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RE: Ileostomy and Strenuous Exercise Causing Blow-Outs

(@dlkfiretruck) Hi Linda, Thanks for bringing up the c-shaped barrier strips. There were some of those in my first order, but I wasn't sure what t...

5 years ago
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RE: Ileostomy and Strenuous Exercise Causing Blow-Outs

(@varg55) Hi Terry, Sorry I'm still getting some of the terminology discombobulated. I just grabbed my gear so I can get it right this time.... I us...

5 years ago
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RE: Ileostomy and Strenuous Exercise Causing Blow-Outs

@jeff Hope the extra 'plumbers puddy' does the trick. Be careful to leave plenty of the surrounding adhesive tape in contact with the skin, and a li...

5 years ago
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RE: Captain Sir Tom Moore

What an amazing inspirational man! Thanks for sharing his story. Such a sad loss.

5 years ago
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RE: Ileostomy and Strenuous Exercise Causing Blow-Outs

@jeff Have you tried building up a bit of the wafer material by your belly button crease? Or applying a bit of paste? For a while, I had a crease...

5 years ago
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RE: Ileostomy and Strenuous Exercise Causing Blow-Outs

Hi Terry, @varg55 Glad you are up for getting back into your workouts! I'm finally doing modified gym workouts 3x week and upping my walks to slow...

5 years ago
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RE: What's Your Best Leak Story?

@dlkfiretruck The smaller, skinnier wafers I was sent seemed to be different material than the larger fatter ones. I wondered if it was just me.... ...

5 years ago
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RE: What's Your Best Leak Story?

I'll take Dino creepy crawlies (& mold challenges) over shoveling snow any day 😅, though getting nailed by a creepy crawly is no fun.

5 years ago
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RE: Ileostomy reversal (hopefully) in 5 weeks

@tigerlily Hi Laurie, Good ideas you bring to the table! The two weeks off work plan is only realistic because my doc knows we're self employed, w...

5 years ago
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RE: Ileostomy reversal (hopefully) in 5 weeks

@zhtfreak . Hi Brian. Thank you for sharing what has surely been a lifetime of experiences for you. I find it fascinating that you were able to have a...

5 years ago
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RE: What's Your Best Leak Story?

Since I’m an Ileostomy newbie, most of my leaks are due to the learning curve. I was settling into changing my appliance every 3rd day and thinking ...

5 years ago
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RE: Thanksgiving Ileostomy

@dlkfiretruck Interesting note on the Covid hospital visitor restrictions (which are super strict at the hospital I was in)... A nurse told me that...

5 years ago
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RE: Thanksgiving Ileostomy

@dlkfiretruck Thanks for the welcome and for the suggestion to log my reversal journey. I know there are no guarantees, and after all the complication...

5 years ago
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RE: Stealth belt slipping

Hi @loveanimals, I found the same with the Stealth belts. The Pro version I got works best because I can compensate for the lack of waste taper by a...

5 years ago
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RE: Thanksgiving Ileostomy

@llholiday Thank you for the welcome and for all you share with this community!

5 years ago
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RE: Thanksgiving Ileostomy

@john68 Thanks for the welcome and for sharing your experiences and tips. Sounds like you've had quite the journey! Here's to the continued amazing he...

5 years ago
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RE: Thanksgiving Ileostomy

@veganostomy Thanks for the welcome. Yes, I'm still processing how I've gone to the brink and almost all the way back in the past 10 weeks. Thanks aga...

5 years ago
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