Hi Winnie,

I've had mine for a couple of years now. I was interested in the irrigation
procedure to, but the doctors and stoma nurse told me that they don't
recommend that anymore. To much danger of puncturing the wall was the reason
I think.

Jim


-----Original Message-----
From: Winnie [mailto:TeachBoz@...]
Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 7:50 PM
To: colostomy@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [colostomy] Re: Just wanted to introduce myself!!!




Hi Dee!

I'm 38, too! I've had mine since March 1st due to Rectal CA. So far,
not too bad. I am using the closed end disposable bags, I guess I'm
lazy so far, I like just disposing of them, instead of cleaning them
out. After chemotherapy, I hope to do the irrigation thing, and just
wear a stoma cap, I think that will afford me to be as active as before.

Anyone in this group do the irrigation thing, or have experience with
stoma caps?

Thanks for any information.

Winnie







--- In colostomy@yahoogroups.com, "outrajusridr" <outrajusridr@y...>
wrote:
>
> Hi my name is Dee and i'm 38. I had my colostomy in Jan 2005. My
> colosotmy was a result from damage done during childbirth 9 years
> ago. After numerous surgeries I finally bit the bullet and had my
> ostomy done. It is not nearly as bad as I had made it out to be in
my
> mind. It did take some adjustment and still going thru that but I
> would love to talk to anyone to get suggestions. Also I'm interested
> in hearing from anyone who has had insurance problems related to
> getting them to cover ostomy supplies. Thanks for letting me be
apart
> of this group.
>
> Dee (outrajusridr@y...)







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