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If it is still there.... How is Doc going to check it going forward? No amount of lube is going to make that easy. Hee heee. Not going to warn my ...

Maybe move the archive link section up into the empty space under the sponsored Amazon links. It is easy to miss down in the usual, who cares unless I...

Maybe top right menu items can drop down on mouse over instead of mouse click? Sometimes that can be annoying, but that menu is up out of the way of...

Just a tiny visual thing. I find centered text in headers to be more visually appealing and just look a bit more intentional. Headers in the block...

Electrolytes. You probably need to be extra careful to maintain them. I am mildly active at work and otherwise. Even in cold weather I am having cra...

Adhesive removal spray in particular. At first I did need it for ease of removal. But I was changing more frequently so the edge adhesives still had...

I have an ileostomy with complete removal of the rectum and I will still get the feeling that I need to poop occasionally. It is very odd. Luckily it ...

I got the Nuhope cutter. It works fine. It is a bit tricky to get centered. I wish they had a more finely graded size range of cutters. The 20mm precu...

@momof2 Since getting the ileostomy I have almost no pain or emergency bathroom use issues due to the food I eat. But as I noted, gas is now an iss...

I have only had two leaks. At night while sleeping. After at least 4 or 5 days of wear. I am pretty sure that it was due to gas in the bag and me roll...

Mine is a little less than 20 mm. Maybe 18. Darn, just a bit too small for my wafer precuts. No issues with it. Things seem to pass fine. Mostly liqui...

I screwed up right after I got home from my operation. I bought microwaveable dinners. One was scrambled eggs with potatoes. The potatoes had a litt...

I have not personally looked into this in Alberta, as my work medical covers 100%. My doctor and nurses mentioned it. Hope it is a good thing.

Are you sure your stoma is 29 mm? Mine is less than 20 mm at the base. I started out using a barrier ring. Putting it as tight as possible round the b...

Hmmmm. The quick and hopefully not dirty one lasted 6 days. Do you think there may be something that you did not do in that circumstance, that you d...

One more day till my one year ileostomy anniversary. April 1. Those jokers at the hospital. Still haven't found my butthole. Searching with both hands...

I left a box of Sensura Mio Click wafers in the car all evening and overnight this winter. Went to -25. Have not noticed any difference in performan...

So far I have not used any deodorant that goes in the bag. At home, I use a faucet attached hand sprayer to rinse things off after empty and all is go...

Unfortunately current conditions with outbreaks, lock downs, sometimes lack of personnel. Quantity and quality of many things are erratic. Quality iss...