Hi, I feel really bad posting this. My husband Tom had diverticulitis in Oct and had to have emergency surgery which resulted in a temporary colostomy. Last...
Tom and have spent the last two days seeing Drs a 500mile trip. We did stay over and my Oxygen suplier provided A Oxygen concentrator. My Rehmatologist had...
Cherri <twmathews@...> wrote:Tom and have spent the last two days seeing Drs a 500mile trip. We did stay over and my Oxygen suplier provided A Oxygen...
Sylvia, Sounds like she's trying to knit some socks and can't get the count right with her rows. Best of luck Cherri and we'll be praying for you, too. Love, ...
Hi Cherri I just wanted to wish you all the very best with your treatment and to let you know that people are thinking and praying for you. I joined this...
Wynne K Wilson
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Cherri - Best wishes on your trip to the hospital. I am sending you hugs and prayers. Hope you are able to take many deep breaths to calm yourself. Shirley...
Cherri, I'll be praying that all goes well for you. I know you don't know me but I've been on this list since July when my mother came to live with us after...
Thanks always feel anxious if I know I am going to surgery - I tend to worry. My husband has taken time off his work and my Mother will relieve him. When I...
Hi, So glad I found someone to talk to! I joined this list to hopefully learn something helpful for my mom. She had a ruptured diverticulus (sp?) last...
Hi Judy - Hope you find some help on this list. My sister-in-law and I are the caregivers for my 88 year old mother-in-law and her new (10/10/02) colostomy....
Many thanks, Marshall and Shirley, Little by little I'm gathering helpful info. Fact is, I am near a big city and have had my mother seen by 2 E.T. nurses,...
Hi Judy, My name is Jim and I've had a permanent colostomy since May of last year. I use Stomahesive made by Convatec. It works pretty well. It was ordered...
Hi everyone, I am a 42 year old male that has had a bad year with Anal Candaloma. I have had 4 operations within the last year to remove the tumors (benign -...
Hello Melvin, I just read your Yahoo message regarding your quandry about the need for a colostomy. On your immediate negative side---as to what you are...
I have a colostomy and I have begun using flushable liners so that when I'm out I can change it with minimal problems. The one problem I has is odor. When you...
Even though I dont smoke, I always find in the event of having to use someone else's bathroom simply lighting up a match does the job, I do not know why, but...
There is a drop deodorizer made by Hollister Inc., I have only been trying it for a week now, since my last surgrery. It seems to work pretty well, so far....
Thanks for the feedback. I will definitely try the match's and I will try to find the drops by holister also. Maybe between the two, I will be covered....
This is John, new to this so any help would be nice. The waffer that sticks to you sometimes comes loose around my stoma and fecal matter gets under it. I...
Melvin, I am John also a 42 year old male. I am being retired from the U.S. Army due to my colostomy I had in September of this past year. I too had all the...
We are adopting a 3 year old boy from another country. He has a strange colostomy with a significantly prolapsed colon. He will be going for surgery as soon...
I would not NOT adopt this child because he has a colostomy!!!! This child
has inner beauty that no smelly colostomy could ever diminish...odd
questions..but...
Yes, I am 41 year old asian male and I had a colostomy in July of 2002. I am waiting to be operated this year but I am still wearing the same thing. I don't...
Hi ! I am Sylvia, I know exactly what you are talking about, I have found that if you purchase some skin barrier rings, they really work great,call edge park...
Hello my name is Julie and I am new to all of this and would like some advice and help. My 70 year old mother had to have a colostomy last week and is still ...
Julie, There are many support groups for such a purpose as yours. I recommend you contact Hollister 1-800-323-4060. This is a colostomy product company and...
Hi Julie, My name is Ken, and I am age 75 with a permanent colostomy for ten years. You got a response from John Danaher to contact Hollister (Co.). Another...
Hello my name is Robin and I am 29 years old and have been dealing with health issues for the last four years. I have ovarian cancer twice and a total of six...
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