Ostomy Resources, Tips and Product Reviews

We as humans aren’t perfect. While this may not be a grand revelation for most of us, it certainly applies to all of us.  Even those of us in the medical industry are not exempt from the daily mistakes that we make in our day to day lives. When our favorite drink is messed up at our local coffee house, we simply have it f... [More]

If during the course of your surgery, your rectum and anus were removed; you have what is called a P [More]

“How do I get my pouch to work with the creases in my abdomen?” “How do I get a difficult pouch to stick?” “What can I do to pouch a retracted stoma?” These are just some of the questions heard from ostomates on a daily basis, the world over. With the help of these tips today, hopefully you can avoid come of the common challenges that face anyone with an ostomy. When in doubt, always contact your medical team. They know your individual needs better than anyone and together you can improve your day to day [More]

It is true that our bodies contain many normal bacteria; we do not live in a sterile world. We humans have a natural immunity to many of these organisms; some are even helpful in keeping down growth of more harmful bacteria. Infection however occurs when the number of these organisms exceeds the body’s ability to handle them. Some of the fir... [More]

Sooner or later, we will all have a situation that calls for a hospitalization.  While a hospit [More]

One of the current and more frustrating problems facing a new ostomate today is the shortened hospit [More]

Express Medical Supply, a discount medical supply store, works with a lot of people who have had an [More]

Each person is unique and deals with the circumstances surrounding ostomy surgery in a different way [More]

Food blockages. Symptoms may include no output from the stoma for more than 4 hours, cramping in the abdomen, nausea or vomiting and high watery output. Solution: Drink hot tea and increase your fluid input. Take a warm bath or shower and massage your abdomen. Have a glass of wine. This will help relax your abdominal muscles. Get down on all fours ... [More]

Many pathological conditions can necessitate the need for some type of bowel or urinary diversion kn [More]