I figured I’d take the opposite tack with this post since I don’t have everything figured out about how to extend wear time, but I have figured some things that seem to reduce the number of days each of my bags lasts.
First off, I should start out with reiterating that I use one-piece bags for [...]
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Ostomy Bags, How to Reduce Wear Time
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13 January 2009 |
22:56 |
activities, clothes, ostomy bags, ostomy care, successful actions |
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Getting filter wet
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24 November 2008 |
9:00 |
ostomy bags |
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I don’t really have much of a problem with gas and the bags that I like don’t come with filters (to let the gas escape out), so this hasn’t been too much of an issue lately. But when I was playing around with different bags and trying out various brands and styles, I discovered a [...]
I don’t really have much of a problem with gas and the bags that I like don’t come with filters (to let the gas escape out), so this hasn’t been too much of an issue lately. But when I was playing around with different bags and trying out various brands and styles, I discovered a [...]
“Bionic Colon”
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19 October 2008 |
11:37 |
colectomy, general, humor, ostomy bags |
2 Comments »
My wife was talking with her friend a while back about me having another kidney stone (hopefully just a hold over from the Prednisone) and he said something that I just found to be hilarious. He asked her something like “isn’t he like bionic elimination man?” I thought that was great. I’ve humorously used “prosthetic [...]
My wife was talking with her friend a while back about me having another kidney stone (hopefully just a hold over from the Prednisone) and he said something that I just found to be hilarious. He asked her something like “isn’t he like bionic elimination man?” I thought that was great. I’ve humorously used “prosthetic [...]
Stocking up on ostomy supplies
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5 July 2008 |
9:00 |
ostomy bags, ostomy care |
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Since I have already maxed out my insurance deductible and out-of-pocket expense limit with my first hospital stay in January and then my surgery in February, my insurance is now paying for everything else that happens this year. And that includes my ostomy supplies. So I have decided to stock up. I still haven’t fully [...]
Since I have already maxed out my insurance deductible and out-of-pocket expense limit with my first hospital stay in January and then my surgery in February, my insurance is now paying for everything else that happens this year. And that includes my ostomy supplies. So I have decided to stock up. I still haven’t fully [...]
Balloon Bag Alarm Clock
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2 July 2008 |
10:33 |
ostomy bags, ostomy care |
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I woke up this morning with my bag about to start leaking. This has only really happened a couple of times before, but now I have a system that works pretty well as long as I follow it.
While I sleep, my bag usually starts to fill up with gas. Some days it’s faster than others. [...]
I woke up this morning with my bag about to start leaking. This has only really happened a couple of times before, but now I have a system that works pretty well as long as I follow it.
While I sleep, my bag usually starts to fill up with gas. Some days it’s faster than others. [...]
Another Ostomy Scissors Source
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29 June 2008 |
9:00 |
ostomy bags, ostomy care |
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My wife is a very dedicated “urban homesteader”. She’s cooking and raising animals and doing a great job at it. And one of the incidental effects of this is that she was at the farm supply store (Wilco where we live) looking at castration supplies for her goats. Being a guy, the topic of castration [...]
My wife is a very dedicated “urban homesteader”. She’s cooking and raising animals and doing a great job at it. And one of the incidental effects of this is that she was at the farm supply store (Wilco where we live) looking at castration supplies for her goats. Being a guy, the topic of castration [...]
Ostomy Scissors
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19 June 2008 |
9:00 |
ileostomy, ostomy bags, ostomy care |
1 Comment »
I got one pair of scissors with my “intro package” from Hollister. But I have a “to go” supply kit and an “at home” kit, and only one pair of scissors. I checked with the supply company and they said another pair was $41 and that it wasn’t covered by my insurance. I wasn’t really [...]
I got one pair of scissors with my “intro package” from Hollister. But I have a “to go” supply kit and an “at home” kit, and only one pair of scissors. I checked with the supply company and they said another pair was $41 and that it wasn’t covered by my insurance. I wasn’t really [...]
Baby wipes
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9 June 2008 |
9:00 |
ileostomy, ostomy bags, ostomy care |
1 Comment »
This may seem like a weird post title, but since I have had my ostomy, I have used baby wipes during bag changes to clean up and dry everything before putting the new bag on. I have an awesome wife. She is very big on cloth diapering, so while she was making a set of [...]
This may seem like a weird post title, but since I have had my ostomy, I have used baby wipes during bag changes to clean up and dry everything before putting the new bag on. I have an awesome wife. She is very big on cloth diapering, so while she was making a set of [...]
Ostomy Bag Care
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8 June 2008 |
17:38 |
ileostomy, ostomy bags |
11 Comments »
I have had my ileosotomy for a little over three months now. I’m still experimenting with various things to try to figure out the best way to do things. I am going to be trying other types of bags, but out of the Hollister products I have tried, I have settled on the one piece [...]
I have had my ileosotomy for a little over three months now. I’m still experimenting with various things to try to figure out the best way to do things. I am going to be trying other types of bags, but out of the Hollister products I have tried, I have settled on the one piece [...]