I'm not sure if the "dots" are anything to worry about. When my skin gets irritated, the irritated skin is all pink or red, and looks kinda like a small burn. The peristomal skin (the skin around the...
Have you tried the skin barriers that you don't have to cut? Not the pre-cut kind, the moldable ones from Convatec. Once I started using those, I have never needed to cut a barrier again, and the...
Yes, I ate too much popcorn. Fortunately for me, it cleared itself and I have since been able to eat the same amount of popcorn with no issue....
I haven't had a hernia yet, but I was in the hospital in and out for 3 weeks straight due to an adhesion. My intestine got twisted and eventually they decided that I needed a resection. The pain was...
I'll throw my hat in as one who has an end ileostomy and it is so much better than life with a colon was! My ostomy was not planned. Going in to surgery I didn't know that I would have one. Having...