TAKING CARE OF YOUR COLOSTOMY
Maintaining the Skin The skin surrounding your stoma must always be a similar color as the rest of your abdomen’s skin. However, ostomy outflow might irritate or irritate this area. Here are several tips to maintain your skin in fine condition: Utilize a bag that is the best suited and has a skin barrier hole. An…
Can You Eat Normal Food With Your Stoma
There is not a lot of information known about ostomy from the general public. In fact, it may surprise you to know that most people don’t even know what an ostomy is. That’s why I have been seeing a lot of questions going around right now about what an ostomy is. Some people are really…
Keeping Your Stoma Clean
Keeping your stoma clean is no easy task. I mean, why would it be? With literal waste constantly running through your body and out your stoma into your ostomy bag, it’s pretty reasonable to assume that keeping your stoma clean would be hard. However, I can say from personal experience that it is really important…
How 2020 Changed My Stoma Habits
Let’s first start off by saying that 2020 was a crazy year for everybody. With the pandemic rampaging across the nation, our economics in disarray, and many people divided over politics, safety regulations, and just about everything under the sun, 2020 was the craziest year that I’ve been alive. In addition to all this, we…
Get The Right Ostomy Pouch For You
You might be surprised to hear that there is actually a difference between certain types of ostomy pouches, depending on the one you use. If you don’t know what an ostomy pouch is, I will briefly explain it before I get on with the rest of the article. An ostomy pouch is basically a medical…
Can You Still Be Normal With An Ostomy
So even though you should probably be less rude when asking about an ostomy, yes you can still be normal even after surgery. There are a lot of misconceptions behind ostomies and what they really are. Most people assume that once you have an ostomy, your life is completely over. This is just not true…
Can You Eat After An Ostomy
If you have recently had an ostomy, I am sure you have a lot of different questions on your mind at the moment. How will this ostomy affect the rest of my life? What kinds of things will I not be able to do going forward? How will my daily life be impacted? Well, hopefully…
Having An Ostomy During Covid
This past year has been absolutely crazy and we all know it. In fact, I would say that this year was even crazier for me than when I had my ostomy back in 2005. That’s right, I have a stoma and I’m proud of it. It has taken me a long time to feel comfortable…
What is Cecal Volvus
This is a malrotation of the intestines, near the lower portion of the bowel and typically will involve the last part of the ileum, the cecum, and the colon. It’s not as common on most people as some kinds of intestinal torsion, but it can obstruct the bowel in some cases. Sometimes, it can cause…
Can You Still Workout With An Ostomy??
If you are like me, then you may be wondering if it is possible to do any sort of working out or exercise after you have had a stoma put in. I was actually wondering this same thing myself for a long time before I had surgery. I was worried that I would not be…
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