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The surgery ended up being about 3 hours. I was in my room and semi-coherent by mid afternoon. I spent about 12 hours, only able to have ice chip, ...

Is it normal for the doctor to require an enema prior to the proctolectomy, especially if I already have the ileostomy in place? When I talked to the...

I will try to do that, if there is anything I am, it's completely, sometimes brutally honest. I'll have a tablet with me at the hospital, so doing a ...

Surgery scheduled for November 26th, the Monday after Thanksgiving here in the US. My pre-op is on November 12th. I'll get info in greater detail in...

The surgeon's office is in the process of scheduling me now, should be a few weeks, hopefully I can get in sometime around the 1st of November. The s...

I go through this occasionally too. I chalk it up to being different than most other people, from a digestive standpoint. I try to not let it consum...

Thursday is the appointment to schedule my proctolectomy, this is getting close now and I'm a little on the nervous side. As soon as I know anything ...

I've finally gotten to the bottom of the blood issues, saw an Endocrinologist, and was re-tested for testosterone deficiency. It turns out the T-leve...

I don't use a barrier ring, but I don't mind a little space around my stoma. My wafer will swell slightly as it absorbs moisture, so I don't mind a 1...

Take some time when you change your bag next time and use some thin cardboard or something similar to do your guess work. When you find the shape and...

I keep about a 3-4 month stash, and take from the oldest boxes first. I use the FIFO inventory method (first in, first out). Once in a while, when I...

I remember my stoma nurse telling me before I went home from the hospital that I could do that. She told me a lot of very reassuring things, I was tr...

Change days are my favorite days, for that exact reason. It's fantastic to take the ole bag off for a few minutes!

I'd try the Hollister tape-less wafers. I had a reaction to their wafers with the tape border as well, the tape-less ones have worked well for me.

Hi Lisaj, I have a fairly active job as well. I don't go to work without my wrap, I'm using the Ostomysecrets unisex wrap. It offers some protection...

That's awesome that you're doing well! That is also a great opportunity being an ostomy coach. I would love doing something like that if I didn't ha...

Well, my doctor doesn't like the idea of testosterone treatment with my hemoglobin levels as high as they are. The hematologist said in my last visit...

I'd look at the Nystatin powder, it usually helps me if my skin gets itchy and weepy. Last time I had it happen, I believe it was caused by the tape ...