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RE: How Often Does an Ostomy Bag Need to Be Emptied? (w/ video)

Mina, I’m sorry you are having such a rough time. Especially if this was a choice you made to improve the quality of your life and you don’t feel l...

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RE: Crohn’s fatigue

@chrisandbagpus Thanks Chris!! You can always make me laugh. 🛋🥔 😂🤣

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RE: Crohn’s fatigue

@dlkfiretruck Thanks for all the good advice, Linda. Yes, traveling can be exhausting. And even though we had a very nice long weekend, it was a 5 h...

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RE: Crohn’s fatigue

@kedikat Thanks for the great info and good advice!!

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RE: Crohn’s fatigue

@veganostomy Thanks Eric. I do finally have my iron under control, and my doctor put in for a vitamin D test in 3 months. I will ask her about the B...

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RE: Crohn’s fatigue

@football99 Thanks Gary. I actually hadn’t eaten anything before I went walking since it was getting hot so I didn’t want to wait any longer. Also I...

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RE: barrier ring melts

@deedee42 A lot of people on here just use the wafer with no ring or paste and are very successful. It doesn’t work for me, as I am very prone to le...

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RE: Thoughts on Ostomy Armor support belts?

That sounds so fun Stella!! I love bears! We have seen them twice, both times on vacation. Once we were at Lake Tahoe, staying in a condo community...

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RE: New ostomate

Welcome Gary, I’m glad your surgery was a success and you are able to return to doing what you love. Welcome to this community, which has been so he...

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RE: barrier ring melts

Welcome Dilia, I have recently transitioned from using Stoma paste to a ring. They tend to melt right into the wafer and come off together. Sometime...

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RE: Thoughts on Ostomy Armor support belts?

Welcome Gary!! I’m sorry I don’t have any knowledge about ostomy belts. I have delayed looking into them because until just recently, I still had an...

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RE: Do your leaks occur in clusters?

I don’t know why, but I sometimes have a stretch where I have a leak several days in a row. I feel like I apply things the same every time, but someti...

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RE: To Skin Prep, or Not to Skin Prep?

I have had so many problems with my skin. When it is really macerated, I use Marathon. When it is just regularly irritated, I use a barrier wipe. I’m ...

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RE: I'll be out of commission for a while: Broken arm 😵

@veganostomy I thought about you while I was doing my appliance change today, wondering how on earth you were managing it with one hand. I think jus...

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RE: Nuts

@veganostomy Thanks Eric. I was avoiding them all together and started, like you, with nuts as an ingredient in something. When that went well, I tr...

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RE: Nuts

I have bought so much on Amazon in the last year. Hopefully Eric is feeling the effect. I just ordered my mom a stationary bike her dr recommended for...

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RE: Nuts

@chrisandbagpus Yep Chris, I do love my nuts!! Some more than others, of course. Your recipe for nut balls sound so good!! I don’t have a grind...

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