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My little ostomate has left the nest! She is on her way back to school! She went public on her Instagram letting everyone know about her surgery and...

@LK Thanks so much for the response but her visits to the restroom are for the "old fashioned" way. They told us to expect some mucus and blood still...

Do any of you have luck wearing your pouch horizontally?

OK yeah…I was thinking shape wear for under her leggings…I guess the added plus is it hold everything else in place to;) You would think the leggings ...

You guys are so positive and encouraging. I want to take you everywhere with me! The fever broke the same night but the next morning she fainted and ...

Well now she is running fever of 102. Called the on call surgeon and 3 weeks out from surgery they are not concerned with infection. They say if it ...

This is a very interesting thread to me as my new ostomate daughter just had her first leak overnight. Her bag does fill with A LOT of gas overnight. ...

Ok gang! I think we got a little cocky. We were quite proud of ourselves with no leaks! Haha karma got us. She went for her post op two week ch...

Ahhh yes! She is still taking her Xeljanz. Maybe that is it!

Still doing pretty good over here. Still getting low and thicker output but not dehydrated so that is good. Total dunce moment in that after ...

Awww thanks everyone! She was discharged yesterday! Yep! two days after surgery! The surgeon said she was doing amazingly well and that she was in t...

@john68 Thanks! Yeah, we already went on one of the sites to order a bunch of free samples and promptly got overwhelmed by all the choices 🤣 We decid...

Hi gang! She had her surgery on Wednesday! She is doing great physically and mentally. It almost seems like a relief that she is on the othe...

OMGosh! You are all so so kind.I hope I am tagging you properly. @veganostomy that article helped thank-you @LK and @sjlovestosing - where m...

Thanks for the replies everyone! It really helps. Especially @Veganostomy because it sounds like maybe you were in a similar boat. They have...