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Too bad! But thats good information to have. Thanks.

had no problems with the k-pouch itself, but had many episodes of obstructions due to adhesions/scar tissue. the above is from Bluesgal's post of Toda...

As far as I know I have only had the experience of a trapped ( incarcerated ) illium ...(trapped by my peristomal hernia). I was wondering if the sym...

Hey Dona, great question. Can we start a new thread about it? :-) Great Idea Eric...how and where? I am not the most techie among us! Can you do that?...

I also use the brava moldable rings. They work very well for me. I use them with Hollister convex wafer ( and Hollister bags). They do stick REALLY we...

Hi Marco, I will look forward to your input. Nice avatar too!

No, I don't use barrier wipes any more. My skin is good and I didn't think they were helping to stick my wafer down. I guess its meant to be a protect...

I used to do the same thing. Powder everywhere, dust off excess, and then use the skin prep. I started having a lot of leaks etc. Then I read where ma...

I personally am fine, but we all pay the price when some of us can not be insured or afford health care. I think my monthly ostomy supply costs run ar...

We ostomates have the mother of all pre existing conditions. It might only be worse if we also had cancer as many of us did prior to the surgery. We w...

Here is a web site ( NHS... UK) that explains in a simple manner the difference between loop illiostomy and end illiostomy. There looks like a lot of ...

Sounds interesting. I will look forward to your report. Thanks.

Hi, Yes, the tables for the different rate of occurrences and stoma type are quite eye opening. It is a fairly recent article, and pretty understandab...

Great. Here is one I found really interesting: Thanks.

Good luck with the repair, Dona. I'm sure we'd all benefit from you sharing how that goes. At some point, I would like to write an article about hern...

P.S. It would be wonderful to hear from your friend, Kathleen. Nice to get input from a long time ostomate.

Hi Kae, I had the same take as your friend. I am just happy to be alive. I can eat sleep and get exercise again. I got really tired of staying within ...

Hi, When I was preparing for my colectomy ( almost 2 years ago) I was given sort of a comic book as an introduction.! It was pretty ( very) low on inf...

WOW.. thanks Eric. That was very interesting ( the pretty cool trick link). I have never heard of a prolapsed stoma. Good to know. There seems to be q...

And welcome to Ambies , I will look forward to chatting. Its really great getting to know everyone.