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Thanks, Eric. You've certainly helped me to transition to this new anatomy a whole lot easier.

I just ordered an 8-ounce bottle, so will give you guys my input soon - see how it stands up to the other blue stuff on the market. Nice price on thi...

Eric - I just saw your review of this. Googled it and you came up. 😊

@shay10-6 Hi Shay. This is a very interesting thought (feeling guilty). Thanks for bringing it up. I do know what you mean. For me, the one posi...

Hi Shay. I can relate to a lot of what you say. I was not as young as you when diagnosed (I was 25), but I lived with moderate to severe Ulcerative ...

@dlkfiretruck I agree. I had a 6-hour ride home from the hospital through the Rocky Mountains. My wife felt so bad and apologized for every bump a...

Best wishes with your surgery.

Hey everyone. Ostomy nurse thinks all is well. Probably just deep scar tissue. Perhaps continued integration of the mesh with tissue. Things are l...

@janezeee Hi Janezeee. I think that many of us here have lived with a digestive disease for years, and were well aware of the possibility that we m...

@veganostomy Hi Eric. The pains are not related to output at all. My stoma works like a champ, and I rarely notice any sensation with the passage ...

@john68 No. They are deep in the tissue. My surgeon did use mesh in the construction of my ostomy, so may have something to do with that? Not sur...

They're probably trying to strike a balance between enough length to not cause leaks and short enough to not cause problems with bulging out and to ke...

@veganostomy Eric, I laughed so hard at your comment. I think we'd get along very well. I'm certainly of the "I wonder how this will come out" sch...

@chrisandbagpus I always rinse the bag with water too. It's so easy, and really gets everything out.

Before I start, I fill a 20oz water bottle (that I keep in the bathroom) with water. I put the filled bottle on back of the toilet. I kneel in front...

@dlkfiretruck Linda, I‘ve said some crazy things to people during colonoscopies. I once told a nurse anesthetist that I was a “My Little Pony Pr...

Thanks for your input! I appreciate it. I didn’t suspect there was a problem, but it’s so nice to talk to other ostomates! I really like my stoma. ...