Just for public knowledge's sake, I called my WOCN and asked her about this today. She said that as long as the belt isn't right over the stoma or causing any bleeding, it should be just fine. I feel...
Hi Eva Lou, I'm three weeks out of surgery myself. I was in the hospital for 13 days because of ileus (no fun). Last week was my first full week at home. It was no picnic, but it's a heckuva lot...
Hi everyone, I've been a passive observer of this community for a while, but now that I'm a fellow ostomate (as of 4/1/13), I figured it's probably high time to join the conversation. One problem...
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"Enjoy the go" ....????? Jerks. :)...
Thanks everyone. Quincy - my GI prescribed me with Rowasa to take as flares started. I just got off the phone with the GI's nurse and she said that it should be fine to go ahead and take that. It's...
Long story short, I'm tapering from 60 mg of prednisone and now down to 10 mg/day after six weeks. Things were going great. Normal BMs. They were solid. Consistent. Regular. To put things in...
Thankfully, the bleeding has stopped as of late and my frequency has gone down significantly, too. Every time I go, I keep expecting the blood to be there but have been pleasantly surprised for about...
I guess "new" is a relative term. I started having symptoms of UC a little over a year ago to the date. I went to my GI, had a colonoscopy, and received no definitive answer. Tried Lialda and, for...