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I hated cutting the hole with scissors and started buying precut barriers. My size is also 7/8" and 1" holes work perfectly with a ring.

Posted by: VeganOstomy Do you need to get a prescription every single month or does one prescription cover you "forever'? I'm going to be asking my d...

I have been wearing Nu Hope belts for over a year for the same reason. Don't want or need a hernia. The Nu Hope web site has measuring guide. I have...

Posted by: VeganOstomy Did you have any gag reflex after it was in? I was literally gagging for several days anytime I would attempt to talk or do any...

I had an NG tube once and I swallowed it right down no problem other than it rubs your nose and throat and you can't wait to get rid of it. Another ti...

I almost never carry a leak kit with me. In 19 months of baggin it, I have never had a major leak in public. I did once have a minor leak because of...

My weight before UC was about 180 pounds. Two months later 155. After Ileostomy surgery 145. Two to three months later back to 180 pounds. A year l...

I use Hollister 2 piece 45 mm flange precut to 25 mm. The stoma is about 22 mm oval. With a ring right next to the stoma I get a very good fit with ...

I tried a sample and decided to get these the next time I need supplies. I was getting the maximum amount allowed by Medicare and my insurance compan...

I always rinse with the same water that I drink, so the stoma doesn't get "bad" water. Just after I change bags I try to keep the filter dry. The fi...

I was driving by a Mexican restaurant this week and a sign out front said: Try out pumpkin spice tacos. Underneath is said: (Just Kidding)

I went in Monday the 23rd for a flexible sigmoidoscopy of my little 16 cm rectum. I have proctitis and my doctor scopes once a year to make sure that...

Last time I was in was for a blockage which cleared itself quickly. The doc made me stay for two nights. I had my wife smuggle in a vodka and tonic ...

I still don't have an official name for mine, but was thinking Chainsaw for the noise he sometimes makes.

Posted by: VeganOstomy I reviewed the app =) And use it with every appliance change (have for the last few years!). It's a great app! I'm sure that is...

Congratulations Eric. One can tell that you work hard educating the masses on IBD and ostomy methods and procedures. Well done... Bill

Posted by: Dona also,is your avatar : A whole Pizza, a picture of your stoma, a frame grab from a colonoscopy, none of the above, something I don'...

What was funny to me was that the hospital's general surgeon told me that the small intestine was an inch or larger in diameter (25mm for some of you)...

Born and raised in Bartlesville, OK home of Phillips 66. Moved around OK and MO and moved to Southwest Florida in 1995 at retirement. Found out abou...