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so, what are the ostomy limiting factors in troubles with bending? I'm rather curious, I bend all the time where my knee is tight against my chin and...

glen, what I think you are experiencing are two things, permeability and the rate of permeability of thin film plastics. the bag film takes on a stin...

young people at a physical location, at a meeting. you guys are showing your age. they have smart phones they rarely meet face to face. look on the...

vegan, you have a funny way with words. you said many "prefer" the mio, then state there is no "better" so I have to ask for a definition of "prefer" ...

Hey JT, I use the coloplast sensura. I prefer the lower profile, 1 less leak potential and less movement constraints. I have never use a barrier ring...

I find the Mio's to be over engineered and under performing. the bags feel heavy & bulky compared to the Sensura. A letter from coloplast sai...

interesting, I am curious how you guys know the company does not want to supply US, can you point to a source on this? maybe it has to do with produc...

vegan, can you explain some things in detail? """Blowouts should be rare to nonexistent. Tape shouldn't be used to prevent blowouts and blowouts poin...

very true, I do know little of your condition. but myself, I would be looking at any option for improving healing with an open wound over a year old....

I didn't read all your posts, but according to mayo clinic, non healing wounds can require 20-40 hyperbaric treatments.

a Zero cost alternative: what about simple vigorous exercise? depending on your resting heart rate and max safe exercising rate, you may be able to ...

it sounds like you need to keep more inward pressure on the concave flange very near the stoma, so the stoma can not retract behind flange and get o...

I looked at my seat belt this morning. though I have a colostomy, on the other side, the General Motors vehicles seat belt only "sits" across my wais...

in this picture I have a leak that is migrating, just starting by the index finger. the cut-to-fit bags have a wider transparent margin all around. ...

guess that depends on your own definition of Leak Prevention. for me a leak is gas as well as liquid. one always comes before the other. in yo...

I found opsite doesn't have the holding power as the cymed microskin film. has limited abilities to block a leak. the hyafix is """"Permeable to moi...

alcohol won't remove plastics shine, a chemical that did, you would not want to use, meaning the chemical would start degrading(eating) the plastic. ...

I may have missed it. But I didn't see where anyone asked YOU, what do you want to do? heres something I ran across last week, I kayaked for years in...

lots you can do besides wearing a bag til it stinks from 10ft away. plastics tend to be not odor proof. . I've tried to rinse a bag after every emp...