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Glenn, I had a home health nurse for about 10 1/2 months after surgery coming 3 times a week to change the wound vacuum pump dressing. Sometimes she w...

Hi Dawn. It probably isn’t as noticeable as you think, but I was feeling the same way, so I have just started wearing longer and looser tops. It is am...

When I cough or sneeze, I am using one hand/arm to cover my face and the other to hold pressure on my giant hernia, so no hand left to cover my stoma....

Linda, I can only imagine how difficult it was to type that update with your eyes bothering you so much. But I am so glad that you did. I’m sure that ...

My stoma nurse gave me a sample of barrier spray last time I was there. She used it in crusting my skin. She put a little powder, then sprayed barrier...

Hi Glenn, What I learned from my stoma nurse - after she cut the wafer, she ran her finger around the cut edge to sort of smooth out any sharpness ca...

I’m not exactly sure why I am getting fewer leaks with the two piece. If anything, I am bending more now. I was so sick and weak getting out of the ho...

Ha ha ha Glenn, I would have loved to see those kids faces when you picked those M&Ms out and ate them. That is priceless!! I have to say, please ...

Hi guys, I had another follow up with my ostomy nurse today and she had done some calling around since my last appt and had some samples of products t...

Hi Tony, I’m happy to hear you are not in pain. As far as sleeping, have you tried propping your upper body up a bit, so your stomach area isn’t stre...

Hi Gord, I’ve read this a couple times, trying to really understand what you are doing and I’m having a little trouble. I don’t think I have a good me...

@llholiday I’m am Amazon junkie. 🤣 Maybe I will order them.

@llholiday You’ll have to keep experimenting until you find it. Then let us know what it is. 😀

They had something like that at my last job. It wasn’t Rubbermaid, but rather a generic brand. There was one in each stall in the bathroom. I like the...

Finally being such a light sleeper is paying off for me. I am always surprised, and a little jealous of people who have to set an alarm to get up and ...

Thanks Tony, that is so nice of you to say!! And I know you know I am mathematically curious. LOL. I'm guessing for most, if not all, of the members...

Hi Glenn, I’ve had a handful of blowouts. One was similar to yours, at night, where I woke up with a big pile of thick output on my tummy, where the w...

I have been sampling the 2 piece Sensura Mio click. I tend to get fewer leaks with 2 piece systems, and after using the Mio with adhesive coupling for...

It is definitely a good thing. The Crohn’s club is one you don’t want to join! I’d like out, but apparently it is a lifetime membership. 😕