I was tooling around this website and noticed more than a few notes about emergency ostomies and the lack of support afterwards. Wow, I'm not alone. 2006, fourth colonoscopy in two years because my UC was just not responding to any treatment. I went in on Friday the 13th and woke up with an ileostomy. Well, actually I was on so much morphine, I didn't know I had it for the first 48 hours.
I received 30 minutes of change instruction before I left the hospital after a five-day stay. Most of my knowledge was obtained via the web or the vendor support over the phone. I finally saw my first WOC nurse five months later thanks to the local UOAA group in my area.
Story moral - no procedures on Friday the 13th. Awesome.
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