, but have never had any seeping through with good t.p....