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Luckily there was no explosion from Stella. My pouch had gotten pretty full. I was wearing my stoma protector and thinking it saved the day. That woul...

Okay it's time for me to give everyone the laugh of the day. We all need a good laugh on a Sunday afternoon. So I sneaked out of the lounge for a litt...

What is this new persons screen name, i will reach out

Yes, the idea of the surgery was to remove the bad bits, but it appears there is a lot of the "bad" that they missed and I just want this horrible cra...

It was the going off prednisone that caused the adrenal failure. When you have been on that horrid drug for a long time (for me about 6 years) your ad...

Instead of a motorcycle gang riding around creating havoc, we roar off to new ostomates homes to help them over the initial hurdles of ostomy life!!

I can see the emblem on the back of their leathers it's a cute red rose bud with Eric' tee shirt moto "No colon, still rollin" under it!! Don't ya lov...

Dona, the surgeon described diverticulitis to me thusly: ( I have not researched this just taking his word as he ought to know. ) there are places whe...

Well for me it's been a long hard week. And it looks like another one coming up. So I decided I needed to spend a little time in the lounge and just c...

I recall Eric talking about the difference in one of his posts. I have been looking for it but can't find it. I remember it had to do with some peopl...

I think that is why it is the "practice" of medicine. I feel like the ginie (sp) pig.

Dona, from what I have learned you are pretty close to being on the mark. I was also told that IBS is often a precursor to IBD. IBD is a lot worse. ...

The reason i was given for IBS instead of IBD is thT they wont say i have chrone's disease

Yup, I'm the one with the weirdly placed stoma. The Stoma guard I talked about the other day is helping with that a lot. The back piece on the guard p...

Marcie, I haven't talked to another surgeon, but my rheumatologist and my primary care doc (an internist) both think it would be a pretty good idea to...

Thanks Eric. I appreciate the fact that someone else went through tis type of issue. One of the most painful things right now is that it feels like ...

Guilty as charged. I didn't think that anyone would notice that it was bourbon that was going in there but oh well the way it is. Once in awhile a goo...

Hi Dee Dee. Welcome from me too. Glad you found us it's best place to be. I am about 11 months post-op and I too was one of those who had one instruct...