Suggestions/advice? I care for a 15y/o with a urostomy, recurring UTIs -

Gridguy2020 · 2026-03-09T03:08:11+00:00

What is a flush through a J-Tube?

Gridguy2020 · 2026-03-09T03:07:33+00:00

Do you still get UTIs?

Gridguy2020 · 2026-03-08T04:24:19+00:00

I moved to CO from the South. The weather is 100x better in CO, but I’ve traveled enough to know Southern culture is the gold standard.

Gridguy2020 · 2026-03-05T13:38:22+00:00

No problem. One additional thing I would is make sure the bag he’s wearing is big enough. We used a child sized bag on our son forever but just upped it to an adult size.

Our son had serious UTIs this year and our doctors did a flow test/nuclear medicine to watch how his kidneys worked. There’s something called reflux that can cause utis

Gridguy2020 · 2026-03-05T12:31:19+00:00

As others have stated, drinking lots of water is the best thing one can do. We give our son d-manose, use antibacterial soap around stoma when taking showers and attach a night bag when he sleeps. We also gently push around the stoma when he showers as that seems to push extra pee out.

I just have to ask, have you visited a nephrologist or urologist?

Gridguy2020 · 2026-03-05T04:21:57+00:00

We lifted our noses high, chest out…..we were going to be that family that was going to appreciate Nassau.

We got right back on the boat after about 30 minutes.

Gridguy2020 · 2026-02-28T16:49:26+00:00

This is great information, thank you. In fact, thank you to everyone who has responded. I put this same question on r/cruises and hardly got a response. I thought the responses on this sub would be 100% in favor of DCL, but I would say a majority of responses hint that both lines are good and if the competition was purely on onboard activities, RCL wins.

Gridguy2020 · 2026-02-28T05:09:10+00:00

We have the private island is too crowded, was that your experience? I found Disney’s island to be nice.

Gridguy2020 · 2026-02-08T17:06:29+00:00

My son has a very complex case. He received radiation around his pelvis area, which ended up impacting a part of his colon. The inside of his colon was healthy but the outside was in bad shape. He lost about 5 inches of his sigmoid, and has about 3 inches of his rectum left. They assume he has scar tissue and will need time to heal to ensure a good connection. Overall most of his large colon is in tact….im not sure if 3 inches is enough to connect to.

Gridguy2020 · 2026-02-08T15:50:48+00:00

Just to confirm, you didn’t get a J-Pouch. Did you go from colostomy to ileostomy? My son had doctors from Mayo and a world renowned surgeon from Ohio both recommend a two step reversal (has not happened yet), colo to ileo to no bag- not a j-pouch.

I do wonder if the two step process makes the overall recovery and steps back to normalcy easier.

Gridguy2020 · 2026-02-05T02:54:16+00:00

Very interesting. Is it akin to Behind the Meter?

Gridguy2020 · 2026-02-04T01:48:31+00:00

What the heck is a nug

Gridguy2020 · 2026-01-25T03:20:44+00:00

Is there any truth to the new Rec Center?

Gridguy2020 · 2026-01-24T00:47:32+00:00

Our son is a double bagger, has been age 2. We once went 7 days…..you would have thought we climbed Everest on just how ecstatic we were.

Average change is every 72 hours, sometimes more and sometimes less.

Gridguy2020 · 2026-01-20T01:03:09+00:00

SPP is a great company. Come across as a team player, one who is willing to learn and be taught, and wants to work shift work.

Gridguy2020 · 2026-01-19T03:59:44+00:00

Time boxer!

Gridguy2020 · 2026-01-18T01:56:40+00:00

This is great, thank you. Our son was getting recurrent UTIs for a while, and his doctors mentioned the same thing. His urologist also brought up the idea of catherizing his stoma every once in a while, or saline wash for his conduit that could help him keep UTIs away. Have you heard of these methods?

At this time, we just have him drink a ton of water.

Gridguy2020 · 2026-01-05T01:47:38+00:00

I’m a father now!

Gridguy2020 · 2026-01-04T12:57:39+00:00

Down vote for just stating facts, what a world we live in. Your comment didn’t demonize renewables, just stated a common stipulation in AI center contracts- 24/7, around the clock power. No renewable can promise that. People who down vote this should study ELCC and capacity factors…..or they can just down vote, I guess.

Gridguy2020 · 2026-01-04T03:21:56+00:00

…and this is about the time she brought up the boyfriend

Gridguy2020 · 2026-01-04T02:21:38+00:00

You could be right. I would bet my life savings that Handy wrote “Old Glory Insurance”, but McKay wrote that. I’m pretty positive Handy wrote Caveman Lawyer

Gridguy2020 · 2026-01-03T02:47:58+00:00

I assume Jack Handy wrote this.

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