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Just saw this now Liza, keep strong and I hope you have had some Improvement, positive thoughts sailing across the sea to you

Hey Cygo, all nearly back to normal, I think it was a combination of factors that lead to my problems, Went back to basics with the Hollister and m...

Hey Jillian , as LLNorth said , try little portions and see how it goes , until I got diabetes I was basically able to eat anything apart from celery ...

at least the skin is ok now Eric , I have salts samples (Confidence BE ) arriving tomorrow and still waiting on these ones

Update, tried the new Coloplast and it was a disaster, 6 hours and woke to a leak with output fully under the whole of the wafer, back to Hollister an...

4 days in and still no burning, will change tomorrow after a shower and start off again, thanks again for the help guys

thanks John and Eric , two days now and counting , if I can get the third day I will be on the way to healing , cant complain too much , most of the l...

thanks Eric , excuse my ignorance but what are full hydrocolloid wafers ie which brands , im waiting on the new coloplast concave wafer and getting a ...

@cygo thanks Cygo , i think it might not be the sea water , I have lost a bit of weight , and I am going to switch back to coloplast and try their new...

hey Jillian I had a subtotal colectomy and have porridge/oatmeal made with 1% milk most days with no problems , blueberries and raspberries are added ...

well my little experiment didn't work , had a blow out early this morning , going back to no seal and cutting the baseplate as close as I can .

well I tried the trio genii rings and they are not the sturdiest , one day and it more or less disappeared , its a pity because its a great idea , the...

thanks Laurie , thats exactly what I wanted , and the cost of postage isn't too bad either , will order soon I think

thats good to know , I just got two boxes of 30 to try , I did try the gen one seals by trio but these are the newer version (or newer packaging ) , t...

I think trio do a silicon based seal/ring , they are called Genii flat ostomy seals , I use the eakin seals and they do need adhesive remover to remov...

no problem with sweat to be honest Eric , our sea water never freezes and the lowest it goes is about 8C , which is quite cool without a wetsuit , but...

hey Jillian , sometimes its just itchy from contact with output , I find washing the area with diluted head and shoulders helps a little , just make s...

makes me realise how lucky we are here in Europe in general , my ostomy supplies are monthly 120 pouches 8 base plates 300 trio pearls remo...