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Category: Ostomy (Health-Related)

Comox Valley woman alive thanks to ostomy

Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:18 Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:18 Written by Ostomyland

The BCLocal News published this article today.

Tanya is a young, active mother of two, sharing her life with a caring husband and family members living in the Comox Valley.

“It’s not a secret; I have always been very upfront about my ileostomy,” says Tonya. “Some people are curious about it, others just nod, and a few sort of pull back and act like it could be catching. I’m not the least bit embarrassed about it, after all, it saved my life, and I wouldn’t be alive without it.”

Read the full article here:
BCLocal News Article

What did you wish your RN told you?

Friday, 13 April 2012 08:15 Last Updated on Friday, 13 April 2012 08:15 Written by Ostomyland

Ostomyland has received the following request from Taylor, a Nursing Student:

Hello all!

I’m a nursing student at the University of Florida and we just learned about colostomy bags in class. As part of my assignment, I want to ask what you wish your nurses/doctors told you before you went home with the colostomy bag?

Your input would be incredibly helpful, not just for an assignment, but for my own experience. It is highly possible I will have a patient one day with an ostomy, and I want to be able to answer all of their questions/concerns.

Thanks to everyone that comments!!

-Taylor

Please use the “Leave a Reply” box below for any comments you’d like to make.

Disclaimer:
Ostomyland believes that this is a genuine nursing student assignment and has posted this in good faith. However, this is the internet – please exercise caution when discussing / disclosing your own medical details.

Fuzzbutt’s Top Tip #7: Make sure your 2pc pouch is securely attached to your flange!

Friday, 02 March 2012 15:02 Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 August 2012 09:30 Written by Ostomyland

fuzzbutt-pouch-lightbulbHi folks! Your furry, fuzzy Ostomyland mascot Fuzzbutt here! I’ve got another great quickie top tip for you to help make your ostomy management, and/or living with a stoma that little bit easier.

This time around I’ve got a tip for checking the pouch is securely attached to your flange – without the need for nail guns or screwdrivers! :D

Sometimes, it is possible to unintentionally attach your pouch to your flange insecurely, and when you least expect it you can find the bag having dropped off the flange and trapped in your underwear, or if you wear boxer shorts it can end up dropping down your leg. It’s highly embarrassing, and sometimes the way the companies pouches lock on to the flange can be very fiddly and thus difficult to successfully attach.

However there is one way to make sure that your pouch is properly attached to the flange so that it wont drop off later.  Once you think you have the pouch locked on to the flange simply take the side edges of the pouch in your  hands and give it one or two short, sharp tugs straight outwards. Not upwards, or downwards, just a quick tug or two outwards. If the pouch is not properly connected to the flange you will find it is coming off, and will more than likely actually come off in your hand.

If your pouch is still connected to the flange after this tugging, then it should remain in place safely allowing you to get on with the rest of your day safe in the knowledge that your pouch wont be heading south!

Dont forgot to keep stopping by regularly to see what new top tips I have for you, and you can also find me posting on the Ostomyland Community Forums. Why not pop over and come and say hi! I’d love to see you there, and all our members would too! See you there!
http://www.ostomyland.com/community or http://www.ostomyland.org/ostomyboardipb/
(Both links take you to the same place.)

You can read my other great (in my fuzzy opinion) top tips here:
http://ostomyland.com/ostomyland/category/fuzzbutts-top-tips/

  This content has been Digiproved © 2012 Ostomyland

Combating Leakage: Some Products You May Not Be Aware Of

Sunday, 01 January 2012 11:03 Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 August 2012 09:41 Written by Ostomyland

I’m pleased to announce that the Ostomyland Editorial #2 is now available – it is also being added to our Lifestyle Guide as it is a look at the current product ranges available to the ostomate to help combat leakage from a variety causes. It also helps you determine the cause of leakage, and offers advice on what you can do to help ease the problems caused by leaks themselves.

For the full article, please visit chapter 17b from the lifestlye guide menu, or visit this link.

We’d love to read your comments on the article, so please feel free to leave your thoughts on what we’ve written about combating leakage via the comments form, or Facebook comments box at the bottom of the Combat Leakage page. Dont foget to “like” the page if you, um, like it. :D

I’d also like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy new year, and a happy and prosperous 2012.

Useful Links:
Ostomyland Editoral #2: Combat Leakage – Some Products You May Not Be Aware Of
http://ostomyland.com/ostomyland/combating-leakage-some-products-you-may-not-be-aware-of/
Ostomyland Lifestyle Guide: Chapter 17 – Leakage / Skin Problems
http://ostomyland.com/ostomyland/chapter-17-leakage-and-other-skin-problems/

  This content has been Digiproved © 2012 Ostomyland

The end of the colostomy? It APPEARs to be true.

Wednesday, 07 December 2011 13:14 Last Updated on Wednesday, 07 December 2011 13:14 Written by Ostomyland

Yesterday, a British newspaper – the Daily Mail – reported about a new operation which could possibly spell the end of the Colostomy as we know it in the future.

Named the Anterior Perineal Plane for ultra-low Anterior Resection (APPEAR for short – wheres the “e” come from?), the operation involves removing the diseased part of the bowel and surgically altering part of the remaining bowel to form a pouch to recreate the rectum.

Pioneered by Professor Norman Williams of Barts hospital, London, the operation takes five to six hours to perform. However the operation is not suitable for those with advanced bowel cancer, or severely damaged sphincter muscles, but for those who did have the operation as part of a multi-centre trial performed around the world, two thirds of the patients reported a success with normal function resuming within six months, and for some it was as little as two months.

You can find the article on the Daily Mail website. And for more information visit Bowel Cancer Research Organisation website, or if in the UK phone them on: 020 7882 8749.

Useful Links:
Source Article about APPEAR on the Daily Mail website:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2070375/New-bowel-operation-replace-colostomies.html
Bowel Cancer Research Organisation (UK):
http://www.bowelcancerresearch.org/

Update: 08 December 2011 – 10am.

This story has certainly caused a stir amongst our readers both here on the Oland community and on our Facebook group, and various other ostomy websites around the world too.

One question was raised which was not answered by the article: Whats the difference between the APPEAR procedure, and the current J-Pouch procedure. Now, Im no medical student, and I have no personal experience of the J Pouch other than being in the same hospital ward bay as people having it, or having ileostomies as a result of a pouch failure. So, I decided to do a search via the various medical research database sites to try and find the answer, and to be honest, very little freely available information is available. Theres only a couple of articles registered about the trial so far, and it costs over $50 to buy a copy, so all we have to go on is the various extracts.

Here are some quotes and links to the extracts I found, including links to where you can buy the article if you are interested in it yourself. From what I’ve read it seems that the operation would still be available even if you didnt qualify for a JPouch normally. So it gives more options for people I guess. If you do buy the article, and you find out what the differences are between the APPEAR procedure and a JPouch please do write in and let me know! You can email me here. The article extracts and page links are available below. (Click on Continue Reading… if it appears)

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