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Bookmark or Share- Navigating Holiday Parties with an Ileostomy and a New BoyfriendI had my ileostomy about six months ago, and as the weather and seasons change, I keep learning. With the season of merriment upon us, I'm really trying to attend different events, see old friends, and catch up on the Christmas season I didn't h...
- Dealing with Intense Gas Pain After Ostomy Reversal SurgeryAbout a month ago I started having these sessions of extremely intense gas pain. Sometimes it went away after a couple of hours and sometimes it kept me up all night. So Thanksgiving Day and the following Friday it was just excruciating and not going away, I decided to go to the ER.
- Best Unscented Paper Towels for Stoma Care? - meetanostomate.orgPaper towels can be harsh and cause your stoma to bleed. I have found that wipes or toilet paper work best. I use unscented baby wipes and water wipes sometimes to clean around my stoma, and it works really well.
- Holiday Eating With An Ileostomy: Finding BalanceMy wife had an uncle who was a lacto-vegetarian. Every Thanksgiving and Christmas, he would bring a cooler full of his "food." It was great... more yummy stuff for the rest of us. So, pack a cooler with foods you can eat. And have a Merry Christmas and a healthy New Year.
- What to Expect from a Colostomy Reversal Surgery?I was fortunate enough to have one of the best surgeons in the Pacific Northwest, my surgery went perfectly. He straightened out the rather horrific looking surgical scar from the emergency colostomy I received while traveling abroad, and fixed up the parastomal and incisional hernias I had develop
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