Devin, I am so glad to find you got a jpouch after 2 years! Maybe there is hope for me after 2 1/2 years I can still get one after my weight gets low enough for the doctor to do it! Did they check to...
praying4healing, I use the coloplast simple round wafers and love them. If I sweat they sometimes melt a bit...so I use the small and medium Sure Seal rings around the wafer and get 7 days. Sure seal...
Numb78, I took longer to get back on my bike! I love it when it is not so hot. I use the Sure Seal Rings to keep real secure and no leaks from melting. Their website is http://www.alpglobal.com/ so...
I found out I need the B 12 and actually started on it before my ileostomy! The doctor I go to showed me how to give myself the shots. I hate needles and shots and I can't even watch when giving...
Ritas, I have the skirt type bathing suit but all one piece and it covers the bag. I like to use the big long high output bag and wear it across my belly...from stoma on the right to the left. This...
Thanks Yall from Texas, We had a great time today! :smile: The tube ride was about 2 hours in water and sun. Water was low and had to get up to walk a little. When I wasn't near my family, I would...
Tomorrow we are going to use the big inner tubes to float down the San Marcos River in Hot Texas! I will try and pray the Sure Seal rings will keep my wafer on and won't have to change it all in a...
Wow, that is great bravely posting those pictures. I will have to loose some before I go that far! Last time I did pictures like that I was 40, now 57 and getting back to shape with spinning classes...
Don't know if you are on vacation already? I found the Sure Seal Rings by Active Lifestyles Products worked best for water and sweat!!! I walked a 1/2 Marathon with these and trained for 6 months in...
Wow...I am the Sparkperson that found the Sure Seal Rings by Active Lifestyle Products! I earlier posted on this site what to use when exercising and sweating off the wafers. I was training to 'walk'...
Shaz, I couldn't get your web address to work? Thanks for all you share and do. quote="Shaz032"]Considering, if you want to see some pics of other ostomates who are youngish have a look at...
Badbaggirl, I used to do all the machines at Bally's and had a good abdomen. I was down to 89 pounds when real sick for a year with UC. But after the operation I got so depressed over my big belly, I...
This is a great idea to think of the positives!!! Not having to 'live' in the bathroom! And no on in the family wants to go to 'that' bathroom. Not having to clean the mess made by those 'explosive...
Amey, Have been reading your trials and troubles and sympathize totally! One thing to do to thin it up is drink some coffee...that will do the trick fast. I need to thicken mine up more than thin. It...
Interesting conversations! Sometimes I use a really big bag and wear is across my abdomen to even out the bulge! I can last longer between emptying. I have a question about the bottles some of you...
Badgaggirl....Find an Ostomy group in your area! They help a lot also with questions. The first time I went, I saw many OLD grey haired people...(my grey is covered up) and it helped anyway...younger...
Steviegirl....What type of wafer are you using to get 7 days? What do you do while showering between wafer changes. Do you use paste or anything else...do you have to get up during the night to...