Gus
Jan 17, 2010 7:16 pm
Txgirl
Jan 17, 2010 7:23 pm
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Because it's easier to take pictures on the floor, silly...
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When I found this web site, I didn't think its name had anything to do with actually meeting an ostomate but I later learned there were some folks who did meet and develop relationships. How good is that? That wasn't my intention. I definitely didn't want anyone to meet me. I felt broken and wasn't prepared to express those feelings. I thought it was a place where ostomates wrote about themselves, posed questions, shared thoughts, told jokes and, sometimes, just vented. I thought of it as a community of folks with similar interests and various degrees of experience. Mostly I found some of the most caring, selfless, wise and understanding people I ever imagined. I was so impressed with some of the writings; not because of their literary value but the way in which they addressed such a very complex environment. I read hundreds of exchanges and admired the way folks cared for each other. I became hopeful with my own situation and looked forward to the next day's offerings. Certainly some contributors stood out with their experience or particular skills in addressing some things but it seemed like a total effort with synergistic results. I felt blessed to have found this site. I still do.
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Gus
Jan 17, 2010 7:29 pm
Good thinking, 99, and it seems we hijacked this thread for our own lewd and naughty talk, lmao
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Txgirl
Jan 17, 2010 7:37 pm
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My apologies, y'all. Steve is a bad influence. It's all his fault.
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lottagelady
Jan 17, 2010 8:13 pm
........... and you too were at it all night and didn't let me know, I'm hurt now.....
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Txgirl
Jan 18, 2010 2:37 am
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Awww, Rachel... please forgive me. Had I realized you were as twisted as us, well, you surely would have been involved! lol
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Love yas, Miss Lady!
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beatrice
Jan 20, 2010 6:32 pm
I'm twisted too ... just slower than y'all -- by the time I 'get' it ... you're on to something else.
I'll catch up
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Bear
Jul 31, 2010 3:22 am
Are these available for men and women? I am male with a right-side ostomy. I would be interested in trying these if you still have some. I have been using Ostomy Secrets, and they have a great product at a fair price, but I am quickly running out of money. I am a firm believer in sample, sample, sample. I do not know how you get the address, etc., if you have any left. I only weigh 169, but after my belt, etc., I wear a 38-40.
krisfx
Aug 03, 2010 11:08 am
I still wear my jeans hanging half way down my arse with my stoma. I find it more comfortable and with only having it done recently, more secure knowing I can see how full it is.
swiffer
Aug 03, 2010 4:01 pm
When you get older and still wear jeans with a stoma, you may want to invest in a pair of suspenders. They are called braces in the UK. They let you buy your pants a size bigger so it does not push on the stoma. I like the ones with triggers—that is, the metal clips that clip into the belt loops. You can find them, but all the ones I have ordered from the internet are too big and wide. I ordered these thin ones with the buttonhole type and went to the hardware store and bought some triggers and put them on myself. They are light and I think cool. I have been wearing them for a few years now, and so people would not know me without them.
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elli bean
Aug 08, 2010 12:36 am
My stoma is in the way of shirts and sometimes bras, it's really high up right now and I'm short waisted, but I would think that for people with lower down stomas, wearing a longer shirt would help with bag coverage. My stoma is supposed to be temporary, but I don't want to reverse it, I want it moved to the sigmoid which happily is an option for me–and I like my pants right around my hips, and in the future I plan to let the bag hang out the bottom of my shirt and wear a bag cover that makes it look like a little change purse or fanny pack, or if not precisely that then it will still look pretty. I love to sew by hand with needle and thread and I plan to make my own covers, a whole wardrobe of them made of fabric scraps from the ends they have left at the fabric store, and from old clothes I can't wear anymore. I can see this being an option more for women than for me, although anyone who wants to could do it.
Pinky
Aug 08, 2010 5:06 am
Elli Bean - you answered my question from the other forum post. When you have your colostomy relocated to the sigmoid, you can irrigate and you may very well gain good control of your BMs. Then you can wear a cap, patch, small closed mini-pouch, or even this new thing from Convatec - Vitalia, I think it is called.
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You are such a sweetie!
tine
Aug 08, 2010 1:54 pm
Hi all,
Well, I've got to admit... the days have gone where my little G-strings and girls' boxers were in my top drawer. Rach, I have had some of those knickers you speak of... I call them my Bridget Jones pants... for obvious reasons... I can see why you wear them. I go to Marks now and buy lace shorts, but buy them the next size up which makes them come a little higher, which is just perfect for my stoma.
As for jeans, which I wear most of the time, I do wear high-waisted... I have tried low-waisted, but they tend to fit right through the middle of my bag, which personally I don't find comfortable.
Tine...xx
buckrdoe
Jan 11, 2011 7:13 pm
But where do I keep the bag so it can fill up but not pop? Ugh.
I've been living in sweatpants.
freedancer
Aug 17, 2018 5:23 am
I had the same issue with finding jeans. My stoma is in an odd spot. Some real nice ladies on here recommended maternity jeans. I tried it and I love them. The expandable stretchy top hugs the bag nicely and they are not tight. With a little longer shirt over them, not a soul knows. Best part is that I can go to the thrift shop and pay a third of what new ones would cost.