Exploring the History of Stomas Through Time

I've been doing a bit more surfing on the net and stumbled upon this link and thought it was interesting

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Stomas: Past, Present and Future



http://media.wiley.com/product_data/excerpt/78/04700317/0470031778.pdf



Hope that link works anyway

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~Your Doe

Thank you, the link works. It's really intreseting, and it's the first time I have ever seen anything written about a Jejunostomy. I have had one for 2 year's, no one ever knows what one is.

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Yeah, lots of cool info

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Wish I could find an old link I had saved once, a few years back, regarding how some of the first stoma's were covered and what people used for pouches many, many moons ago, ....can't find that darn thing for nuttin'  ...I've been trying to find that link since Keysgirl posted the question regarding what we'd do about pouches in the event of a disaster...her post really got a bunch of us thinking about that...I will continue to try to locate that old website link on how they got by years ago, in the days before our current comforts became available.  



~Your Doe

I have some information about what they used to use I will find it and put it on hear.

good Info Doe,, I should save my dads old baccy tins in case I ran out of supplies lol,, was interesting

Staying Hydrated with an Ostomy with LeeAnne Hayden | Hollister

Good info, thanks WD xxxx

I can't find my information on stomas, got it written down somewhere

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Anyway I know another site with The History of Stomas  stomaatje.com  go to stoma in general, then scroll down to The History of the stoma and click on it.

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This is one of my fears with an ileostomy that runs all the time and eats up your skin I have bad dreams of beieng without supplies and can't cope, I know it sounds silly but I do dream about this.

Eddie

Thanks Panther!  



Hi Gus and Rachey!



Eddie! Your dreams sound terrible

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  and no, they are not silly.....fears of any kind are never silly....... I wish I could make those dreams go away for you....don't worry dear, if anything like that WOULD happen and you didn't have supplies, you just call your little Doe and I will be at your side in a heartbeat to help you take care of the problem!

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  You know I'm serious.  I won't let that bad dream become reality for you.  Nope.  

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Bad dreams be gone!



~Love yah all, your Doe

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Doe they don't makem any better than you

Thanks!

eddie

What an absolutely BRILLIANT website! The history bit was very interesting, but the rest of it is so useful ................Wish I had had access to that when I was a Newbie .... just tells it as it is from start to finish, great! Thanks Panther x

Great info.  Thank you little Doe and panther for the links.  You never know, there may come a time we have to make do with whatever we've got to make do with!  Thanks again, Debi

Very helpful, thank you Doe!!!!!!

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Eddie you're so sweet

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Panther I'm so glad you found that link!



TexasGirl you are right ...there might very well be a day we need to find other ways to get by without our usual pouches and supplies, but we'll all figure something out and help each other.

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Hi Ty!!

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  No problem, I hope I can find the other link I have been searching for too!

WD, thanks for that post, really interesting, I am now in the process of starting to stockpile, and EDDIE, have no more fears, once I get ahead just say the word and we'll be right there, so stop that worrying, Ya hear, Ed.

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Stockpiling is a good thing...whenever one can

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  If it's ostomy supplies, non-perishable foods, water jugs, First Aid supplies, etc.... I always squirrel things away at every opportunity too  

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That article was so interesting, thanks for sharing it! Since I have had my ostomy for 45 years, I remember the days of the rubber pouch, handmade by a local supplier. I was always told that I was "very lucky to have had the surgery when I did {1965}, because in the OLD days people used hot water bottles as a pouch!"  You can imagine how that would limit one's life! Thank goodness for disposable pouches and deoderant!

There have been no responses to this for a long time, so I don't know if it will work, but here goes. My surgery for ulcerative colitis was in about 1955 (at age 14), in two parts.  First the ascending and transverse colon was removed, and a stoma created.  I believe it was to see if the remaining colon would heal and could be re-connected. A few months later the remaining colon and rectum were removed.  My face plate was rubber with a flange to which I attached a plastic bag with a rubber band.  They did not stay on well under stress.  Supplies were terribly expensive and we had no insurance.  Dad had a machine shop make stainless steel rings and mother sewed them into cotton webbing for belts and I used plastic bags meant for freezing garden produce.   Adhesive was not skin friendly, and I cleaned off residue with waste ether. I had to explain to the college dorm housemother that I wasn't sniffing something.  Tincture of benzoin was used to paint on broken skin and it burned like fire.  I did not know about stoma therapists until my obstetrician sent me to one when i was pregnant w/ first baby.  She said I was wearing a genuine antique, and introduced me to Hollister supplies.  I was in heaven!