Here is a what I have found for suppliers: ( they are in the states only) I am sure there are other ones in other countries. I think I found some on the homepage under Sandara's links.

 

Blanchard Ostomy Products
1510 Raymond Ave.
Glendale, CA 91201
818-242-6789
Karaya wafers, pouches, etc. for ileostomy, urostomy
 

Coloplast, Inc.
1955 West Oak Circle
Marietta, GA 30062-2249
800-533-0464
Colostomy & ileostomy pouches, skin barriers, plugs.
 

ConvaTec, a Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
P.O. Box 5254
Princeton, NJ 08543-5254
800-422-8811 (ostomy nurse on staff!)
Full product line, Sur-Fit Natura, Active Life, Autolock.
 

Cymed Ostomy Co.
1440C Fourth Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
800-582-0707
Full product line includung the MicroSkin Ostomy Pouching System.
 

EHOB (Formerly Cook/VPI)
250 North Belmont Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46222
800.899.5553
FAX 317.972.4601
Non-Adhesive Ostomy Systems (urostomy, colostomy, ileostomy)
 

Genairex, Inc.
15371 Roosevelt Blvd., Suite 106
Clearwater, FL 33760
727-539-1365
 

Hollister Inc.
2000 Hollister Drive
Libertyville, IL 60048-3746
800-323-4060 (ostomy nurse on staff!)
Full product line: Hollister Flextend, Premier.
 

Marlen Manufacturing & Development Co.
5150 Richmond Road
Bedford, OH 44146-1331
216-292-7060
Full product line: Ultra Duet, Ultra, Skin Shield.
 

Nu-Hope Laboratories, Inc.
P.O. Box 331150
Pacoima, CA 91333-1150
800-899-5017
Urinary, colostomy, ileostomy pouches, adhesives, etc.
 

The Perma-Type Company
83 Northwest Drive
Plainville, CT 06062 (RN on Staff!)
860-747-9999 in CT;  800-243-4234 in other states
Reusable appliances for ileostomy, colostomy, urostomy.
 

Torbot Group, Inc.
1367 Elmwood Ave.
Cranston RI 02910
800-545-4254 (ostomy nurse on staff!)
Full product line, including customized appliances.
 

Debra Kirsch <debrakirsch@...> wrote:

Hi there.. I am awake because I itch. this is maddening. Anyhow.. Sandy.. I was looking thru some supplies and found those disposable bags you wanted to know about.. they are made by Osmore and the insert says 1-800-686-1377. I know that company changed its name, but hopefully that number is the same or it will lead you to another number.

 

There is a website I found and one posting has all these companies you can call for free samples. I don't know how to get that list and then put it on this site, so if anyone does know how to do that and wants to do that, let me know and I will attempt to tell you how to find it. ha ha

 

I have a thought on all those horrible cramps I was getting. Maybe it ws simply not enough water.ANd that when I drink a whole glass of water,  it is just too much for the system. I don't know. just a thought.

 

I must try and get back to sleep now. I have been working the afternoon - midnite shift and it messes me up the next day, because I can't come home and fall right asleep, so I stay up and get on the computer and then fall asleep around 2 or 2:30 Am and then if I don't get enough sleep, I have a hard time staying up past midnite to make it home/drive. The shift is not good for me I think. I like it because you avoid rush hour and hardly anyone stays that late, so you are kind of on your own at work and sometimes the work runs out, so you can just read a book or a newspaper quietly at your desk till it's time to punch out. But, I have NOT been walking at all, because I wake up just in time to make a few phone calls and then get to work. Maybe run one needed errand a day. I need to walk.

 

ANyone keep walking as a daily thing in their life and how?? It is too late and too dark and scary to walk at midnighe, although I did once at owrk with someone else who got off then. That was great. But she doesn't always work there at nite. I asked another woman who does to walk with me last nite and when I punched out, she was gone. GUess she didn't want to walk!1

 

Deb

 

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