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Oh gods... Corn, moms creamed corn with pepper... I've not had that in over 20 years. Ate corn on the cob earlier this year pre-Oscar. It was a weeken...

Oscar and I are so nice they want to keep us overnight so they can watch us. I keep stressing that the volume out is not Oscars usual amount. X-ray w...

Went for an xray to see where the block is, got a glimpse as I went by. Saw my urinary stent, pretty neat. They believe I might be a bit dehydrated w...

Had a chicken thigh and some peanut butter crackers because I was getting a headache from being without food. Been drinking fluids like I should . He'...

Might be in for round 2 today. Oscar looks good, pink and not hunkered in misery. Just output wise I only had to empty once last night before bed and ...

All of that for manky iceberg lettuce, not even the good stuff. Next time I'll aim for the good stuff. Spinach salad w bacon vinaigrette, eggs and oni...

Went in, met a lovely Ostomy Nurse, the Nurse from my surgeons office and a Nurse Practitioner. The other nurses were along to learn since it's a teac...

Surgeon arranged a visit w Ostomy Nurse since my output was so low. Waiting to see her.

Called the surgeon. Oscar let out a few tablespoons of lettuce, a small amount of fluid and nothing for the last 2 hours. Just a puff of gas. Such an ...

Actually there are some uses of silicone out there for certain props. Better for gripping for props like staffs and also decreasing heat transfer, lik...

Apparently there are corset makers out there who do make corsets with ostomies in mind! They create an opening to enable access to your bag. These are...

Unfortunately fire proof fabrics are stiff or treated in a way that is easy to compromise or just not something you want on your body. Most fire folk ...

I'm not a diver. I am a camper who does semi rough camping. I'm considering saving some wide mouth bottles for those trips to empty/ wash my bags out ...

Apparently from what google-fu gave me stoma plugs are available abroad (Australia, UK, Denmark) but not in the US. Too invasive or something like. Al...

Tip for ladies of an artsy/ bohemian/ hippy bent: Amazon has these great smock waisted drop crotch pants. The smocked waist is about 5 or 6 inches wid...

Found a neat article on the history of Ostomies. At the bottom they show some of the old appliances. Could you imagine a glass collection container? O...

Meant to say he could not keep it from leaking.

I remember seeing somewhere that someone had a way of adding an elastic panel in the waistband where the stoma is, cutting away the waistband and fini...