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Jun 1, 2006 4:39 pm
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Hi – I just wanted to let the board members know that I've just posted the latest RemedyFind Inflammatory Bowel Diseases newsletter on this page - ...
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Jun 4, 2006 12:21 pm
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Reminder from the Calendar of ileostomy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ileostomy/cal General Knowledge Quiz Sunday June 4, 2006 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm (This event...
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Jun 4, 2006 7:28 pm
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Hello I am new here and want to introduce myself. I am a 28yr old female with a rare disease called vascular ehlers danlos syndrome. Because of this disease my...
Welcome Tara, I am Portia I am the group moderator. I have a 19 month old little boy Cole, who has his 2nd ileostomy, this ostomy is a loop and will be taken...
Hello, I am 31 and I have had my ileostomy for 3 years now. I eat pretty much anything I want. Just try a little at a time ( a couple of bites) to see how ...
Hi Tara, My name is Stephanie. Due to Ulcerative Colitis I had an ileostomy done in Feb of 1999. I can eat just about anything, but I understand that I'm a...
Reminder from the Calendar of ileostomy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ileostomy/cal General Knowledge Quiz Sunday June 11, 2006 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm (This event...
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Jun 11, 2006 7:34 pm
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I guess all of us are different, I get plugged even looking at corn. lol Maybe the biggest difference is how much scar tissue we make, I am very good at it....
hi everyone! just wanting to get some new food ideas for my husbands new diet restrictions ! he had colon rectal cancer, had a lower resection will be having...
Hi Tara! Welcome. I'm 28 as well, and I've had my ileostomy for almost a year now. The time to be most concerned about blockages is in the first 6- 8 weeks...
My mother had surgery last september resulting in an ileostomy.She lost all of the large and most of her small intestine. She is 74 years old and has had a...
Hi, So sorry that your Mom is having a tough time. Hopefully, there is someone
in this group who has an ileostomy with the short bowel syndrome that can
offer...
Oh, I just thought of something else that works for me. Watermelon thickens
things up. Watermelon has potassium, I believe, and lots of water content.
It...
Hello! I am Diana from Michigan. I have had a ileostomy from colitis since 1978.
Have not talked to much about my problems to, too many people in my life as
of...
Sorry things don't seem to be going well. Some days as a parent of a child with an ostomy it is depressing just thinking you are doing something wrong, but I...
Hi! Portia Thanks for the e-mail back. My mother is always talks like you are about things, your right good to
be live. Don't ever think you done anything...
I understood what you were saying. Stick around here there are always new people that come and ask questions, I know I came here for help and have ended up...
Hey everyone, I was looking for a group like this because I need to vent about everything sometimes and I feel like nobody else gets it. I've had my ileostomy...
Crystal, I am 26 I don't have an ostomy but my 20 month old son does. I can only imagine how you feel. I might have some advice for you for the gag though...
Hello! Crystal I under stand how you feel. So much its not funny. You just vent all you
like. If you need someone to talk to about it my message Id is...
Hi Crystal and Diana, I'm 28, and I've had my ostomy since July 6, 2005 (almost a year). I got ill very suddenly (I had acute fulminant colitis, and had my ...
I know i do not have personal experience, but I can share what my daughter has gone through. Our little bug, Emily, had a full bowel obstruction 2 years...
Do you not use a urostomy pouch? That made a huge difference for Cole and for me when he was dumping really bad, I hook him to a foley with the the little...
no, they never suggested that or gave us the option.... told us it would not work. Her stool was just thick enough that they said it would have gotten stuck...
That is rediculous! The spouts are pretty wide, and even if it were a case of it being too thick the sytem is 2 piece you could just pull the pouch off. Susan...
I'm sorry that your son is going through that. That must be hard on you. Thanks for your kind words though. I guess I'll just have to rough it out for the...
whoops I don't know if you were replying to me or another crystal, silly me should check the other messages hah... ... all you ... angelbear6665 just ... ...
No need to be sorry. Thanks though! I think if I had one of my own though I would just carry a urine specimen cup into the bathroom and empty into that , close...