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If the scope is below the stoma then there's no point in taking the prep as the contents will come out into the bag. Sounds like they have sent out th...

Posted by: Navey Thanks Sarah for your suggestion and the video website. I have to agree with Eric that the Convatec wafers are inordinately difficult...

Another option is to use a flange with a mouldable flange, they don't need cutting. You just mould the base of the bag back, you put the bag on and th...

Posted by: VeganOstomy Posted by: Sarah Green i may put tobacco in a Bloody Mary 🌶 Tobacco or tobasco? 😂😂😂 Ha ha don't you love spell check

I think those sauces must be a Canadian / USA thing. I use fresh chillis or chilli flakes i may put tobacco in a Bloody Mary 🌶

Posted by: VeganOstomy That's fascinating, Sarah! This article is a good introduction to the different mesh. In brief the biological mesh is expensiv...

From my understanding, artificial mesh is permanent, whereas biological mesh gets absorbed by the body to form a new inner lining to the abdominal wal...

Hi Dona Suturing tends to only be used these days as a temporary fix when there is too high a risk of infection. I know that these days prophylactic m...

Thanks for the article Dona It seems to be the usual story that there are no long term studies completed. The studies that they have included have fol...

If you have research showing the 90% success rate I'd been interested in seeing this. The figures that I have seen (using mesh) vary between 25-75% wi...

Posted by: Navey Thanks Sarah, I have never heard of the St. marks solution and have gone to the site you provided and read it with interest. I'm gla...

Sorry I should have been clearer, it's the normal fluids that may need to be reduced and substituted with something like St Marks solution. The follow...

If you have a high output ileostomy it is often recommended that you reduce the amount of fluids that you drink, otherwise you make become dehydrated ...

Unless you have a high output ileostomy, I don't understand how marshmallows can work. If for example it takes 4 hours from eating something to it com...

Posted by: Jattzl This is really scaring me. I have never been given any information about blockages or hernias after surgery. Please don't worry...

It tends to be that some people are unlucky and prone to them and others aren't.

Posted by: Dona Here is a web site ( NHS... UK) that explains in a simple manner the difference between loop illiostomy and end illiostomy. Than...

I don't know if you have already mentioned it, but Merrell do a great range of running shoes, sandals and waterproof walking boots

I think that the most important things with hernias is prevention, which is partly down to the surgeon's handywork and also down to Abdominal binders...

The problem is that most synthetic shoes tend to be poor quality and don't last very long, plus they make your feet sweaty. You can get canvas shoes, ...