Archive for the 'general' Category

Potassium

« 1 July 2008 | 9:00 | activities, food, general, ostomy care, successful actions | No Comments »

It’s been hot recently and so I have been wondering if I would have problems with my salt and potassium levels, since that can be a problem for some people with ostomies. One of the colon’s jobs is to absorb minerals and since I don’t have one anymore, I figured that could be a problem.
It’s [...]



At a loss for words

« 27 June 2008 | 23:03 | general, humor | No Comments »

This may be a bit of a crude topic, but being the kind of guy that I am, I’ve come up with a problem that I’m guessing most ostomates never even worry about. What to call what comes out of me? I’m a writer and I like to understand words and to use them correctly, [...]



Buying New Clothes

« 27 June 2008 | 9:00 | clothes, general, weight | No Comments »

Over the past several years I wasn’t doing very well. And as such, I lost a lot of weight and my clothes were very loose. My pants that had fit properly before were getting quite loose so that I pretty much had to wear a belt to keep them up. (It actually made going to [...]



Left over stuff

« 25 June 2008 | 9:31 | food, general, ulcerative colitis | 2 Comments »

When I had ulcerative colitis, I tried just about everything anyone could think of to fix it, and I’m sure this is true of many people with that or similar diseases. I tried acupuncture, special diets, IV therapy, herbal treatments and tons of different vitamins and minerals and other supplements.
But each one didn’t handle the [...]



Beginning a new blog

« 18 May 2008 | 21:08 | colectomy, family, general, ileostomy, ulcerative colitis | 2 Comments »

Welcome to OstomyMan.com. My name is Jared and I’m just getting started on this blog. I had Ulcerative Colitis for nearly a decade before I decided to have a colectomy and an ileostomy. While I had Ulcerative Colitis, I can honestly say that I tried just about everything to get and keep it under control. [...]