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Thanks all, I'm super excited about the change. These are the kinds of stories we need to hear as ostomates. I hope this is able to reach some peopl...

New job will start on June 24th. Had to take a little of a pay cut, but not much really. The position is an inventory coordinator, and my commute wi...

Thank you all for your opinions on this. I'm planning on keeping it my little secret, at least through the hiring process. I'm attempting to go from...

No, it was my planned proctectomy. I was scheduled super early in the morning, Mom needed to use the valet service, but it didn't start parking cars ...

I dealt with my personal items with my last stay in the hospital. They told me, if I didn't have someone with me to look after them, security would l...

Welcome, lots of good information and lots of good people here. From your post, it seems you have a good mindset, that is a huge part of the battle t...

Ask away, the community here has a ton of good information. We all have seen a lot dealing with our ostomies. Don't forget, all of the videos here o...

Hmmm...Looks overly complicated, and expensive. Looks like I could make one of these out of scraps in my shop at work, but don't know why I would. I...

As John said, wearing a restrictive guard on the job wouldn't be the most comfortable thing. I work a 10 hour shift, my work can vary greatly from da...

No, I was wearing an OstomySecrets wrap, and a T-shirt, not much protection. I don't really like the idea of a stoma guard, but I have ordered a prot...

I was released to return to work without restrictions roughly 5 weeks after surgery. That exit wound does take a little time, but not as much as you'...

I had my rectal stump removed at the end of November of last year. It took a few weeks for complete function to return, but it eventually did. As wit...

Here's a recent one of Shadow watching it snow. IMG_20190112_151116_hdr.jpg

I got a needed rest this weekend. I worked 2 ten hour shifts last week, and that was about all my body could handle. I probably over did it a little...

Yep, I found that out the hard way. I'm trying to be as precise as possible, they didn't leave me a lot of space to work with. I found I'm best off ...

The Holidays were busy, all in all, I'm healing well. Today is my first day back to work, my surgeon has released me without restrictions, but I'm go...

I had minor setbacks today, but they were ones that are pretty common. My bladder is not emptying completely on it own. We decided the best course o...

This morning was rough, the gas pain from the surgery had reared it's head. Some time spent walking, albeit slowly, helped to dissipate that. And th...