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May 1, 2009 9:56 am
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Hello my skin under the tape of my ileostomy bag is red and itchy and very sore, and tape does not attach the skin anymore, did you ever had a rash on your...
Hi, Yes, Nichola has.? I can email you offline a picture of what Im taking about to see if it looks anything like what youre going through. She used an...
Hi Tara I have to be careful in the hot weather because I get a heat rash and/or a fungal infection under the tape of my wafer. I use a powder under my wafer ...
Hi there, Could someone please explain "burping" to me. How do you do it? I eat everything, so naturally I have lots of gas. So I either use: a.) the pouches...
Hi Julie I use two different methods to "burp" my bag. It all depends on how full it is. Usually I just stand up and release the top of the bag from the...
Hi Julie, My daughter uses Hollister pouches with the filter.... and they do work better the first day or two for sure..... we have never "repoked" the...
That's exactly how Nichola does it Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device ... From: SUSAN BENEDET <dsbenedet@...> Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 07:12:52 To:...
Hi everyone, Looking for some advice here.... My daughter is nearly 14, and has had her ileostomy since January this year... so this is her first summer...
Burping is simply done by releasing the air by opening the pouch. If it a 2 piece, you can just pull the pouch loose form the flange a little to let it out....
Hi Sue Does the Hollister pouches not come with extra filters? I know the ConvaTec ones do. I can't wear them but I have some here in case of emergency....
I'm having a brain fade......did I answer this already? I really can't remember......geeze, I better go to bed now Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device ...
I don't think belts are advised over the top of an ostomy but I use two things: - waist size tubigrip (I don't know what that is called in the states but...
Sue, Em is 14 and wears nothing under a bathing suit..... she cannot be bothered. The new fashion is those swim shorts and t shirts and she likes wearing...
Hi Sue, Ally does already wear a tank under every top..... the ones with the lace at the bottom, but if she did not wear that second layer, you would see...
If it is plain black, it will show more than a print, even with a gather in the fabric...... at least on em it does. As for layering with a cami.... I am used...
Ok.....Nichola has no wants to wear a suit. We even have a pool and now, could care less:( once in a blue moon she'll come out and dangle her piggers in the...
My fashion tip with an ileostomy is the old fashion "Tube Top". Yes they are much less expensive then the made for ostomy kind. I have found them at stores...
Em is coming out of the closet in some ways..... her fashion find for this swim season is an adorable bikini (yes you read that correctly) with matching board...
Wow Sue, can you see her pouch when she wears the bikini top? Because of where Ally`s sits... above her pant line... it is the top part, not the inthe pants...
Hi Paula, I have bought Ally a coupe of these this yr at WalMart and the price was certainly right but they are pretty long.... I remember the ones we had...
absolutely, hense the fact she got a swim t to go with it! She has enough on top that she could not wear a swim tee alone, so the bikini top makes her feel...
Brilliant Sue! Sounds like you have a really terrific teen on your hands! Hey... do you think she would consider emailing back and forth with my Ally? ...
Ok, you ladies are going to have to bear with me on this one. Since I don't have any teenagers around here, I'm kind of out of touch with all of their fads....
Pat, board shorts or 'surf shorts' are all the rage with the kids.... if you go on lands end, they have some really nice ones..... just shorts you wear in the...
I would use EXTREME caution using anything that constricts the stoma/ostomy. Not only can you damage the stoma from pressure, but that leak issue. When you...
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