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Well, I don't think it's too much tmi. Was talking with a nurse about how I can "hack" my system to deliver manageable output by what I eat or drink. ...

Understand that. This order I got size correct, got the filter I wanted. Wound up forgetting to look for the clear version. Got the fabric on both sid...

Saw the Oncology Gynocologist who will be working w my GI Surgeon today. During the exam she found my left ovary to be larger than my right, it's clos...

For sure proctocolectomy, I'm not sure of the medicine side, the GI and GI Surgeon have me off anything at the moment so they've got a clean slate to ...

Pouchoscopy done. Up Oscar and down the other hole. Some erosion is my small bowel, so I've got some Crohn's activity in small intestine. It's almost ...

Holy hell. Percolating the Suprep through. So glad I got that urostomy/ high flow bag. Oscar is dancing away like mad, filled the bag in 10 minutes...

I've looked but been holding off. Trying to get a good broad view of what is out there. Ostomy Secrets does have some nice looking stuff. I'll likely ...

I like seeing other ostomies. It's reassuring that what I've got is normal. First time I saw a photo of a model with a centerline scar like my resecti...

I have been waiting until it starts to itch/ tickle, if it burns I've went too long. Usually 3-4 days, managed 6 one time. I changed early this time s...

Home. Finally. Discharge Orders: Drink fluids to maintain hydration. Avoid Lettuce. Apparently the computer system would only accept my Dr disch...

Lol... I would be pretty cranky too if I got output on my face. Might do wonders for the skin though. I've been told a common cure for acne in young m...

The cheapest I can find, 4x4. I also use washcloths, white ones my husband got specifically. I've seen Ostomy change videos that folks use strips of p...

Tomorrow husband was hoping to go to Dim Sum. Gonna have to break his heart. I gotta do prep for my scope on Monday. Maybe next Sunday we can go see t...

I remember my first colonoscopy. Fasted and prepped as required. Had mom bring milk and blueberry cake donuts for after. They did not like what they s...

Oh gods, I'd have been so pissed off. Oscar had a great time with the cheeseburger and other stuff. Got scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, hot tea and gr...

Ate an ok food service cheeseburger. The kind with faux smokey flavor and fake grill marks. Good Mac and cheese. Ok apple pie. Typical grape juice. Wa...

Started the morning with a grape mango juice since it was clear and would not alarm the Ostomy nurse. Brought Gatorade to drink, been working on water...

Not a difference at all. At least the person that registered me this morning did not act like the GI surgeons nurse and I had had a good piss in her W...

Apparently I got lost in the shuffle. Been waiting to be admitted from a same day surgery room. Somehow word had not been passed to the Nurse. She was...