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      • Hospital Food: Making the Best of It
      • Ostomy Diet: First 6 weeks
      • Ostomy Diet: Beyond Your Recovery
      • Hydration Tips
      • How to find a Dietitian
    • Food !
      • Are plant-based diets healthy?
      • *Food Gallery*
      • What I eat
      • Nutrition tips & Food Substitutions
    • Nutrients
      • Enhancing Nutrient Absorption
      • Track Your Nutrient Intake
      • Protein: What, Why, and How
      • Vitamin B12: Are You Getting It?
  • IBD
    • IBD 101
      • What is IBD?
      • *IBD Topics and Tips*
      • To the Newly Diagnosed
    • Advice
      • Colonoscopy Prep: TIPS
      • Laughing at Crohn’s Disease
      • Not All Support Is Good
      • Software to help Manage IBD
    • The Not So Good
      • Stuff You Don’t Hear About IBD
      • Extraintestinal Manifestations
      • Why remission may not matter
      • Perianal Disease
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I Celebrated My 4th “Stomaversary”! (w/ video)

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August 21, 2017 – It’s hard to believe that it’s been four years since I had my ostomy surgery!

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Categories Announcements, Ostomy Life, Personal

How Often Does an Ostomy Bag Need to Be Emptied? (w/ video)

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A question I get asked often is, “How many times should I be emptying my ostomy bag?”.

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Categories Ostomy Care and Tips

Ostomy Accessories Guide: Seatbelt Protectors

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Categories Ostomy Care and Tips

Glossary of Ostomy Terms

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Terms like, “pancaking” or “burping” may sound like they’re describing a Sunday brunch, but in reality, ostomates have many clever words to describe what’s going on in their lives.

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Categories Ostomy Care and Tips

Ostomy Accessories Guide: Stoma Guards

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Eakin Perform Ostomy Gelling Sachets : REVIEW

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A type of product I usually recommend to ileostomates and colostomates who have loose or liquid output are gelling sachets. Eakin has their own called Perform, and that’s what I’ll be covering in this review!

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Ostomy Accessories Guide: Pouch Covers

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Categories Ostomy Care and Tips

Ostomy Accessories Guide: Accessory Belts

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Categories Ostomy Care and Tips

Ostomy Accessories Guide: New Series Introduction!

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After nearly two years of planning, I’m finally (finally!!) able to introduce my new ostomy education series: Ostomy Accessories Guide.

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Categories Announcements

Salts Confidence Natural Advance 1pc Ostomy Appliance: REVIEW (w/ video)

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When I think about innovation in ostomy products, one brand that comes to mind quite often is Salts. In this review, I’ll be looking at their Confidence Natural Advance system.I originally inquired about this line of products and was told that they weren’t yet available here in Canada.

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Healing the Skin around the Stoma – OSTOMY TIPS (w/ Video)

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Ostomy Appliance Won’t Stick? Here Are Some Tips (w/ video)

Dealing with liquid output

Dealing with liquid ostomy output – OSTOMY TIPS (w/ video)

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Dressing with an Ostomy: A Clothing Guide for Women

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    Toilet paper

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    Using stoma paste to stop leakage. Help!

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    Phantom Stoma

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    Dog treat bag as an "ostomy pocket"... it works!

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    Tip to help with edge peeling of the wafer

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  • Chelly

    RE: Toilet paper

    @fred hi, I'm at least glad to know i'm not alone in ...

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    RE: Using stoma paste to stop leakage. Help!

    @gardengypsy no only a doctor or stoma nurse would be a...

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    It was very hot and humid yesterday and then it started...

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    • About This Site
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  • OSTOMY
    • OSTOMY 101
      • Glossary of Ostomy Terms
      • What Is An Ostomy?
      • Ostomy FAQs
      • Preparing for surgery
      • How to Change an Appliance
      • When to Change Your Appliance
    • OSTOMY SUPPLIES
      • *Product Reviews*
      • Guide to Ostomy Accessories
      • Guide to Ostomy Supplies
      • Emergency/Travel Kit
      • Vegan/Non-Vegan Supplies
      • Ostomy Clothing Suppliers
      • Where to get free samples
    • OSTOMY CARE
      • *All care articles*
      • Appliance Won’t Stick?
      • Ostomy Blockages
      • Preventing Leaks
      • Managing Ostomy Odors
      • Healing Damaged Skin
    • OSTOMY LIFE
      • Building Confidence
      • Clothing Guide: WOMEN
      • Clothing Guide: MEN
      • *Diet and Nutrition*
      • Sex and Intimacy
      • Showering tips
      • Travel
  • DIET
    • GETTING STARTED
      • *All Diet related articles*
      • Hospital Food: Making the Best of It
      • Ostomy Diet: First 6 weeks
      • Ostomy Diet: Beyond Your Recovery
      • Hydration Tips
      • How to find a Dietitian
    • FOOD !
      • Are plant-based diets healthy?
      • *Food Gallery*
      • What I eat
      • Nutrition tips & Food Substitutions
    • NUTRIENTS
      • Enhancing Nutrient Absorption
      • Track Your Nutrient Intake
      • Protein: What, Why, and How
      • Vitamin B12: Are You Getting It?
  • IBD
    • IBD 101
      • What is IBD?
      • *IBD Topics and Tips*
      • To the Newly Diagnosed
    • ADVICE
      • Colonoscopy Prep: TIPS
      • Laughing at Crohn’s Disease
      • Not All Support Is Good
      • Software to help Manage IBD
    • THE NOT SO GOOD
      • Stuff You Don’t Hear About IBD
      • Extraintestinal Manifestations
      • Why remission may not matter
      • Perianal Disease
  • MORE
    • Announcements & Events
    • General Topics / Humor
    • Interviews / Patient Stories
    • *Resources / Links*
    • Personal Blog
    • Vegan Topics
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