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RE: My treatment decision.

Wow, I didn't even know that was something they do. Thank you for sharing. I do wish you all the best, and it sounds like the prep work and planning...

6 months ago
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RE: What's been your appliance deal-breaker?

@chelly I guess it's also important to note that some wafers use hydrocolloid that "swells" more than others, which naturally fill in gaps between the...

6 months ago
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RE: What's Your Weather Like

@chelly The massive dump of snow we had yesterday was fortunately the type that was very light and "easy" to shovel, but still unwanted! 🤣 ...

6 months ago
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RE: Rinsing

@chelly Nice! I'm glad you're open to testing! Good luck.

6 months ago
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RE: Rinsing

Are you judging them based on look/feel or have you used them? I find that some barrier rings look similar, but have a different formulation, so they ...

6 months ago
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RE: What's Your Weather Like

We are currently down to -12C with knee-high snow, and it's still falling... 😯

6 months ago
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RE: What's been your appliance deal-breaker?

If you find that your stoma's size fluctuates even just a millimetre here or there, I would go with cut-to-fit, personally. Of course, cut-to-fit al...

6 months ago
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RE: What's Your Weather Like

Every once in a while, despite the temperature outside, I'll open our kitchen windows for about 15 minutes to let fresh air in. We have a carbon dioxi...

7 months ago
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RE: What's Your Weather Like

We ended up having a warmer-than-expected day last week, which did melt 90% of the snow. It was nice to see green again! But a dusting rolled through,...

7 months ago
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RE: What's Your Weather Like

After a lot of snow, temps are rising... might hit +8 on Friday, which is "t-shirt weather" as far as I'm concerned! LOL But today, freezing rain, s...

7 months ago
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RE: Rinsing

That most certainly could explain things! Post surgery, I needed to measure pretty much with every change. And if I managed to get long wear time of...

7 months ago
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RE: What's been your appliance deal-breaker?

@chelly Ok, in the photo I can see those white strips on the left and right sides. When I was using Hollister bags, there was a plastic liner, and the...

7 months ago
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RE: Rinsing

You may still feel the cold water through a fully intact wafer, but if you have even a small leak, it's a very noticeable feeling! And yes, rinsing ...

7 months ago
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RE: What's Your Weather Like

Very cold these past several days. -18C the other night. But next week... I see temps ranging from +1 to +5, so we should have a bit of a melt.

7 months ago
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RE: Rinsing

Happy New Year, guys. I only rinse in certain scenarios, and usually when my output is the type that sticks to the inside of the bag (i.e. peanut bu...

7 months ago
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RE: What's been your appliance deal-breaker?

Unless something has changed in the last two years, all the Hollister appliances I've used had tape all around the borders. I recall that they had sma...

7 months ago
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RE: What's Your Weather Like

Ouch. Despite all the weather we've had, including those high winds, our power has been stable, fortunately enough. @tigerlily That's brutal. With o...

7 months ago
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RE: What's Your Weather Like

What a crazy last few days! We went from -15c and then a massive dumping of snow (something like 20+ cm, easily), to a crazy amount of rain last night...

7 months ago
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RE: Smells

I can vouch for that! Also, as an experiment, one could drop a mint candy in their appliance (or essential oil), and then see if they can smell that...

7 months ago
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