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Ostomy Bags, How to Reduce Wear Time

« 13 January 2009 | 22:56 | activities, clothes, ostomy bags, ostomy care, successful actions | No Comments »

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 [...]



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 [...]



Ulcerative Colitis Successful Actions

« 26 June 2008 | 21:48 | food, successful actions, ulcerative colitis | 2 Comments »

While I had colitis there were a couple of things that I did that really helped me along. And though they didn’t cure me, they sure made life much more normal and helped put me into or maintain remissions if I didn’t screw around too long before doing them. Some of them lost their effectiveness [...]