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Seasons Greetings and many good wishes for a wonderful holiday and New Year to come to you all ???? This forum has been a gift and comfort to me as I ...

@veganostomy for whatever reason chocolate doesn't seem to be a problem. I'm lactose intolerant though and last week didn't read the label and enjoyed...

@veganostomy thanks; however I do have a question for you. I was blessed/fortunate in this instance that my outer clothes were not soiled. I had extra...

I have to agree with the suggestions above about trying small amounts first to see what you can tolerate; also chew thoroughly. For me Jello brand cho...

OH.MY.GOSH! Mine is my first blow out to happen in a public restroom and it happened just yesterday! I've been a colostomate [colostomy] now for 7 mon...

I'm getting ready to celebrate my 73rd birthday in December and have been retired since 2017. I was an artist/photographer so I worked at home. I live...

After my surgery in May my Ostomy nurse started me out with Coloplast/Brava products and I've been pleased with them ever since. I guess I'm blessed t...

Oh my gosh but all y'all are so supportive! Wishing all of you Grand Days Out!

@veganostomy I'm glad you mentioned this. In all my initial reading about how to care for your Ostomy nothing really addressed cleaning the pouch. In ...

well I'm in the US and on Medicare (Social Security) which pays 80%, we pay 20% - after you've met your annual deductible of course - otherwise you pa...

I'm new to all this [4 months] but paranoid about running out of anything! I found out that Medicare will pay for a certain amount per month and so I'...

Jillian, I also have a colostomy [4 months now] and am enjoying putting foods back into my diet. I'm learning by trial and error what I can tolerate a...

@dlkfiretruck Hi Linda, thanks for the comment. Even tho we have very different issues one I share is a tendency to not chew slow enough. And the whol...

@tigerlily Hi Laurie, thank you for the comment! It gives me the encouragement I need to explore those foods again. In the past couple of months I've ...

@tigerlily So sorry to know you too suffered both cancer and adverse reactions to radiation. But, like you, I'm coming to grips with the knowledge tha...

@tigerlily I learned something new from your reply, that I can take Imodium if I need to. Before colostomy surgery I had to rely on Imodium just to ha...