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Hi @Chelly, Sounds like a terrible experience. Wish they could get some people who actually use the products and maybe they would be a bit more ...

Yes. Hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable holiday as well. I got some cool new toys from the Santa parents lol and got to spend some time with the f...

I always had my bag rinsed out for me and I always thought it was normal. I would still do it if I still had my ostomy. My mother had a cup with a spo...

@Chrisandbagpus Right? I hate restrooms where they have those dispensers that only give you squares of TP. Those don't work for me at all. @g...

@sunstarmom Just wanted to add my support to everyone else here. Since it's been so long since I had my ileostomy, I can't really offer any spec...

Hi all, I figured I'd just dig up my old topic instead of starting a new one. Go figure that only a couple weeks after I brought Lucy ho...

Interesting. I rarely showered or bathed with my bag on, so I always thought having it off was "normal". The only time I would take a bath or showe...

@john68 and @tigerlily agree with you both. Again, I'm probably the odd one out here, but for me since I didn't have any preostomy life to compare to ...

@lkfiretruck interesting that the velcro closures can also poke you annoyingly. I would think since they roll up that that wouldn't happen. It's har...

Hi @mmz, I have also had an ileostomy reversal that ended up being successful, but there's still so much that I don't know. It seems to me that...

I couldn't have said it better myself. Even though I no longer have my ileostomy, talking about having it is the most vulnerable I ever get. It's stil...

@GoatHerder I no longer have my ileostomy, but yes having it all through childhood was difficult at times and actually pretty traumatizing, tho...

I have two. One day when I first started school our class was having a party for someone's birthday. As soon as I started eating my cake and ic...

I planned on going to my parents' place since they've already had covid and all recovered and are doing well (yay for that.) I wasn't able to get a ho...

I had one of those when I had my reversal. They put it in during the surgery and I think I had it for the next six days. I don't remember it hurting w...

YES!!! this is why I love this community. I think because we've all been through hardships to get where we are, everyone is so supportive because we'v...

I could see how something like that could happen with the two piece bags I used since they had this little tab on top that I think you pulled up on to...

@squeakyandliza We were training to work together. Lucy did about 5 months of formal training before I met her. I'm bringing her back to my normal ...

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