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Thank you all so much for taking the time to reply to me. Eric, your video and accompanying article were great and very comprehensive. You definitely ...

Thanks Dona!! Well, the new Hollister wafer is already pulling away from my skin. I put the crescent brackets on, but they are pulling away too. And...

Thank you all for your suggestions!! Eric, I never thought of leaving the wafer off for a while. I just got home from a wound follow up appt and the...

Thanks everyone. The ostomy nurse first thought it was a yeast infection before she even took the bag off, and suggested antifungal stoma powder, but...

I forgot to mention also, my skin is so dry and flaky, especially the area between my ostomy and my wound. When I put the wafer on, it doesn’t take lo...

Hi Linda, If you look at Eric’s original post at the top of the first page of this thread, he has links to Amazon US, Amazon Canada, and Amazon UK. 😀

Thanks for the tip, Tony. I just had it bookmarked in my browser, but an icon on the desktop is even better!! I have some Christmas shopping to do my...

Hi All, It is Christmas shopping time, and online shopping is more and more popular every year. For anyone who doesn’t know, or may have forgotten, if...

I was going through old threads looking for the amazon links and came across this one. My sister and I both had Strawberry Shortcake dolls as kids. Th...

The happiest of holidays to you too, Cyrisse!! It is great having you here!

Wnorm, I too would be interested in what you come up with. I’m not super crafty, but I do have a sewing machine and some cute fabric. Thanks!!

Linda-like I told you before, you are welcome to as much of my fat stores as you would like. Ha ha. That is the one drawback of getting healthier. Aft...

Thanks Linda, I feel like I have been waiting forever for them to schedule me. My GP first made the referral in September!! But I definitely am not ...

I reread the disclosure and it is pretty clear that they are referring to any samples (blood, bodily fluid, tissues) that they take for diagnosis. If...

Hi Brian, Life is so hard as a kid, anything that makes you different in any way can be traumatizing and it is hard to recover from!! But as an adult...

Brian, I am so sorry for your loss. It is hard to lose anyone, but especially someone you have had such a close life-long bond with. The holidays are ...

Happy Thanksgiving US ostomates!! To everyone else, Happy Thursday. 😂😂 Many of you have probably eaten already or may be eating now. Here, we are eat...

Sounds like we got home just in time, as there is a major snowstorm in Southern Oregon now, right in the middle of the route we took home. All in all...