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Hello world. I'm anticipating the reconnecting of my small and large intestines within the next 2 weeks or so. I'm a bit nervous, especially when it comes to any pain or discomfort with the first few bowel movements. Not really looking forward to decreasing the sizes of my meals, but I do look...

Thanks all, I've requested some samples to see what works. I appreciate the help.

Hello world! I'm about 6 weeks in recovery from bowel resection. They did full opening with the incision near my belly button. My question is, is it normal for little bumps to form at the incision site? I just noticed a couple and wanted to know if it's anything to worry about. Thanks in advance...

Hello all. I was wondering if there is anything other than stoma powder that can be used for treatment of irritation and broken skin around the stoma. I've been using the powder as my WOC nurse showed me, but a lot of the time it causes the adhesive not to stck as well which in turn leaves me...

Hello all, this is my first post to the forum. I am a 24 year old female who is in my 5th week of recovery from a small bowel resection and temporary ileostomy. I first begain having trouble with Crohn's in March of 2010. Often having severe abdominal pains and after some time losing 30 pounds...