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dogtalkerer
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Topics: 11 / Replies: 304
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RE: Any suggestions on how to prevent M9 leaks...

VO, think more like a zip lock bag, not frosting a cake when it comes to using Vaseline. A chapstick heated under faucet might work well. If it's ...

15 hours ago
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RE: Any suggestions on how to prevent M9 leaks...

If you spread a thin layer of petroleum jelly, Vaseline, in the tail area before rolling it up, should stop leaks.

2 days ago
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RE: Stoma Golf

Just tried my golf swing with a stick. Twisting pretty mild, kayaking twist is more pronounced. If you're scheduled for a bag change Wednesday, I...

1 month ago
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RE: Worst output EVER!

@granddayout , also the basic same question to you. what foods can't your colostomy tolerate? having thick output in a colostomy is pretty normal, ...

6 months ago
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RE: Worst output EVER!

@tigerlily , I'm not sure what you mean by "trouble with beans"? can you explain? how does having a reduced length in your large intestine attribu...

6 months ago
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RE: Colonoscopy after surgery

your doctor should give you the details, i don't really recall anymore, but plan 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 hours of running to the bathroom to empty bag til y...

6 months ago
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RE: Worst output EVER!

I agree, i doubt it is from garbanzo beans themselves, unless they were spoiled.. just beans in this salad? in my understanding of colostomies f...

6 months ago
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RE: Colon Test

in the US it is not reccomended for people who have had cancer, in a high risk group or family members who have had cancers.

7 months ago
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RE: Output has changed for about 2 weeks now

from what you have posted about foods, it seems that you are not even close to having a balanced diet. I'd start with a balanced diet. you could h...

7 months ago
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RE: Lots of diahrrea the past few days....colostomy...sigmoid colon removal

have you been logging all your diarrhea occurrances? this is not normal, you should be speaking to doctors about your problem. you could have a part...

7 months ago
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RE: Colon Perforation from Covid

one correction, I stated 1 in 100 million as a "risk" factor when i should have said "occurrance" . risk varies from high risk to no risk, relate...

7 months ago
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RE: Colon Perforation from Covid

Little more data, from US NIH: 25 " perferations"associated " with COVID. the paper states unclarity if it was from COVID or drugs to treat CO...

7 months ago
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RE: Colon Perforation from Covid

It's important to keep things in perspective . From the article:The exact prevalence of ischemia or perforation induced by COVID-19 coagulopathy is ...

7 months ago
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RE: Trying different fruits

whats intersting is I had rectal cancer and was told if they could rebuild the rectal area, i'd wake with an ileostomy, if not a colostomy. I gues...

7 months ago
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RE: Trying different fruits

@jillian yes, I have had a colostomy for 16yrs. just trying to understand where your information has come from. I've never heard of a colostomy per...

7 months ago
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RE: Newbie question about food

so this is my experience, first hands. i've read a lot in years past and I seem pretty typical .

7 months ago
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RE: Newbie question about food

sure , output changes , mine fluctuates quite a bit from different foods . from too thick to rather runny. i take this as normal. mid thickness i...

7 months ago
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RE: Newbie question about food

I"m puzzled here? why can't you eat raw carrots or cabbage? are you sure this is related to the stoma? i too have a colostomy and was never told I ...

7 months ago
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RE: Trying different fruits

what has your doctors said about foods to avoid? i do not see anywhere that they said avoid foods? seems like avoiding fruits for over a year can't...

8 months ago
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RE: Those adhesives are something else!!

@veganostomy , nope! while they still have the best feel and torelate athletic motion better than any other I've tried, the ease of draining went i...

9 months ago
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