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suldan852

Adhesive Spray HOL 7730 Discontinued - Found at MedicalWarehouse.ca

May 14, 2024 - Aug 19, 2024
I was looking for the Adhesive Spray HOL 7730, which has been discontinued, and found it from medicalwarehouse.ca. Shipping was fast. I heard Hollister will discontinue this great product, and there is no other like it on the market. Just wanted to share that! And if you are in Canada, their ostomy supplies are honestly the cheapest.
4 replies | 735 views
May 17, 2024
"... and there is no other like it on the market."
The ostomy accessories market is quite vast — thus making it extremely difficult to make such a statement with any degree of certainty. Perhaps ...
Aug 19, 2024
Hello!
Yes, it is true that tenacesmed.com is the replacement! I see you are in Canada! I am Canadian as well! - From Ottawa, now living outside of Chicago.
Currently, the Ten Aces Spray (Tena ...
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yorkservice

Using a Dixie Cup to Cover Stoma While Showering

Sep 02, 2024 - Sep 23, 2024
If you wear a 2-piece bag system, I discovered that I can remove the bag to shower and use a Dixie or Solo bathroom cup with some stoma paste (just a few dabs), and it fits perfectly onto my flange, covering my stoma. I use the Ostoform Flow Assist 2-piece system. Not even the towel knocked it off. No more wet bags.
31 replies | 573 views
Sep 23, 2024
Pretty funny... I had to refer to your post regarding how to spell "nekked"... so if I've used the word previously, then I would say it is, at the least, a double plagiarism. Sorry I gave you cred ...
Sep 23, 2024
This is a card game? I thought we were in People's Court USA.?? Actually, more like A.I. Mao court. That artificial intelligence thing acting like Big Brother should be held in contempt, fined, an ...
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bagbill

Impressed by Halo's New Stoma Guard Product

Sep 21, 2024 - Sep 22, 2024
I recently tried a new stoma guard product from a company called Halo. I bought it on Amazon and was so impressed with it I wrote the review below. I thought I would post it here as well. As I noted, they took a really good idea and made it even better.
I have been a StomaDome user for over ten years. This product was revolutionary for me in that it allowed me to wear all the same cloth ...
2 replies | 185 views
Sep 22, 2024
Bagger, thanks for the info. My stoma is a bit too high up for that to work as it should, but maybe others will find it useful. Very easy to make if you have a 3D printer, and you can add belt lo ...
Sep 22, 2024
There is a similar product that I have used using a belt. Protection Shield for Stomas does not require the velcro attachment of the dome but does similar protection with a belt. https://stoma-p ...
Little Red

Relief for Itching Under Barrier

Feb 28, 2019 - Sep 19, 2024
I think this is the question I have. After changing my pouch and several days later, my skin next to my stoma and around and under the barrier starts to itch and becomes irritated. Someone mentioned that they used calamine lotion and then stoma powder. Has anyone else used this and would it cause the pouch to not stick?
39 replies | 8368 views
Jun 12, 2019
Sharon,
So glad you have that all figured out and not in pain anymore! Never had that happen, yet! Knock on wood! I know where to come if it does though! Lol
Puppy
Sep 19, 2024
If you use stoma powder on sore skin, the steps should be: cleanse with water, dry, apply stoma powder, brush away excess, dab on an alcohol-free skin protectant, let dry. You will see the white o ...
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Douglas john

Marks & Spencer Launches Stoma Pants in Various Colors and Sizes

Aug 12, 2024 - Aug 18, 2024
Applies to the UK. The Guardian newspaper reported last week that Marks & Spencers have brought out a range of stoma pants for ladies (men as well if you like). They come in a range of colors and sizes and incorporate a pocket to accommodate a stoma bag. Are stomas becoming mainstream?
21 replies | 660 views
Aug 17, 2024
Hi Bill, it was a member of M&S staff with a stoma who suggested there was a market. The pants apparently have a full-width supportive pocket inside to hold the pouch close to the body. Also, they ...
Aug 18, 2024
I bought these last week. My colostomy is quite low and I was always uncomfortable with it. They have improved my comfort immensely.
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eab3691

Adjusting to Life with a Colostomy Bag - Seeking Advice

Jun 29, 2024 - Aug 23, 2024
I had emergency surgery in May (bad diverticulitis) and now have a colostomy bag. I'm adjusting to it, but it's hard. My main issue is changing my bag out myself. My wife has been changing my bag (she used to work with patients in the healthcare field) because I get sick looking at my stoma. I get queasy and just sick looking at it.
Is there anything I can do to get over looking at it so I can ...
19 replies | 569 views
Jul 10, 2024
Y'all come back now, you hear. IGGIE
Aug 23, 2024
The first time the wound nurses wanted to show me how to empty mine, they showed up right before my husband and kids were going to visit me in the hospital. My kids hadn't seen me since the night ...
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Littlemama325

Advice for Eliminating Ostomy Odor?

Feb 23, 2024 - Aug 18, 2024
Hey all! I am new to this site, but I am not new to being an ostomy warrior. I'm going on nine years. Anyone have advice or suggestions on how to eliminate odor? I've tried the Adapt from Hollister, and that just makes it worse. Any suggestions, besides not eating or drinking the things I love?!
14 replies | 616 views
Aug 18, 2024
Strike a match or two. Works great.
Aug 18, 2024
And boom! Goes the house!
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artingwithilly

Seeking Shorter Ostomy Bags with Tuckable Velcro Features

Jul 21, 2024 - Sep 16, 2024
Hello!
I got a loop ileostomy on July 2nd and was fitted with a Hollister 2-piece system with a drainable pouch. I'm actually doing really well with this system so far, but my biggest issue is how long the bag is.
I'm fairly medium-tall for a woman too, so it's not like I'm petite, but the Velcro area is down on my thigh/crotch area and it's making wearing anything but baggy pajama pants prett ...
31 replies | 758 views
Aug 27, 2024
I would try a sample of Coloplast - the opaque, not the translucent. The opaque has a Velcro you can tuck at the bottom or just under the observation flap.
Trying to decide if I should request a ...
Sep 16, 2024
I've read over and over comments like yours looking for a specific pouch size and having problems trying to figure something out on your own. I have a 23-24 Edgepark "Ostomy Supplies" catalog that ...
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markmd1112

Experiences with Colostomy for Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

Mar 05, 2023 - Sep 07, 2024
Has anyone had a colostomy because you couldn't expel stool through the ano-rectal passage due to your pelvic floor muscles contracting rather than relaxing when you wanted to poop? If so, has it worked out for you? Any challenges or complications? Did you get it reversed at some point or do you hope to get it reversed? What are you doing to see if you can reverse it? I know it's a lot of ques ...
25 replies | 2712 views
Jun 28, 2024
Hi Claire. Did you get treatment in the UK?
Sep 07, 2024
"ODS" Obstructed Defecation Syndrome, every time I search I get a new name for my issue, thanks.
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patandwinnie55

Use of Osto EZ Vent

Nov 22, 2023 - Sep 18, 2024
I have a lot of gas. I use filtered pouches, but after even one day's use, the filters are not very effective. Can anyone who has used the Osto EZ Vent, share their experience -- how easy to use?, effectiveness?, is it covered by Medicare?
16 replies | 700 views
Jan 09, 2024
Please see my original reply that my husband was going to try and reuse the vents. My husband was able to get the vent off the used bag and he has reused the vent on a new bag. He used a clear pla ...
Sep 18, 2024
You can release gas by slightly opening the ring that snaps the pouch to the flange. Just open it at the top and press your pouch lightly to expel the air. Watch out, it can be stinky! Without thi ...
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terrizajdel

362 Days on the Carnivore Diet as an Ostomate

May 28, 2024 - Aug 20, 2024
Hi
Hi everyone, 362 days on carnivore and I'm still doing great. I'm consistently at 150 to 152 lbs and full of energy, so the 44 lb weight loss is effortless to maintain. I eat whatever meat products that are on sale, and if it has a skin, I peel it off first. I cannot afford ribeyes anymore except as a treat, so I eat a lot of eggs, bacon, and ground beef. I do have scarring around my ostomy ...
24 replies | 1193 views
Aug 18, 2024
Hey cpwilson75
I hope all is well! My output is great for me, as I prefer an easy empty output. I've become pretty wimpy regarding digestive pain, so I eat only meat, clean dairy, and eggs so it s ...
Aug 20, 2024
G-Day Terri, I am also getting a more liquid outlet with Carnivore and I prefer it; I can empty and close up in 2 minutes. How are you doing? Are you still losing weight? I'm living on ribeye stea ...
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Gemini16

Cardio Causing Pouch Woes - Any Advice?

May 15, 2023 - Oct 08, 2024
Lol... not in that sense! Hehe. I've recently got into more cardio rather than just weight training but, my pouch seems to come undone... even on days I haven't sweat too much. Anyone have any tips/tricks/advice?
9 replies | 748 views
Jun 04, 2023
Hey Gary... Geminis are definitely unique!
Oct 08, 2024
1) Soberderm barrier spray!
2) XL Coloplast Brava Tape Extenders!
3) Use hairdryer to warm skin & flange of bag!
If that doesn't work, put your head between your knees & kiss your arse goodbye!
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PETey.13

Dealing with a Large Hernia - Finding Affordable Solutions!

Jan 06, 2020 - Aug 19, 2024
For 6 years, I lived with a large softball-sized hernia around my right-side ileostomy. Abscesses developed around the stoma, while my doctors just "watched it." For several years, the abscesses had to be lanced and packed with moist gauze. I recently underwent my 5th revision during a 12-hour marathon surgery. I now have a very nice "tummy tuck." Post-surgery, I began experiencing 3 leaks per ...
6 replies | 1333 views
Jan 06, 2020
Bill, the LotFancy worked well enough, in conjunction with 3M skin prep, Eakin seal, and adhesive spray. I don't think there is a way to get free samples of LotFancy. But at 30/20 bags, it was wor ...
Aug 19, 2024
You can source a replacement for the Hollister 7730 through Medical Monks.
https://medicalmonks.com/product/ten-aces-medical-adhesive-spray/
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Ostoberry

Embracing Colostomy Bag Changes with Confidence

Aug 19, 2024 - Aug 20, 2024
Colostomy since June 23. I used to dread changing my appliance, but now I look forward to it. Practice makes perfect, although I don't believe I'm 100% perfect. I use a Hollister two-piece with a barrier ring and extenders on the bottom 2/3 of the wafer. I can usually get 7 days, but I never go longer even if I could.
I am very active, with a slow hour jog every morning and different resistanc ...
6 replies | 272 views
Aug 20, 2024
Thinking back, it's funny how I've evolved. I used to shower with a bag on, taking care to keep it dry. Dry off, then change the wafer. I used to wonder, "How do you clean the stoma?" I was going ...
Aug 20, 2024
I've gone over an hour with no bag on. Any more than that and I risk falling asleep and waking up to a mess.
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HenryM

A HOSPITAL CHANGEOVER

Aug 24, 2024 - Aug 26, 2024
IT HAS ALWAYS PUZZLED ME why people drink too much or do recreational drugs. Perhaps it’s what cartoonist Bill Watterson quipped in his ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ series: “Reality continues to ruin my life.” I’ve never desired to escape reality. It may occasionally piss me off, or cause me anxiety, but one has to just deal with it. It is what it is, as some say. It is life. I was i ...
7 replies | 200 views
Aug 26, 2024
Fair points all, Bill, but you might have simply told me that I'm full of shite I stand by my "full of shite" remark not as bullying but as calling BS when I see it. I expect the same from others ...
Aug 26, 2024
Hello B@tLady.
Thank you for your response to my post and for your explanation of your perspective.
I do not think that I could (or would) ever say that you (or anyone else) is ‘full of shite’ ...
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MC22

Colostomy/Urostomy

Feb 08, 2024 - Aug 28, 2024
This is a great site, and I really have had some great positive feedback. However, living with a colostomy is very different than living with a urostomy. I myself have a urostomy due to bladder cancer and I find most of the discussions on here are geared more towards colostomy...and that's fine. I just think that it would be more user friendly if the site could maybe separate the two issues ...
8 replies | 678 views
Feb 12, 2024
MC22, I had the same doubt at the beginning, but found that most issues are the same: flanges, skin irritation, water resistance, wear duration, etc.
I am a urostomate anyway... so I see your poin ...
Aug 28, 2024
Hello, I too have a urostomy and feel that anytime I search the general internet for urostomy, I start with a small amount of info and then it turns to colostomy. Nature of the beast, I guess. I a ...
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eldonnaa

Facing My 4th Surgery Tomorrow - Nervous and Hopeful

Aug 22, 2024 - Sep 23, 2024
First of all, I can't find any of my previous posts. Ugh, I was hoping there was a link on my profile page, but...
Well, for those that have read those previous posts, I'm finally having surgery tomorrow morning at 7 EST. The hospital is 2 hours away, so having to be there at 5 AM means we need to leave home at 3 AM. OMG! Well, I know I won't sleep tonight, but I'm having my husband go to bed ...
21 replies | 316 views
Sep 23, 2024
Well, almost a month later... Post-op appointment went well, and I have another this Thursday. On Friday, I will have another surgery scheduled. This one is to remove the stents in my ureters, and ...
Sep 23, 2024
You know, I swear I am the luckiest woman alive. Harry and I have been together for 20 years and he treats me like a queen. We've never even had a fight. While I was in the hospital he had a 15 ft ...
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infinitycastle52777

1 Year

Mar 29, 2024 - Aug 24, 2024
I have been on these forums for one year now. My stoma relocation happened a year ago tomorrow. I can't believe it's been a year. It was when I got my relocation that I was finally able to wear a bag. I got my first stoma on Jan. 1, 2022. And from then until March 30, 2023, I was not able to wear a bag due to the location of the stoma. I don't blame the doctor for placing my stoma in such a ba ...
22 replies | 415 views
Apr 02, 2024
IC
I can actually empathize to a point, for during the phases where the sinuses were erupting and I too could not have a base plate or bag on - it was a severe challenge - BUT, somehow one got thr ...
Aug 24, 2024
I had an appointment with my consultant last week and we discussed the pros and cons of having a reversal.

As I have Crohn's it's quite possible for me to have a blocked bowel again and that's s ...
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Justbreathe

DIY Stout Spout: A Simple Fix for Ileostomy Bags

Sep 17, 2024 - Sep 19, 2024
My Stout Spout
(A Simple DIY Fix)
First of all, many thanks to Bill Withers for his encouragement to try your hand at DIY.
Today I developed a better means to empty output. I call it my Stout Spout. For a very long time, I have been a searcher and seeker of the perfect application for my ileostomy housing product, or as I refer to it, “Better Bags & Stoma Housing.”
I have test-driven many ...
10 replies | 266 views
Sep 19, 2024
Haha...I'm sure most women look for a man like that too...so maybe you're in luck
Sep 19, 2024
Looks like you're wearing the Convatec ActiveLife. Those are the best pouches ever! I'm on the Convatec ActiveLife also, but the convex. The spout is quite small, and I get what you're saying abou ...
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JVM261

Handheld Bidet Sprayer - Tips for Cleaning and Installation

Mar 24, 2024 - Oct 05, 2024
I got this sprayer from Amazon to prepare for my reversal. However, in the meantime, I find that it really works great for cleaning out the bag. You just put very little pressure on the part of the sprayer that makes the water come out. Full pressure is too strong. Gently fill the bag up with water. Close it up and slosh it around and gently, carefully empty it into the toilet. It has been hel ...
14 replies | 801 views
Mar 28, 2024
I use women's douche bottles, keep them washed and clean by the toilet, works great!
Oct 05, 2024
Terrific idea. Molto bene.
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