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The good thing is, this is just temporary, to get as much use out of the pouch as you can. I hope your creative work is successful! LL

Here is a question about the rings: I use Adapt, and within minutes of putting on the flange and pouch (I put the ring on first) much of the ring has ...

I use a 2-piece system. I cup my hand over the ring after applying it, for less than a minute, and that seems to give it a chance to start melting/sti...

I just looked on her website, and she lives in Minnesota, just a few hours from where I live. Looks like upbeat, funny, inspirational presentations an...

Is that an electronic leak sensor with alarm that I see on the left? 😄

@stella Hi Stella, I had some similar, though lesser, side effects from chemo, also - the skin on my hands and feet felt so stiff and sore, like I was...

Stella, yes, and keeping you and your husband in my thoughts.

Golly.

@jeff Jeff, I use Dial antibacterial when I change, also - the liquid kind - just a very small amount, then rinse it off in the shower. It seems to re...

Hello Melissa - welcome, and all good wishes to you. I have had my ostomy for nearly three years, from a colorectal cancer diagnosis. What a lot you h...

@alida Like many, I use the M9 deodorant drops and find them to be really effective. A bottle lasts me about a month; I use a little every time I empt...

Hello, Alida, and welcome! There is a lot of great information on this website - you can learn much and meet wonderful people, too. Life is better wit...

@veganostomy A folded wash cloth might work well to kneel on (for you one-knee kneelers) - and at the end of a day or two can just go into the laundry...

A patch over the knee almost always holds up better than sewing a tear, in my experience. I have younger brothers - they were always sliding on their ...

I am very thankful and appreciative that I was able to get the vaccine, both doses. No effect at all on my stoma, or digestion. I had no side effects ...

At my most recent colonoscopy: The nice attending nurse wheeled the gurney with me on it into the procedure room. I transferred myself onto the table ...

Hello, Stella sjlovestosing,my story is similar to yours, and I had my colostomy in April 2018. Had occasional spotting for about 10 months and went t...

You guys are funny - I really appreciate that we are able to laugh! When I was prepping for a colostomy not long ago the full high-input bag actually ...

Hello Maria, Are you describing output actually getting into or past the plastic coupling ring on a (snap-on) two-piece? I have had this! Thought I ...

@dickie ugh, pancaking - I have tried so many things, and I keep air in the bag, and a little water, drinking a little prune juice - anything that see...