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Sorry to hear this - will they reschedule sometime in the foreseeable future?

Hi, Varg55!

Hi, Tigerlily, it is good to meet you. My ostomy was due to cancer, also; I was diagnosed in 2018. My treatments were uneventful, if you can call it t...

I’d like to know if anyone has tried this, also. And I love the M9 drops, a real life changer. The stoma nurse had not told me about them, just given ...

@iebrowne When I empty I try to remember to make sure there is a little air in the bag before I close it. But .... sometimes I have to wonder - where...

Have you tried a filter-less bag? Those work pretty well for me. When I tried bags with filters the same happened to me as to you - within a short tim...

Leaving a little air in the bag can help. Have you been wearing a bag with a filter? For some people those can suck air out and create a pancaking pro...

@john68 I have never used the spray remover - as removal is easy with my regular Hollister flange/plate. If I switch to the stretchy kind (the ones t...

I am getting three days on my Hollister 2-piece. At 3 1/2 or 4, the barrier ring has melted almost through on the right side (my stoma is a little sho...

Linda - my goodness, your toenail! Yikes! Liza, You are a trouper, and so is your husband. We are thinking of you and pulling for you.

It’s always nice to be back in your own bed. Your husband sounds like good company. Have a pleasant, uneventful trip home; the scenery must be pretty ...

Please send our good wishes to the Squeakinator, too, Liza. Hope you are having a good day. LL

Liza, I am very happy that you are getting the care you need, and like John said this is a beginning. You now know what you have been dealing with and...

Wonderful that you don’t have to be there at some ungodly early hour! All best wishes to you (Liza and Squeaky) both!

I got one today, also! Didn’t hurt a bit!

Hi Rick, I have never used a belt. Have had my ostomy for two and a half years, and the adhesive on the plate has never failed - but if I am feeling...

John, I am glad that you are eligible for flu shot, and I am curious: what does it mean to be eligible or ineligible for it? I have been getting one...

@dlkfiretruck LK. I think you may be right about something getting onto the outside of bag when it is being emptied. It could be something so small. I...

I have been in the same boat, and I never did figure the mystery out - but this has helped greatly: I wipe out the inside of the opening really well a...

Superstitions - I don’t think that is quite the right word here, though I will concede that Dogtalkerer is trying and has kind intentions. We colo...