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Help. I am incredibly distraught. My bed is a disaster. Yesterday was my wife’s first day home and everything went wrong. The firm mattress with...

A couple of thoughts: - we pack our son’s “Fatso-equivalent-Chinese-copies” in a narrow cardboard box, with heaps of duct-tape (the fabric type)...

With modern flexible colonoscopy instruments, it is easy to have your colonoscopy done through the stoma. If you have a residual rectum/sigmoid...

I don't think its a uti, because other than leaking, I have like zero symptoms. Its possible though, I guess. They might take a sample tomorrow just...

I don't think mine will heal up on its own... at least not very quickly. I don't know how long the catheter was out on Saturday morning, but it could...

UTI? That's what caused the leaking around my sp. Thanks to the info from gjnl I got it taken care of.

Yes there is a revision surgery to tighten the stoma. I believe it involves stitches. But, the stoma should heal up/close around/adapt to a smaller...

Hi Julian, I've had several colonoscopies with a SL. They go thru the back end and check from there and then go thru the stoma. Never a problem with...

So the QM 710 is here. The guy was straight-up honest about the Quantum Edge. It's been less than good in terms of reliability. Everything from...

I finally did it tonight I ordered the AMY Systems Alltrack R3 Hybrid. :friday:

I usually only put 9 & 4 in the Duette, but right now I have a Duette with 10 & 5... when I had the regular single balloon catheter in, I think it...

I am learning that the Peristeen system for a bowel program costs $10,000 a year and Medicare doesn't cover it...but Medicaid/MediCal does! What is...

When using the Duette catheter, are you sure your care givers are using the right amount of fluid in each of the two balloons? Non Black Balloon...