Author Archives: Darren Nicholls

A surgery will make you feel anxiety and fear, and you may wonder if you’ll be okay. But ileostomy surgery can be a great way to improve your quality of life too.  It is a surgery that takes part of the colon and the small intestine, and has it exit out of the wall ofContinue reading “How to Prepare for Ileostomy Surgery “

Life without an ostomy bag is not much different when compared to life without one. Certain things are more easy without it, however. The ostomy procedure is not a difficult one. During this surgery, the patient will be under general anesthesia for the extent of the procedure. After the surgery, there will be some adjustmentsContinue reading “Before vs. after ostomy”

There is an amazing love of baseball in the United States. It could be for some that opening day for baseball is always the most exciting day of the year. This is something that not all of us are born into because some states prefer other sports in general.   I didn’t feel this wayContinue reading “America’s favorite pastime with an ostomy is hard”

My life has given me a lot of experience.  Now I know a lot more then many people who grew up in the same time that I have.  But I have heard the saying “Average people practice something over and over and over again until they get it right. Great people practice something over andContinue reading “Basketball Challenges with A Stoma”

There are many things that each of us finds joy in.  Some of us love reading and others love weightlifting in just the same way.  They can both release stress and make your entire life better.  But there are some things that people don’t think individuals with a stoma can do. I don’t let thisContinue reading “Can you lift heavyweight with a stoma?”

Life is hard enough without having the added stress of an ostomy. However, anyone with an ostomy knows that there is nothing more stressful than dealing with your stoma day and in and day out. I know from personal experience that having ostomy problems can turn a good day into a bad one really quickly.Continue reading “Tips And Tricks For Living With An Ostomy”

There is usually one major thing that people think of when they hear the word stoma.  Upon finding out that people have to have an ostomy the reaction is usually negative. Feelings of fear and embarrassment rush into the patient’s mind. Their lives truly will change when they have to deal with ostomy care. ItContinue reading “Don’t Be Embarrassed by Your Stoma”

Have you ever ended up walking down the road or a hallway and noticed that people were looking at you.  This is a feeling that at first is rather strange, but in time people don’t even notice it.  But when you are generally not a fashionable person or considered a little overweight and end upContinue reading “Fashion with Ostomy Care”

This is a method of adding formula to a tube used to feed, ad the formula usually flows out through the process of gravity. Normally, this is slower than a syringe, and usually, a rolled clamp is used on this tubing in order to monitor the rate. Usually, you get a “meal” every few hours, with theContinue reading “How to Gravity Feed “