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Valerie, I have had two scopes in my ileostomy in the last year, with no problems at all. Since I was doing the colonoscopy at the same time, I had t...

Eric, I have no idea why, but I always assumed that roid rage had to do with hemmeroids, when I heard that term before. LOL. Now I know better!! Th...

I just realized I forgot to take my last scheduled prednisone last night. I just took it now, but am worried I have screwed up the tapering off. 😕 I s...

@veganostomy Eric, they have scheduled a new trial for January. They will have to have a new jury. Which is just more expenses to the tax payers. I...

LL, That is exactly what I had. And I had to do the same thing, half the night before and half the morning of. My GI told me I could add flavor drop...

Hi LL, I had a scope back in August, I think. The prep wasn’t fun, just because of the taste mostly. I had a sample of a high output bag I got from t...

I had my flu shot, Linda!!

Tony, that is funny that you mention blood pressure. When I was first out of surgery, for the first 4-5 months at least, my bp was averaging in the 90...

Hey guys, I had my phone off all morning and was going to catch up with everyone on my lunch break, but no one has posted anything. Lol. So far I am ...

@veganostomy Thanks Eric!! Actually, I have 2 fistulas. 🤬 I have the one from my wound to the rectal stump. I also have one from an abscess I had 12 ...

Ha ha Tony. I’m pretty sure I will be on the jury. They gave everyone a number from 1-78 and gave us a questionnaire to fill out. Based on how you ans...

Dr Tony, Thanks for the additional info. Since I have jury duty this week, I will probably have to fight the urge to sleep. 😀 Though if I nod off dur...

@ileostony Tony, Thank you so much for the detailed information on these drugs. That is so incredibly helpful to me!! And for you to take the time to...

Thanks Dona. I definitely hope they can figure out what to do with the fistula too. It goes from the wound to the rectal stump and since there is sti...

@ileostony Tony, thank you so much for your kind words!! John and Linda - thank you both for your support and encouragement as well!!

Well... the pain I was having in my tummy, back, and chest got worse as the evening went on, so about 11:30 I told my husband I thought we should go t...

I made it through 4 hours at the party with no ostomy problem!! Yay!! I did start feeling sort of icky 3 hours in - sort of stomach and back pain an...