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ChrisandBagpus
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RE: Greetings from another ostomate

Alex What John has mentioned to isnew products they sound interesting they are only UK at the moment but intend to go international. could ask for s...

4 years ago
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RE: Update on the Cyrisse Chronicles

Hi Cycisse The docs love their big words LARGE FECALITH means what they think is some impacted stool. OVOID MIXED DENSITY I guess is a oval shape s...

4 years ago
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RE: Coloplast Brava Protective Rings: REVIEW (w/ video)

@kedikat I for one will be following your yammering's with interest. the wafers do erode quickly swelling and bubbling with a liquid output, so if ...

4 years ago
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RE: Coloplast Brava Protective Rings: REVIEW (w/ video)

@kedikat I photograph the stoma with a camera or phone with a ruler along side. print it out 1:1 it should then be the exact size. this can be c...

4 years ago
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RE: Update on the Cyrisse Chronicles

All the written report is saying in plain english is A hernia has been seen on images the surgery that has been done there is some stool retaine...

4 years ago
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RE: A question about TP, especially when using public restrooms

Totally agree, like everything else they attempt to cut cost, reduce thickness, weight, layer etc. Soon it will be postage stamp size :mrgreen: Fac...

4 years ago
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RE: Output after eating fibre food

@dlkfiretruck Linda you deserve a double like for this post. Its loaded with good detail on avoid and managing to create some healthy eases on your ...

4 years ago
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RE: Emergency surgery woke up with colostomy bag

Gosh Why do they always say things like! you can eat a regular diet. I'm not surprised you were sick on a tuna sandwich. I'm sure you'll scan t...

4 years ago
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RE: Squeaky is 3!

@goatherder More like a change of lifestyle from fixing things to fixing goats :-) Like your spirit

4 years ago
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RE: Hmm..Any Thoughts?

Fluids, fluids and more fluids is an approach mentioned many times on the forum. Otherwise like me last month 6 days in hospital. after a night of i...

4 years ago
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RE: Crappy Day (pun intended)

@squeakyandliza Those are what I call Orchestral manoeuvres in the dark! Named after the UK band from the late 70's Enola gay is a great dance t...

4 years ago
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RE: Squeaky is 3!

And this forum has been a richer place from your participation. You are not on borrowed time but using a (soccer) football term playing extra time ...

4 years ago
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RE: Crappy Day (pun intended)

Hi Liza Hope your doing better So squeaky had decided to play astronaut's the other day but "Huston we have have a problem" she pressed the ICBM (...

4 years ago
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RE: Crappy Day (pun intended)

I'm sure this will not fail to make you laugh - at us English :-D Two Ronnies Four Candles - Hardware Shop Sketch 1976

4 years ago
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RE: How Often Does an Ostomy Bag Need to Be Emptied? (w/ video)

nosiymina I hear your pain. John is right this forum has been the most help to me. It helped me find for myself the bags and system that works best ...

4 years ago
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RE: Should I feel like this? Hernia question

Yes it is possible, when your surgery was done then the rectus abdominal muscles were cut to allow the stoma to be formed. sometime part of the bowe...

4 years ago
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RE: Crohn’s fatigue

@squeakyandliza someone on the forum has the byline “May your day be bright and your bag be light.” I try to think why stop there! We have a say...

4 years ago
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RE: Crohn’s fatigue

Dr's have been discussing recently a lot about the gut biome and how the gut rules the brain. more nerve signals from the gut to the brain than the ot...

4 years ago
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RE: barrier ring melts

@sjlovestosing Yes I think a bit more extreme than yours. My whole stoma will tilt and change shape a lot depending on my body position, can herniat...

4 years ago
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RE: RADIATION treatment

@tigerlily I didn't mean it to come across as a either/or situation and I appreciate your post. What I was trying to say maybe badly, is that radi...

4 years ago
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