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Welcome to the group. My ileostomy wasn't planned either, I woke up in ICU and there it was. It can be very difficult to get your head around everythi...

Talking about costing more, after my first few accidents, I did spend a fortune on aids to help. I bought... - a belt (attached to the loops on the ba...

One of the things that really annoys me is people who change their bags regularly because they don't have to pay for their prescriptions, then they mo...

It really is trial and error finding the right bag, I would recommend keep trying different samples. When I first got my stoma I used the convatec 2 p...

Posted by: DinahMoe I swear it sounded like I had a grocery bag taped on. IMG_3418.PNG

I just used pure water around my stoma, never had any problems.

Excellent news, hopefully you'll be pooing the old fashioned way in no time

One thing that I've learnt is that we all have different reasons for being here, all equally important. You sound like you have a great attitude and w...

A two piece bag is often easiest to use for a newbie as you can see what you are doing. Before you taking the backing off the flange, put in on the st...

I used the Convatec Mouldable 2 piece that click together My reasons - the mouldable base meant that I always got a perfect fit without having to worr...

I agree with Eric, IBS is a serious medical condition and should be treated as such. I do think that there is a use for colonics when for example an i...

With only a small amount of colon removed you should have a relatively easy reversal, just be patient, the colon hates being handled and will take a f...

Exciting stuff. Do you know how much colon and rectum you will have had removed in total?

Beware of beetroot, a few hours later the colour of your output will make you think that you are dying from an intestinal haemorrhage

The stoma will continue to work however squashed it gets, the problem that you may have is that if the bag is constricted the output has nowhere to go...

Ok so here's the plan. The IV stand can be ditched. Get a pair of rubber gloves and tie them into a loop, whilst putting the IV bag through that loop....

I hope that you don't have to spend much longer in hospital i always describe having a stoma as being similar to learning to ride a bike. At first it...

With regard to the channel between the stoma and your belly button, the trick is to cut up an Eakin Seal (or similar ring) and mould it into the right...

Is there any reason why you haven't had the last bit of the rectum removed? I've never understood why they remove it for some people but not others?

If someone has any colon left, (whether that's just their anal stump, colon above a colostomy or a dormant colon below an ileostomy), then they can ge...