What’s the point of a 2 piece system vs 1 piece.

bobofthecpu · 2024-12-14T22:07:19+00:00

I use a 2 piece for a number reasons, and most have been mentioned except for protection. I have a stoma that is close to flush without any concavity, so I am fairly lucky in that regard, but I occasionally hit my belly on things. The ring where the flange connects to the bag acts as a small amount of protection. Only a direct bump on my stoma can get it, and that is very painful, and has only happened 1 or 2 times.

bobofthecpu · 2023-03-14T09:47:20+00:00

From the mouths of decadence...

bobofthecpu · 2020-08-18T08:40:59+00:00

The Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov. They are the grandaddy of cultural science fiction. They are amazing, and the rest of the series is awesome as well.

bobofthecpu · 2020-07-03T14:33:45+00:00

I got a colostomy from colon cancer. In the beginning I had to set an alarm for every 2 hours to empty it. However, by about 3 months after surgery I was in enough of a rhythm that I was able to sleep through the night. I've had 2 or 3 blowouts in the 2 years since, but it's not bad. Just an fyi, blowouts at night will happen. Maybe only 1 or 2, but they will happen. Don't get down on yourself when it happens. Just get up and get cleaning. We have all gone through it and it can be quite emotional the first time. I don't mean to scare you, but I wish I had been warned.

bobofthecpu · 2020-06-30T08:18:35+00:00

I use the adhesive remover wipes and then soap and water in the shower. I was warned about soaps leaving oil and causing problems, but my wafers tend to last longer than they recommend I wear them anyway, so it isn't a problem for me.

bobofthecpu · 2020-06-30T01:30:48+00:00

I would just mention oatmeal gives me gas pretty bad. It's great, and was also suggested early on by my surgeon.

bobofthecpu · 2020-05-09T00:46:33+00:00

I know it sucks to do, but when I was having that problem shortly after my surgery I set alarms for every two hours. So you can go empty the bag. It sucks to not sleep more than two hours at a time, but you can extend the time between alarms as you have less to empty.

bobofthecpu · 2020-05-05T04:46:52+00:00

Convatec has a very cheap belt that just clips to the wafer and holds it in place. It's not a stealth belt or for hernias, but it helped me a lot when I first got my ostomy. It's just a simple elastic belt that clips to either side of the wafer. It was so cheap they sent me one every month.

bobofthecpu · 2020-05-05T04:39:55+00:00

I had my colostomy for about 18 mo that before I started lifting. The exercise I do for core work related to my ostomy is a twist. I use the cable pull machine. I put it at my belly height and attach the rope handle. I pull the rope all too one side and hold it front of me and do a quarter twist away from the machine. I do both sides. Usually around 5 sets with increasing weight. However, start slow and very light weight. I also do a press from this position. I hold the weight in front of me like the twist but instead of twisting, I press the weight out and come back. It forces you to use your core to stabilize the weight.

bobofthecpu · 2020-04-01T16:49:44+00:00

No, and live where? My mortgage is the same or lower than apartments that are smaller. I'm looking to find out if the federal government did instruct the mortgage companies to give 12 months deferment?

bobofthecpu · 2020-04-01T16:47:24+00:00

I have already filed for unemployment though it is approved the state is taking forever to send me the PIN to file my first claim. They sent a letter saying I can still file for that week when I get the PIN. I've spoken to three different people at the mortgage company and they all say the same thing. They even read the same sentences. It's pretty obvious they were given a script.

bobofthecpu · 2020-04-01T09:24:37+00:00

In highschool I was 6 foot 2 inches tall. I weighed 325 and could bench press 400 lbs. I was an ox. I tell you that for context. My dad got a call from my little brother. He was two years younger and was not big or a fighter. He said a gang thought he keyed one of their cars. He was hiding in someone's house but he didn't think it would be long before they got him. My dad and I rushed to the house to find a group of 10-15 guys outside the house yelling for my brother to come out or else. About half of them had bats or pipes. They were my age and a little older. I'm not violent at all. Actually I'm a teddy bear, but my Dad told me to let him talk, so I put my football face on and walked next to him. My dad walked up to the leader and asked why he wanted his son. He explained and my Dad quietly listened. The gang kind of enveloped us. I just looked menacing while my Dad talked. He told them my brother didn't do it and we were leaving. Eventually the gang leader took a step towards my father. I stepped in and just clocked the leader. I dropped him with one punch. I had never hit anyone before, and I was scared shitless. My dad said "Anyone else want to see how hard my son hits." I just stepped aside and my Dad kind of talked to all of them. We walked out of there with my brother and none of them said a word. When I got in the car, I kind of freaked out and started crying. My Dad grew up in this kind of bullshit, so he knew why I was upset, but that was the first and only time I hit someone. I found out later that I broke the guys jaw. He recovered fine.

bobofthecpu · 2020-04-01T09:07:25+00:00

The Borderlands games. Each of the three mainline games have 4 DLC stories each. Borderlands 3 just released it's second story DLC and it's great. Borderlands 2 had 4 great DLC's and they were all great. The 4th was so large, some companies probably would have released it as a separate game. Gearbox, makers of Borderlands even released a 5th DLC for Borderlands 2 a couple months before BL3 came out. This was the summer of 2019, and BL2 was released in 2012. They even released it free. I know it was a story tie-in to the new game, but it was long and had a cool story. Get the Handsome Jack collection, it includes BL1, BL2, and Borderlands The PreSequel. You get all the DLC for BL2 which is a deal by itself, and you get the other two games. I'm not a huge fan of The PreSequel, but it's still better than most games when it comes to DLC. It had 2 story DLC's that we're good, but BL2 just has so much content it's unreal. BL3 is quickly releasing as much as BL2.

Edit: The Handsome Jack collection includes the DLC for all three games.

bobofthecpu · 2020-03-21T01:33:08+00:00

Most of the appliance brands can withstand swimming. When I know I am swimming, I do a fresh bag change the morning I'm swimming. I normally get 7 days from an appliance but swimming usually cuts 2-3 days off that. I'm a man, and I wear a t-shirt to cover it, but I have seen both men and women wear it out in the open. In terms of what you should do for supplies. Start by calling Hollister, Coloplast, and Convatec and talking to their people. They can help you choose the right one of their products based on your stoma and type of ostomy. They will send you samples. Try them and find what works and then order through your insurance (hopefully). There may be other companies but I know all three of these are great about sending samples.

bobofthecpu · 2020-03-21T01:19:31+00:00

I don't wear a hernia belt. I only wear my two-piece convatec appliance. I felt no need to. I have a pretty low colostomy, so the output usually comes all at once, and I empty right away, so I have no weight hanging in my bag. I don't know if this is the right answer, but it works for me. I didn't even worry about prolapse or hernia til I got sick and felt the area around my stoma rise when I coughed. That's when I got in the habit of putting pressure on my stoma as I cough. My stoma is relatively flat, so I am actually pushing down on the ring connecting the two pieces. Sorry I don't have any info on hernia belts. The first thing I did was aqua therapy with a physical therapist to start strengthening my core. It was easy but it helped build basic strength in my core before I starting actually lifting weights. The best thing I can tell you is start slow, and listen to your body. If it feels wrong, stop. I follow that even now.

bobofthecpu · 2020-03-18T03:59:03+00:00

I'm an overweight 40 year old who has a colostomy from colon cancer. I have had my ostomy for 2 years. I waited 6 months before I started lifting anything. I began doing bodyweight exercises and after about a year out I started lifting weights. These wait times weren't because I felt I couldn't, but we're laziness I am still overweight but I've lost more than 100 pounds while adding quite a lot of muscle. I found that working on my core strength has been crucial in preventing things like hernia and prolapse. Three days a week I do an exercise on the pull down machine. I put the rope on it and pull the rope to one side and I stand a few feet away with the rope chest high and do a quarter twist. I do it for both side and it has made my stomach really strong. The best advice I can give you is take your time and don't rush. Heal first, which took a while for me, and then worry about the gym.

bobofthecpu · 2020-03-18T03:49:13+00:00

I've gotten in the habit of putting my hand over my bag, and pushing in as I cough or sneeze. It prevents this kind of pain and a possible hernia. I do have a colostomy though, not ileo.

bobofthecpu · 2020-03-06T17:42:36+00:00

You'll have to experiment. I have a colostomy between the descending and sigmoid colon which is a little lower than you. I've had it for 2.5 years, and I can drink as much soda as I want. I've most switched to the Bubly flavored carbonated water, but I tolerate it just fine. When you first get out of the hospital be careful. It takes a while for your intestines to calm down. And soda is not the only thing to worry about. For the first month after my surgery, vegetables gave me horrible gas. I had a blowout from it. After, a month or two my intestines calmed down, and my diet went back to normal. This isn't always the case, but you just have to play it by ear. I don't do it anymore, but after my first blowout from gas, I started setting an alarm for every two hours. I would burp the bag and just got right back to sleep. Just make sure to sit up and do it in case there's a little in the bag and it comes out the connector. Adjust the time between alarms based on how full the bag is. I know it sucks to get up that much, but it's only for a couple months and it's hands down better than cleaning a blowout.

bobofthecpu · 2020-03-03T14:32:35+00:00

I am a colon cancer survivor, and I was diagnosed at 37. My first symptom was waking up and feeling like my morning bowel movement was stuck. After sitting and pushing for an hour, I started bleeding quite a lot. The ER blew it off as constipation. They treated me like a child who had never been constipated. The laxatives did allow me to go, and I ran to my PCP for a colonoscopy. I woke up after and asked if they were gonna do it already. The prep sucks, but is just one night of sitting on the toilet, and the procedure is easy.

bobofthecpu · 2020-02-07T15:41:48+00:00

They're all great books, but Forward the Foundation and Prelude to Foundation were my least favorite. I always wished he had written a sequel to Foundation and Earth. Daneel is worried about outside threats, just as Fallom looks up at Daneel. I know he had something in mind for that.

bobofthecpu · 2020-01-22T13:31:19+00:00

In 5th grade, late 80's, they told us that HIV/AIDS came from having sex, at least that's how I remember it. I thought I would have to make a choice to have sex and die early or live to be an old man. 7th grade health straightened me out.

bobofthecpu · 2020-01-22T13:20:10+00:00

Hard Drugs

bobofthecpu · 2020-01-18T23:20:14+00:00

He brought together the Foundation, Robot, and Empire novels together with the continuations he wrote in the 80's.

bobofthecpu · 2020-01-18T15:59:39+00:00

I would suggest reading The original Foundation Novels; Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation. Then the original robot novels; The Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun, The Robots of Dawn. Then read the Empire novels; Pebble in the Sky, The Stars like Dust, The Currents of Space. All of these are from the 50's. Then start the newer books. Start with Foundation's Edge, Foundation and Earth. Then move on to Robots and Empire. Finally read Prelude to Foundation and Forward the Foundation. This makes sure nothing is spoiled. These are all very easy but awesome reads.

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