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Nifty cut-out idea, Chris - i will try it (on my Hollister flange, a little scallop at the side of each corner)! Best wishes for this week. LL

@singh-gurwinder2 I wonder how it might work to place a little Metamucil inside the pouch, instead of those gelling packets. Inexpensive, for sure. J...

A local coffee shop has a dessert custard with quinoa mixed in it - just delicious, but the quinoa didn’t dissolve. I had it only once because it made...

Hi AZ, how heartening it is to read your wonderful story! What company made the products you started out with? And what kinds of dogs did you have...

Somerset - how beautiful it looks! Searching online I see that some of The Remains of the Day was filmed there - that is among my favorite movies and ...

Happy birthday, Liza and Squeaky - it is lovely to know you on the forum. I have liked reading your posts very much, and your activities. Thank you fo...

Hello Mimi, Mine was a cancer diagnosis, also, 3B. It has been more than two years since my diagnosis and I have had surgery, chemotherapy and radiati...

@chrisandbagpus Hi, I am in the US, and I have found that with my health insurance it is quite a rigamarole to get a change in prescription for suppli...

@sjlovestosing and Liza, forgot to say - I didn’t have a catheter.

Hi Liza, My surgery was like Stella’s, and I didn’t really have much discomfort once I got home (in the hospital I had a portable pain pack) - didn’t ...

Just curious now about the ph balance, enzymes and bile - would this mean that the bags would in theory tend to break down/deteriorate more quickly fo...

@mimi We are learning all the time, that is for sure! There are many little tricks to try, and so much useful and interesting information on this VO s...

Dan and John, thank you - I will experiment with this. My skin gets red and somewhat irritated beneath the ring and I have wondered if I might be alle...

Question aBout the barrier rings - are they supposed to swell to the point where they build a wall around the stoma? Mine do, and I wonder if I am pla...

@sjlovestosing hi Stella, I gave up my jeans but have been wearing denim leggings that have pockets in the back and a fake fly/pockets in front - i we...

Hi Francoise, I use a small cotton handkerchief between the pouch and my skin when I need to - absorbs sweat and it is easy to wash and dry. LL

Stella, I occasionally experience this also. I am a pancaker, and so when I empty (Hollister 2-piece, no filter) I make sure that there is a little a...

@shazzon Hi, I always stand and bend my knees a bit, which works well - however, I am short ....

@jtvt thank you for your reply. I have some sample slim barrier rings that I am trying out and so far so good. They are less bulky than the regular an...

I use a Hollister two-piece - I would like to use a one-piece without a barrier ring (to try to lower the profile) but found when I used a one-piece ...