Someone asked a question on google plus about what it was like to live with an ileostomy. For starters, I do want to say that as long as my skin isn’t bad, having an ostomy is not a big deal to me now. Especially when you take into consideration that most people undergoing surgery to have […]
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Every Little Tip Helps: Thank You Ryan!
The following was written by Ryan S (although this tip came from an ostomy nurse)… Basically my tip is in the photo. Three plastic shopping bags placed one inside the other. Then you shove the one side of that into your pants waist band. Then you use that as a Trash can while changing your […]
Different Types of Surgeries for UC and Crohns Disease
I have thrown around a lot of terms that probably aren’t too familiar to you unless you or a loved one has ulcerative colitis or crohns disease. I thought I would spend a little time briefly explaining the difference between the main types of surgeries that are most prevalent in the life of an IBD […]