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    Anyone use Salts confidence natural?

    Hi - I was switched to these bags in December as my output is always watery and high output and no other bags worked. They were quite new. They are fantastic bags - I use the convex and no leaks, comfy, skin friendly as they have aloe. BUT the last 3 boxes I have had problems with the seams...
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    Ileostomy bag choices

    Hi guys - well regarding my lower post I have made my decision and am having an end ileostomy in 3 weeks. I have had 2 loop ileostomies before which were emergencys so were badly sited and needed convex bags and over their lifetime needed all sorts of bags, extenders, paste etc. Now this one...
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    Ileostomy choice - need help

    Hi all - I need some advice on an ileostomy. Quick history: 2009 I had a resection which split leading to peritonitis and an emergency ileostomy. I then developed 2 fistulas. 2010 - stoma reversed and fistulas removed. Became anaemic and then got a capsule camera stuck between 2 strictures...
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    Stoma needs reversing urgently!

    I had an emergency stoma in October after a resection split. I am losing 3 litres a day and am now on weekly magnesium infusions. Have tried everything to slow it down but nothing works, Imodium in every form possible in every dose possible, etc My gastro has told me to lay off the Imodium...
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    V high output - soooooo thirsty

    Sorry to be posting again with yet another problem. My output has been very watery since Kermit was created about a month ago - the last temp ileostomy I had in 2009 was always a high output critter. When I drink it comes straight out of the stoma and I am only passing urine once or twice a...
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    Skin is so sore and blistered

    I changed my bag today and the skin surrounding the stoma is all red, blistered and itchy. I changed it Friday due to a leak and it was fine - no leak since then. I've been using my current bags with paste for 2 weeks and they had really helped my skin which was very sore from previous bags...
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    Hi - resection went pear shaped!

    Hi - I was due to have an ileostomy in July but I broke my leg 3 days before surgery so spent the summer bed bound with a foot to thigh cast and the Crohns settled down but then it started to kick off again so surgeon booked me in for 10 th October. He said as I'd waited longer since coming off...
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    Broken Leg "cured" the Crohn's!

    3 weeks ago i was due to have a re-section, stricture removal and ileostomy due to really tight stricture, chronic pain, bloating that was so bad i was literally crying every day. I spent every evening with a hot water bottle clutched to my stomach. Anyway 3 days prior to surgery i broke my...
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    You could not make it up!

    Ok so im due for surgery on Wed 11th July for stricture removal, stopping of bleed and an ileostomy. So the Saturday before i trot off into town and buy new nighties and knickers, toiletries etc - you know the whole going into hossie stuff. Childcare is sorted for the first week and we are...
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    Shopping List!!??

    Hi - i had a stoma in 2009 for 12 months and tbh i cannot remember what "things" i had!! Get my new stoma next Wed. It was an emrgency so wasnt very well placed and also i had a fecal draining fistula right next to it so getting the bags to stick was a nightmare. The only bag i could use was a...
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    Im soon to be joining you - in shock still!

    Brief history - i had an emergency ileostomy in 2009 which was reversed in nov 2010. Since that reversal i have been very anaemic requiring blood transfusions and iron infusions. Saw the surgeon yesterday who says its a stricture causing all my problems and it has to go (i also hve a capsule...
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    Waiting .......but dont know what for!

    Hi - I will try and sum up as quickly as possible. I have had Crohns' since 2001 and its usually documented as "stricturing Crohn's disease." i had a re-section in 2005 which worked wonders. I then developed another stricture and had a re-section in 2009 which sadly went terribly wrong, it...
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    Pill Cam / Capsule Endoscopy is stuck!

    Hi - I had a pill cam in January which failed to pass and retained in the small bowel. I then had x-rays every couple of weeks along with loading dose if Infliximab and IV steroids in the hope that the drugs would reduce the inflammation and alow the pilcam to pass ? It moved about a little...
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    What medication ?

    Hi - i am currently on 20mg of Pred - was on 30mg in June and have been yo-yo ing down to 20 and back up to 30 since. First question - do i just block the puffy weight gain from my mind and stick with 30mg until ive been stable for a while ? if so how long ? Next question! I cannot tolerate...
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    Malabsorption / Short Bowel

    Hi - after months of trying to convince my GI that i am not absorbing and having 5 pints of blood and 7 iron transfusions due to chronic anaemia they have finally agreed that im not bleeding anywhere and that its down to malabsorption. I know there is no cure for this but just wondering if...
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