Ostomy Topics

Hi, why does insurance only cover 20 bag changes per month.

What if I wanted to change mine every other day instead of every 3 days?

Does anyone else get more than 20 a month?

Hi guys
It's now 7 months since my Barbie butt op, and the pain is still considerable in that area and my buttocks.
The consultant wants to give me steroid injections in that area involving general anesthesia.
Has anyone had experience with this?

Tried to paste entire article which includes a photo of her in her bikini and video of explaining why she exposed herself. Google her name and you can view entire article done July 2022
Dare to bare: Living with a colostomy bag
Monday 7 July 3:30pm
Crohn's sufferer Bethany Townsend, 23, became an overnight internet sensation after an image she posted of herself in a bikini with a colostomy ba ...

So here I am, day 3 since my colostomy was reversed. Today I still have no appetite but am drinking fluids and have had terrible gas pain all day. I refuse to use the oxy the doc prescribed, so I'm on 500 mg of Extra Strength Tylenol every 6 hours. The doc said I would have diarrhea, and I imagined it would be like when you have a stomach bug and need to go every few minutes, but it's not like ...

Advice?

Instructions?

What I read is you protect other areas and hit the granuloma for 5 seconds once a week during a bag change. Is this right?

Any adverse effects? Bleeding, pain etc.?

Anything I should put on afterwards?

Anything going to be a paste adhesion problem?

Thanks in advance.

Hello, my husband has had an ostomy since August this year, and three days ago, I noticed on the right side of his stoma, it feels/looks like there is a golf ball-sized protrusion under his skin. What could be the cause? I researched and it mentioned a hernia. I will call the doctor tomorrow for an appointment to check. Is there anyone here with the same situation on how to cure or how to get ...

Hello everyone, I'm inquiring about THC/CBD intake while having an ostomy. I have had some bad days where I get very nauseous and in pain for some time, but the doctors do not know why. Because I'm a smoker, they automatically blame the weed smoking, but I believe it was because of other reasons. Is there any official site or information anyone has that I can show my grandmother about CBD not ...

Fanny (my stoma) has been bothering me so I took off my wafer and it is super swollen, so that it looks like a mushroom! It is still red, not purple, but it seems like the wafer has been too tight. I’ve not had this happen before and I’ve had my colostomy for almost 2 years. Does anyone know what has happened and how to get it to become normal size again so I can put on a new wafer?

When I got my ostomy, it never seemed to bother my husband. He didn't care much about that. Then, two years ago or so, we moved into a place where we had a neighbor who lived upstairs and was bullying me. Somehow she knew I had an ostomy and was saying I smelled, but I did not. I honestly think he told her I had one, or she opened my package when my bags were delivered. I suspected for many re ...

It has been the most testing few years, having had four operations, two within 24 hours, where I'm very lucky to be here. Two family bereavements, which I never thought I'd witness in my life, or having to support my child through such traumatic events due to the failings of the NHS. To trying to get a degree done and a failing relationship...
Also, my physical, emotional, and mental health de ...

Hello my Osteomates,
I wanted to update, after 5 months I had my reversal surgery on May 2nd. I had a few blips with some incision issues and the bowels starting to work, but overall it has been a success! I finally started to have regular bowel movements about 3 weeks after surgery. I am still taking Miralax daily on the advice of my doctor, hoping to eventually discontinue the Miralax. For n ...

I have had a loop ileostomy since January 2023. I’d had oozing ulcers in my colon which grew to a fistula due to radiation damage in 2012. My surgeon wants to switch me to a colostomy. Can someone tell me what that is like? Does anyone use the irrigation system to clean out the pouch? Do you have gas issues or odor issues? I have exploratory surgery coming up next week, yikes!

Okay, if you didn't already know, digestive bacterial enzymes present in your lower intestine are responsible for the gas and foul odor of your output.

Now, nothing should be done inside your body as you obviously need these bacteria to digest food so it can be absorbed by your body.

However, there are a few tricks that can eliminate the bacteria once it exits the stoma and fills your bag. ...

Best way to take antibiotic capsules with an ileostomy? Is it best to open them and put them into something like food or yogurt? Are they okay to take with an ileostomy, or can they cause high output? Just curious, really.
Thanks

I'm 3 weeks post-Ileostomy. Trouble with leaking under wafer at base of stoma. I think I'm cutting the wafer to fit closely and using the putty-like ring. And making sure wafer sticks well. Any suggestions?