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@granddayout I’m so sorry to hear of your health issues. I have many myself but they won’t consider me disabled yet. I hope you can make the trip you ...

@llholiday yes wished you could find that post. I’d be interested. Since my posting I have found a wheelchair bathroom that is a single bathroom with ...

@llholiday oh my gosh I haven’t brainstormed that one yet. If I had to change it would be in a large bathroom with several stalls. I would have to ask...

@njewell I like you had my whole colon and rectum removed and then hernia surgery 3,years after. I too am told not to lift over 25 pounds. I recently ...

@llholiday congrats on the retirement! It sounds you had a perfect set up for emptying!

@tigerlily congrats on the retirement!

@rick for some reason the soap or maybe shampoo loosens things and I start getting that itchy leaky feeling around my stoma area after I’m dried off a...

@rick congratulations!!! That certainly makes things easier!

@squeakyandliza that’s awesome!! Congrats!!!

@kirsten you are so lucky to be able to keep your things safe without anyone messing with them. I was working with developmentally disabled for 8 year...

@bagbob yes self employed would be most preferable for having a Stoma.

Haha, mine seems to only do it at very important times. Like sitting with the car salesman purchasing a car or at a job interview etc. I start coughin...

This is the one subject and the one problem that I wish could be solved. Yes keeping the bag dry for a shower! I have to change my bag daily because w...

I actually stopped using skin barrier wipes due to that reason. You will get a hard to remove build up after a while even while using adhesive remover...

I have been in that predicament before to where I bring nothing with me. And have done the same as you but usually I bring a kit. Either a back pack o...

I think what I saw in that video is much more complicated than just putting water in the end of the pouch with a water bottle or plastic soda pop bott...

@cat-momma wow your stoma sounds very active. I was changing twice a day for a while but now I lost my insurance so I cut it down to once a day. By th...

Convatec actually has stoma nurses who can do a video free visit with you. I did one once and they have you take your bag off in the video appointment...

Welcome! I’m so glad you finally decided to try the Ostomy. I also had a temporary at the start to see if it would work out for me and it did. After 2...