<br />
Life After Your Colostomy<br />
Introduction<br />
This booklet will answer questions you may have about your colostomy<br />
surgery. By now you have had a chance to meet with your surgeon<br />
and Enterostomal Therapist (ET) Nurse. Your ET Nurse has received<br />
special education and training in all aspects of ostomy care, and will be<br />
able to help you and your family learn about living with a colostomy.<br />
I have been an ostomy nurse for 26 years and have had the<br />
opportunity to care for many patients with colostomies. While I was<br />
able to help them learn how to care for their colostomy, my patients<br />
also taught me about the “tricks of the trade.” This booklet will provide<br />
you with some valuable information derived from both my insights and<br />
experiences from my patients.<br />
One of the most striking aspects I repeatedly witnessed from<br />
my patients is they did not change their lifestyle because of their<br />
colostom<a title="Life After Your Colostomy page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bc0af72f?page=1"> Life After Your Colostomy</a>
<a title="Life After Your Colostomy page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bc0af72f?page=2"> Introduction This booklet will answer questions </a>
<a title="Life After Your Colostomy page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bc0af72f?page=3"> Table of Contents Introduction </a>
<a title="Life After Your Colostomy page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bc0af72f?page=4"> Normal Digestive Function Looking at what happ</a>
<a title="Life After Your Colostomy page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bc0af72f?page=5"> What is a Colostomy? During colostomy surger</a>
<a title="Life After Your Colostomy page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bc0af72f?page=6"> What is a Colostomy? (con’t.) Colostomy surger</a>
<a title="Life After Your Colostomy page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bc0af72f?page=7"> After the Operation When you wake up from surg</a>
<a title="Life After Your Colostomy page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bc0af72f?page=8"> After the Operation (con’t.) Pouching System</a>
<a title="Life After Your Colostomy page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bc0af72f?page=9"> What Type of Pouch Should I Choose? Ostomy pouc</a>
<a title="Life After Your Colostomy page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bc0af72f?page=10"> Changing the Pouching System The length of time</a>
<a title="Life After Your Colostomy page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bc0af72f?page=11"> Changing the Pouching System (con’t.) Follow th</a>
<a title="Life After Your Colostomy page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bc0af72f?page=12"> Changing the Pouching System (con’t.) 5. Apply </a>
<a title="Life After Your Colostomy page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bc0af72f?page=13"> Emptying the Pouch You should empty your pouch</a>
<a title="Life After Your Colostomy page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bc0af72f?page=14"> Going Home When going home</a>
<a title="Life After Your Colostomy page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bc0af72f?page=15"> Going Home (con’t.) Diet Unless your doctor has </a>
<a title="Life After Your Colostomy page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bc0af72f?page=16"> Going Home (con’t.) Constipation/Diarrhea You </a>
<a title="Life After Your Colostomy page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bc0af72f?page=17"> Going Home (con’t.) Intimacy You should speak w</a>
<a title="Life After Your Colostomy page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bc0af72f?page=18"> Continuing Care After surgery, it’s important </a>
<a title="Life After Your Colostomy page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bc0af72f?page=19"> Continuing Care This information should be us</a>
<a title="Life After Your Colostomy page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bc0af72f?page=20"> Resources T h e United Ostomy Association (UOA</a>
<a title="Life After Your Colostomy page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bc0af72f?page=21"> Coloplast Support Services “Every i</a>
<a title="Life After Your Colostomy page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bc0af72f?page=22"> Coloplast Care Program Coloplast Care is a nurs</a>
<a title="Life After Your Colostomy page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bc0af72f?page=23"> Edited by: Sharon Evans, RN, MS, CWOCN Clinical </a>
<a title="Life After Your Colostomy page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bc0af72f?page=24"> The Coloplast story began back in 1954. Elise Sør</a>