They can remind you of how to take care of your stoma, ostomy, or pouch ... Separate the catheter from the drainage bag and drain the contents of the catheter into the basin.

An ostomy bag can generally hold a good amount of waste—usually enough for a few hours, depending on your output. Once the ...

The stool draining from a colostomy will be pasty. Ostomy pouch. An ostomy pouch is the bag that collects the stool draining from your ostomy. Skin barrier. The skin barrier is the part of the ostomy ...

Medicare considers ostomy bags and related supplies as prosthetic devices. This means Medicare should cover them as long as they’re ordered by a doctor or other healthcare professional who works ...

"If we don't talk about it, if we don't teach people, how are they going to know to accept us for who we are?" says Jessica Grossman, who founded the nonprofit Uncover Ostomy Jessica Grossman was ...

Debbie Kinder of Charleston, West Virginia has used an ostomy bag for around four years. Her nonprofit, Kinder's Closet, ...

“Yes, I have a bag of poo attached to ... exactly what it means to have a stoma, and how she personally has dealt with living with this condition. “An ostomy – or a stoma – is an ...

When you have a colostomy or ileostomy ... while caring for your stoma. In some religions, such as Islam, ritual washing is done before prayer. Muslims have 5 set periods of prayer each day. This can ...