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Erica--I roll the seal ring and press it around the opening of the pouch for the stoma-- Gives an extra build up-- I use half of a seal ring tho-- you...

Thanks John--I will try to get some-- a not getting around much = getting a roll around the naval area I am in need--sure seals rings and I have a ba...

@veganostomy Starbucks???????? that is doubled and trippled roasted.. tastes like acidy-- it is NOT good for us ostomates.. I have 1 cup of decaf c...

Emma, I also had some horrible issues with nurses and most medical staff. was in icu for 7 months comma 2 months-- yes one nurse did just throw my cu...

It may be that NEllie (whoooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaa Nellie) is 5 yrs. now-- But, I have to admit as of her arrival, I have not been the same. She was a s...

AND of course, Nellie leaked side ways--as I was laying down all morning and not up right-- so I had to change her hospital gown into her day dress-ha...

The procedure went well-- I was not given any meds, I did very well. No stent needed. Some issues - ????? NOW I have the biggest right arm that is...

Nellie turned 5 years old.. a few days ago-- and still going strong.. ha she is stronger than me !!

Thank you all - Nellie is ready and has her hospital gown on-- tomorrow, at 6 a.m. I will have mine on. :-) Hope they match haha...… Most of all Nel...

@veganostomy YES I have.. Being an ostomate is hard to deal with--I dealt with it-- THANKS TO THIS BLOG ERIC...….. But I have had nothing but HARD dea...

@dlkfiretruck Barb-- ha name the damn thing--sea-scape?? What is wrong with those Doctors? I have had many scopes of such also0 but never lost the imp...

@dlkfiretruck Linda, you have enough!! Hope your ahead days r more welcoming and stress-less !! Together we shall proceed ahead with grace. THAT CAT...

Thanks for that information !! I am a bare footed person all my life-- When I lived in Fl. near the beach-- I even went grocery shopping bare footed...

Well put !!! One can get themselves into a bad depression and other illness can follow--Never mind lives own future annoucements that wont alter their...

Hi Jayne, I am also 5'8" tall and got down to 100 pounds. After being so sick etc. The weight will come back little by little-- I gained 30 pounds...

P.S. Brian, This blind man I worked with in the 1970's -- Yes, he was invited to a party once, and he drove a car..! I gather he had a few, along with...

still have mine-- only here.

Brian, My husband is a Nuclear Power Engineer...retired… He has worked along with a blind man for over 40 years. This man travels through out the U....

I would not give out information until the job is truly yours and of course u have to get drug tested, health check-- THEN only then after the health...