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I have a fairly active ileostomy and just kneel on two knees on a thick bath towel in front of the toilet with the cover and seat up. Our home toilet...

@winnie I don't keep a used bag for later use but just reuse it for the immediate, next appliance change when changing base plates. I wouldn't sugge...

A document I was given when leaving the hospital from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has some suggestions about oral rehydration for high outp...

@llholiday I have not seen any problem with Hollister two piece appliances. I still have a couple of month's worth of them because for travel, the b...

@veganostomy My insurance is US Medicare with a Part D supplemental plan and between the two they pay for everything. This includes 20 appliances pe...

@veganostomy I'm not doing this because I pay out of pocket for my supplies. My insurance covers my needs. I can see that for folks who have out-of-...

Maybe a bit off topic, for my two piece system, I am going to reuse a bag maybe once a month so that if a bag should fail I could have plenty of repla...

@dlkfiretruck I concur with Linda's comments. I had been using Hollister two piece appliances: New Image 15103 Skin Barrier with 18103 Drainable P...

@dlkfiretruck Could you supply the actual recipe for your recipe, i.e., exact volumes of ingredients. I've never heard of Food Grade Hydrogen Pero...

@tigerlily Apparently the appearance of a parastomal hernia is quite common and I had it show up sometime after ileostomy surgery. The shape is pret...

Quite a while agoI had a pin hole in the middle of the back of a two-piece bag that produced some leak between the bag material and the cloth cover. I...