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I was upset when I got sent home from my job, due to no work (I build the big computer servers at IBM). Going into the first quarter of 2020, there wa...

Eric, I think you should remind people about the "Brava elastic barrier strips", I seen it I think in one of your videos, and never put any barrier ...

@llholiday I had this happen to me at work, I was lucky to be hidden from others, when my bag fell off as a result of pancaking pushing it off. I pi...

My deepest sympathies to you and your family Liza. It's always hard to loose a loved one. Dan

Lucy looks like a wonderful dog, I hope you both enjoy each other. I can not have a dog now, being I rent, but Labs and golden retrievers are much t...

Hi Crysse, I had a prolapse twice, 1st just a few months after the surgery, and a year later again, and 2 things you should know about it (if you ar...

Hi Chris, Don't ask the nurses in the hospital anything about Ostomy. I was about to be released from the hospital, after rectal cancer surgery (whe...

Glenn, It would be nice if my pouch was full of M&M's when I clean it, but ... You are a great teacher, and those kids would probably tell the...

Hi Eric, After a few weeks of trial my son had a surgery, where a small unit was put in his lower back. This unit has a cable that sits next to the ...

I am late for the celebration of the new year, but better late then never. I missed a lot over here, and I apologize for that, my son was very sick, a...

Hi EricaMarie, I would suggest using the Coloplast Brava elastic barrier strips #120700. Those come 20 per box, they are shaped as half circle, you pu...

Hi Cyrisse, I had twice already a parastomal hernia (when my stoma came out to check whats in the bottom of the bag). I understand why you would want ...

Hi axe wound, I have gone through same as what you did, except I have Colostomy. I did not have suture removal, the sutures melted and disappeared on ...

While reading all the posts left by you wonderful people, I thought of one more thing. I am using the Eakin ring, which does great keeping any output ...

Seems to me this might work for Ileostomates, where mainly liquid is the output, for my colostomy, it will close the bag just under the wafer, and I w...

I learned the trick with the bag from my home visiting nurse, right after my surgery. She came to show me how to change my side kick, and the first th...