Colon cancer treatment
Colon cancer is always treated either through local or systemic treatment. However, the treatment method depends on the cancer stage, physical health, or personal choice. Local treatment often targets surgery, while systemic treatment targets biological therapies. Many colon cancer treatments are always treated through surgery. The type of surgery depends on where cancer has invaded…
Where Do You Guys Get Ostomy Supplies?
So I have been living with a stoma for quite some time now. If you happen to have stumbled across this article by mistake and you have no idea what a stoma is, then I suggest you quickly stop reading and go spend time with your family or something. Consider yourself lucky, because stomas are…
5 Methods To Prevent Ostomy Leaks
Ensuring that the ostomy is securely attached during each change will help eliminate any leaking. Besides this, we have 6 more suggestions that can also keep leaks at bay. 1. Make Healthy Skin Precedence During Ostomy Care Having skin that is not looking its best is not easy to control. This is true if you…
What Happens When You Don’t Change Your Ostomy Pouch
Ever what happens to you when you don’t properly change your ostomy pouch on a regular basis? Well boy, do I have a story to tell you. Now keep in mind that this story is going to be a bit graphic and contains a lot of information about ostomies that you probably don’t need to…
How to Stop Colostomy Gas
This is a little bit different from a normal fart. Usually, you can control farts with a sphincter control, but this one does not control where the gas releases. Nobody wants to have this happen in the wrong social situation. Sometimes, you may become attuned with it, other times, not so much. Rather than being…
Sealing Your Stoma Skin
Now that it’s 2021 I am over hiding from anything. We have seen so much madness and healthcare craziness that nothing is off-topic. Ostomy. It’s a term no one really talks about and those who could talk about it choose not to. And yet it’s something we should all know more about. This is because…
Run Harder With Your Stoma
Not many people have told me that I should run harder and train more with my stoma. It is a crazy thing to think about but the truth is that knowing that I have a medical condition that most people don’t make me work harder and train more. I know that in some cases and…
Stoma’s and Dogs
Understanding all aspects of your health can be beyond complicated. There is a lot of things you are just not going to know or even be ready for! When people first learn they are going to get an ostomy surgery things can be difficult. Lots of things happen all at once. You meet lots of…
Ileostomy procedure: What is an ileostomy and how is it performed?
Known in the medical field as an emergency procedure, Ileostomies can help to remove or bypass diseased or injured colons. It is known as a major procedure performed in order to heal the large intestine or colon. Ileostomies are considered lifesaving procedures and are only done as a last resort. You can find out more…
Running the bases with an Ostomy
There are a few different days that simply bring joy to my life. They can be based on the season or simply a season. Opening day for baseball is always the most exciting day of the year. I didn’t feel this way until I started working at a really cool job. But the perks that…
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