My husband had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his upper rectom...they also did exploratory at the same time to scan his other organs.....the surgeon said he had the option to have the...
so do you just pull this liner out through the top of your pouch? This sounds great, just wondering how exactly to get a liner with stuff in it "out" of the regular pouch? My hub has an ileostomy and...
I have had these when I was pregnant years ago. and yes they hurt like heck.....sitting in the hottest water you can stand, or get in the shower and bend over and let it run on your butt hot as the...
send me an email Lilly...
lilly.....small world indeed! We are from Lancaster....only 40 miles south of Ottumwa. We too went to college in Kirksville. my Hub's sister lives in Ottumwa. she worked for John Deere for years. Are...
oh man, I know exactly how you feel.....and I feel for our hubbys too.....but you know in just the few times we have been out, I don't notice anyone "noticing" my hubs bag! people here are...
me and my daughter and her kids are always making up our own sets of "clean" expletives. it's just fun and often we come up with one that sticks. for the sake of a cow makes no sense to...
Pictures of your stomas....too much....I am rifl......and I have decided to call my hub's stoma "little booger"....it seems when we are trying to clean him up and replace the wafer that the little...
ah no...no pizza anytime soon.....we don't eat that much anyway. mostly meat and taters.....he loves corn which they said to avoid....and cabbage which is one of his favs...:( oh well, it isn't the...
We had a great day. The trip didn't seem too hard at all. Got staples out.....and some little thingie that was attached to the ostomy? he didn't realize those things were pulling till they were gone!...
kids being here helped.....peroxide CERTAINLY helps!! LOL such a simple thing and also so inexpensive! showers are over...tomorrow we head out to the doc. that is 2 hrs both ways.... and let me...
well I just can't imagine not supporting him. I love him no matter WHAT condition he is in. Yes, this is stressful.....but good grief, I am still operating normally....I feel nothing but the most...
thank you Virginia....this board is a great place....so glad I found it. I posted on another one before this one and didn't feel so welcome.....people here are certainly friendly. and yes, it's...
...My sister in law came this afternoon.....brought muskmelons with her.....Hubby loves those.....we ate most of one.......we watched a movie and this evening we all went to our church to an ice...
I got peroxide.....we also tried the mouthwash.....it helped....this time I put some peroxide in the bag when we were done. Hubby's incision looks better today.....it's still draining clear from...
Thanks so much for your replies. I guess the bag doesn't actually worry "me"....but I can tell it's worrying him...and that worries me...and we live in a very small town...everyone knows everyone...
My hubby was diagnosed with rectal cancer in April. He took chemo and radiation treatments, waited a month and then had his surgery. They removed the tumor successfully and got him reattached.....so...