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As you have shown us before - most of these rings can be manipulated. I should have known and will do just that with the Salts Barrier Rings. Don't th...

Susan, thank you so much for all of that information. I did order some sample adapt CeraRings oval in the smallest size that they have, but they are j...

I contacted KEM Enterprises who will send me some samples of the EZ vents. They have told me that they are currently in the process of making OEV avai...

Hi John and Dona, I have just ordered samples of the Salts barrier rings. I have seen reviews on the Osto EZ-Vent and they look like the thing we nee...

Dona, Thanks for that. We are using a convex wafer and barrier ring and that seems to be working perfectly. Having looked at images posted on the in...

John and Linda and Eric and everyone - you guys are excellent and I am taking all your tips on board. As far as the seal is concerned I am just trying...

Thank you everyone for your interest, concern and support. Most appreciated. Well, despite my doubts, I tried to pull the skin up gently at the top of...

Thank you so much for that Linda. Thank you for your encouragement and I will have to read your instructions a couple of times to get it but I am sure...

Have not tried the new concave bags that were given to us as my husband has had an operation to move the stoma to another area and sew up the old site...

Just an update to this post of mine. Thanks to being armed with lots of good info, mainly from this site, my husband has had a new stoma formed. We di...

Update:- My husband had his ileostomy closed and the remaining lower bowel reattached to the ileum and has a new stoma at the site of the previous fis...

Will do.

The one they want us to try is concave and not the usual convex. They say it is particularly good for those with parastomal hernias. Can't find any re...

Hi Dona and all, Finally saw our surgeon. Armed with all the info you helped me find was very useful. Definitely a paristomal hernia. He is going to ...

Thank you for your concern, john68. For various reasons we cannot see him until 31st. Just hoping we will be OK until then.

Unfortunately, after waiting weeks to finally see our Stoma Nurse, she didn't even remove the bag. She had a cursory look and reassured us that we wer...

Oops sorry forgot the photo. Igor.jpg

Thank you for the photo. It looks similar to my husband's peristomal hernia but what he has is a large part of the ileum hanging over his "flush to th...