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Hi John, I agree. For the first time, I just changed my order to get the non filtered bags. I use Hollister. The may ( ??) work a bit for a few hours,...

Hello Felicity, I just want to send you my best wishes for a good surgery and a speedy recovery. It will really be another positive step towards recov...

Marcie, keep on dancing and enjoy whats left of the pie! Happy Thanksgiving to you.

Dona Reputable Member Joined:8 months ago Posts: 309 23/11/2017 12:58 pm Hi Barbara, I suspect you don't need a different diet for all ...

O.K. Thanks... I will look for the URL.

It does seem possible to find a diet that is healthy for everyone, especially people who need anti inflammatory diets and include diabetics too. I ca...

Eric... I do a lot of shopping at Amazon ( I even have them bring bird seed and cat food now). How do I sign up so that this site is supported? When...

Happy Thanksgiving to you all. We do have much to be grateful for. Its been wonderful meeting so many of my fellow ostomates. and most of all THANK ...

Thanks for clarifying that. I really get the IN CONTROL part of this whole thing. When I was sick I felt just like you do. Like there was nothing I c...

Thanks for the explanation. I really had no idea. I have a friend with a mild case of it and they treat her with antibiotics ( seems to quiet down). ...

Posted by: VeganOstomy Posted by: Dona I sometime misspell Chrohns too. HA. You just did! hahahaha Self referential joke!

Thanks Eric, I hadn't seen that parody. My morning laugh. I sometime misspell Chrohns too. HA.

The immune suppressants also make it more likely to get other illnesses. Big down side there. Perhaps if you didn't have the pain from the diverticuli...

I know how that goes! Methotrexate made me really sick too. They gave it to my mother who , as I said before, had severe RA and psoriasis. I don't thi...

Of course.. a lot of us were first treated with immune suppressants and they were not effective. Thus, our stomas! Reasonably our doctors begin with t...

I think it goes like this: IBS ... Irritable Bowel Syndrome. This is more or less a catch-all used to describe all kinds of maladies involving the ...

Hi Barbara, Like the others have said, these are serious considerations. But, it looks like there might be a good option to make at least some of the ...

DeeDee... there is a new thread..."new member having trouble' to address your issues. ( John68 started it for you). Can you find that O.K.?

Hello DeeDee and Welcome, I think you need to post this on a different thread, under a different heading. Maybe tricks and tips or General Ostomy prod...

Hello again, I am happy to be of some help. It is confusing and scary, but it does work. Amazingly enough! I had a subtotal colectomy. They took all m...