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Hi Vicki! That's a good question. Have you given your gastroenterologist a call to ask him/her if this is the crohns doing its thing? Also, if you ca...

@sjlovestosing Thankyou for sharing that. Being a canadian long weekend/weekend for everyone else, I look forward to more shared stories this week. l ...

Liza, Thankyou. This topic came to me when my Dad, unable to speak, mouthed the words, Thank You, on seeing us taking the chair, 24/7, never leaving...

@sjlovestosing Thankyou Stella. I know everyone is off doing all sorts of exciting things being a weekend and after hanging around Mom it's been so ni...

Thank you Stella and Eric. Yes, he knew how much I loved and appreciated him from the beginning of our marriage and vice versa. He was a good man a...

it seems when head office wants to make changes they can do and say whatever they wish. When I worked in a mortgage dept. I was let go because I was "...

Liza, do you know they make 2 sizes of those tapes? There's the regular one and then one that is wider. I think you need 3 of them to go around the c...

I use a one piece and have forgotten to roll up the velcro closure and even forgot to close the osto ez vent! Not a pretty sight! I hope you can solve...

Hello everyone. Thank you all so much for your kindness, thoughts and prayers. It has been 3 rough months, with July being the worst. My Dad had been ...

@dogtalkerer...I'm curious, what's your point and to whom are you addressing? How long have you, dogtalkerer had your ostomy? Was it by way of disea...

You all are responsible for my not getting to sleep yet... I keep giggling thinking about this conversation remembering I referred to prune juice as m...

Thankyou for sharing your insight on the meeting. I know my circumstances were different at the time of my ostomy, but even then I had never considere...

Hello all and Liza, yup, I'm back to some extent. Its been an interesting 3 months. I'm very tired and will give an update in the next day or two as ...

Hey Liza, I am one who does benefit from being on disability because of Bowel disease. Yes, we gave a good medical plan in Canada, but it is also some...

@vickihoh Vicki, my goodness, I am prejudice about one being prejudist. It is nobodies place in life to tell anyone how to live ones personal life. Yo...

@vickih Hi Vicki, welcome. I am wondering if you and Liza use the skin barrier wipes at all? I have sensitive skin, dealt with a scar of itchiness m...

@cwilliams97 Hello and welcome again! I had the j-pouch, before my ileostomy about 12 yrs. I truly felt it put off the ostomy outcome in a bad way. Th...

@dd4741, Hi there, no, no foot spray. Stinging will inflame the skin further. Please see your doctor, a fungus can be dangerous and if it chooses to ...

If you can't find a cosmetic bag with clear or not zip pockets and some peel the paper off plastic hooks, I have left them behind in many washroom sta...