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Hi, Mary!!! And welcome!!!!! My colostomy (Rosebud) and I get along very well nowadays. In early November 2013, I was diagnosed with Stage 3-C Rect...

Barbara and Eric --- I have learned from the two of you that there are easier preps -- so being as I'm supposed to have a colonoscopy through my colo...

Hi, Dona!!! Lucky you!!! I often think that the prep for my colonoscopy is the worst part about having my colostomy. That stuff is just awful! I'm...

Oddly, I don't mind the prep for my colonoscopies. I have been taught how to irrigate my colostomy, so I just put my long irrigation bag on my skin b...

Dona, now, THAT made me laugh: 'regular or pumpkin spice'. We are bombarded by almost everything being offered in "pumpkin spice". I'll be glad whe...

To irrigate a colostomy, you MUST MUST MUST first see your ostomy nurse and discuss it with him/her. You may not be a good candidate for irrigation, ...

Yes, when Rosebud is very active during the evening, I put on my long irrigation bag, clamp it off at the bottom, tape it closed at the top and sleep ...

I sleep the sleep of the dead and don't move hardly at all. I'm always wake up still on my right side, and Rosebud has never gotten squished and had ...

Rosebud is on the left side of my midriff, so I sleep on my right side, kind of half-laying on my stomach/right side - and I don't often cover up, so ...

Google "waterproof bed pads". You'll get several sources that come up. Some as inexpensive as $16. Others as high as you want to go, depending on s...

Nebraska, here, Marcie. Originally from the East Coast. Was never told about raw veggies. I eat raw fruits - apples, oranges, plums, bananas, grape...

Oh, forgot to tell you that I sleep on a waterproof pad - it's a twin-size pad, so I fold the long ends over so I'm the only one sleeping on it. Seve...

Raw veggies block me up something awful -- and the pain? Oh, WOW! Hurts like the dickens. I throw up, don't sleep, and have a super miserable time ...

Hi again, Zvitusk! Saw your post about irrigation and thought I'd give you my experience with it. My colorectal surgeon told me that I would be a gr...

My colostomy (aka Rosebud) came into being on April 1, 2014 as a result of Rectal Cancer. She is a feisty little thing, but she and I are learning to...

Am sorry I didn't see your review of OstoBuddy, Eric. Or I would have been using the app much, much sooner. Guess I'll have to visit VeganOstomy.ca ...

Another classy name for a stoma! Wish I was as creative!!!!! LOVE IT!!!!

Very elegant name for your stoma, John! I like it very much! Mine is Rosebud Poopybutt and she's a permanent colostomy. Her name fits her, too!!!!

Hi, Ilona!!!! I'm a colostomate and I haul my bottle of water EVERYWHERE I go!!! It's been to the doctor's, the hospital, the grocery store, the pet...

Thanks for the advice about OstoBuddy, Bago. I saw that app somewhere and meant to install it on my phone, but, of course, my lame brain forgot -- bu...