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when I go to this website... I do not see a chat.. it almost looks like a search engine kind of site.... ? Sue ... From: ileostomy@yahoogroups.com...
Hi Sue Disregard this site. I don't know of anyone who has ever been able to get into it but they keep sending that message at the first of every month. Pat ...
Has anyone who is not on steroids had issues with hair loss? I used to have VERY thick hair and now you can see scalp. After surgery it started to fall...
Gina, I had non steroid hair loss after my first surgery on 10/31/08. I was also very very very sick. Once I started getting better, and more fully recovered,...
Hi Gina, I was very very sick for 6 months prior to my surgery ... during surgery It was discovered I had a burst tumour ... PMP ... cancer originating from...
Hi Kay, I'm now on monthly B12 shots, as a result of my surgery last year. Between that and the iron i'm on daily, I keep wondering what i'll be taking next....
Ahh yes that vicious cycle that we can get into with the medications, surgery and then stress. I had this happen also, once the hair started to disappear, I...
As well as an ileostomy. I'm almost 5 years post kidney transplant and have been on steroids ever since. Any type of reaction your typical person has to the...
singing the song from the musical HAIR ha ha I guess I had hair loss too, it has been some time, and so I know it has grown back. How are your vitamin...
Thanks, Whitney. I was very sick as well and have been since surgery. Pre-surgery I had been on immunosupressants and was very ill for almost 2 years. I...
Hi Gina, I lost a lot of hair too when I was really sick. Before they removed my colon (after being ill for 4 months and in the hospital 3 of those months), I...
I guess it's time for me to chime in here with my experiences. When I went into hospital in 2004 for resection surgery, I had hair down to the middle of my...
Thanks for all of the great words of wisdom and support! I see a nutritionist and take vitamins and IV fluids according to weekly blood work to get them...
Also a side note..... I swear by Nioxin cleanser and scalp therapy. It worked wonders for my falling out of hair. ... Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device...
I have either Ulcerative Colitis or Crohn's. I sure hope it is Ulcerative (still waiting to hear on this) as then I can have a resection and lose the...
Hi Darlene, I am writing to you from rural Ontario. I can only answer a few of your questions, as I have a permanent ileostomy. Yes, I love to travel---and I...
Hello fellow Ontario Ostomates, Just wanted to let you know that with the help of my pharmacist, I found a company that is amazingly well stocked with ostomy...
Thank you everyone who welcomed me and answered many of my questions. I have thankfully not had any leaks. I think I am obsessive about emptying my bag and...
Hi Julie: When you talked about gaining 30 lbs, are you heavier than you were before getting the colitis? I weighed 115 when the colitis struck the first part...
Our new friend Ann is really miserable - so I thought I would post her addy and ask for prayers and if you have a few moments - send her a cute ecard! ann...
Hi again, Darlene, OK, about my weight. It's complicated. Until I gave birth, I was a normal weight with a normal thyroid gland. Then after having my 2nd...
E Gads, the Home Health Nurse told me I'd never be fat, that I wouldn't gain much weight. Ggggg! Right now, that I haven't started eating whole grains and...
Hi again, OK, about fibre. I got a paper from Mt. Sinai Hospital in Toronto , where I had my surgery, stating that I had to avoid all fibres, all seeds, and...
Hi Darlene, I Have had similar experiences to Julie. I started introducing the harder to digest foods slowly ... and the ostomates mantre is "chew, chew chew" ...
HI again Darlene, I just wanted to add my timeline of experimenting with new food. I started to try new foods, 1 new one every 2 or 3 days, on Nov. 1st, ...
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