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I'm glad it's not just me, I hate when I have them. It's not like me to feel like that very often and I'm glad that my family is so close that they ca...

Posted by: Dona We need a better 'owners' manual for stomas. Yeah that book would be awesome :)

I'm the same when it comes to any procedure be it a scope or surgeries they scare me and they don't if you know what i mean. hope you get the answer ...

Posted by: Kae I have been wondering about belts myself. I have the traditional 'hourglass' figure that is hard to fit with anything, it seems. Add t...

Well, i tried them and i found that they helped the skin a little bit to heal, but they also did do the same as you with the drying and cracking after...

Well Kae im so glad you are here with us but i am so sorry you had to go through that pain and the surgeries :(

Posted by: ambies Hi all im new on the site just joined finding my way around ? Welcome Nancy as well as Ambies hope you are both well and im glad...

ok cool :) i well try them and see if they do the same :) Thanks

Yep totally. My cousin has a temp one and she hates it, but I see the other side of it and without it I would not be here and that's what my doctors s...

hehe you made my day yay im not the only one. before getting it, i was saying i would never touch it unless clear/emptying. oh how wrong i was

Sounds like I'm pretty lucky to get a small 24mm circular stoma but I still use a convex base plate as I have ileostomy but as I'm on the chubby side ...

Posted by: Sarah Green When I knew that I needed one I planned ahead and asked one of the nice nurses to insert it. Because she made me more relaxed ...

I'm with Eric wow what an intro so glad you are here with us. I remember before my surgery trying to get want ever info I could get my hands on to mak...

Posted by: Zvitusk I use a two piece bag . M y ostomy happened 2 years ago. The advice given to me by my original ostomy WOCN was pathetically not ve...

Posted by: Dona I got my ileostomy two years ago this July. I am so much better , after three and a half years of real suffering ( you ALL know how t...

Posted by: VeganOstomy Sometimes, people wearing convex appliances with support belts can cause pressure sores. Omg, I didn't even think about pr...

Posted by: Kae being excited about poop. Like, who'da thunk poop would be so important? My friends, and even my husband think I'm weird now... Lol ...