Know The Time When To Change Ostomy Bag Let's get right to it. When to change an ostomy bag is a very important question. You are very new to having an ostomy. You know very little about this whole thing. You will be looking at this question from probably one of these two points. Either you had the surgery to receive a stoma as a almost emergency situation or this was a long term planned out option to treat an ailment that you had been living with for an extended period of time. My Ostomy Came In Treatment For Cancer Like I was stating it is for one reason or another that you now have an Continue Reading
Care For Mental Health of a Colostomy Patient-Two Sides to Examine
You Need To Be Prepared to Care For Mental Health of a Colostomy Patient I had my colon cancer surgery in December of 2013. The mental health of a colostomy patient was as far from my thinking as east is from the west. It just never occurred to me that the mental health of a colostomy patient was that big a deal. I look back now and it didn't take but a couple of weeks after I got home, for me to realize fully that there was a whole side to this situation that I wasn't entirely prepared to handle. The Two Sides of Mental Health of a Colostomy Patient Caring for the colostomy patient Continue Reading
Who Pays for Ostomy Supplies
You Want to Know Who Pays For Ostomy Supplies Having an ostomy requires ostomy supplies. So naturally the question who pays for ostomy supplies comes up. So back a few years ago when I was waiting to get discharged from the hospital I realized that I wasn't really sure how much I was going to be paying for the ostomy supplies I had to have from then onward. Or maybe I wouldn't have to pay for the ostomy supplies? Well I figured that we had better find out who pays, and who pays how much if it is a split responsibility. My First Exploratory Steps To Deciding the Products For Me So Continue Reading
Can I Use a Hot Tub With an Ostomy
Key Things You Need To Know About Using a Hot Tub With an Ostomy This is my hot tub. I went almost 10 months after I received my ostomy before I decided I would try entering my hot tub with my ostomy. Why you ask yourself, would I wait so long. Well I had my reasons. Here are my reasons. My Ostomy Hot Tub Fears My biggest fear was that the ostomy bag would come off in the hot tub. I just didn't need to deal with that I thought. I thought the heat would destroy the wafer's seal and the ostomy bag would come loose. I knew the water would ruin the bag and the wafer I was using. Continue Reading
