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MARYLAND
OSTOMY ASSOCIATION, INC.
P.O. BOX 847
GAMBRILLS, MD 21054
OFFICERS
President:
Paul Rossi
410-647-6171
268 Shakespeare Drive
Severna Park, MD 21146
Vice President
Secretary
Jamie Darr
Treasurer
Lyn Rowell
Webmaster: Janice Winters
410-987-0094
410-672-6983
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Allyn Mellits
Joan Gardner
Ginny Gross
Stan Baker
Sandi Burnett
Bob Keller
OSTOMY ADVISERS:
Irene Repka, RN, BS, CWOCN
Michelle Perkins, RN, BS.
If AA County
Schools are closed
due to inclement
weather, there will
be NO MEETING.
Number 9
JUNE 2016
Thank you Anne Arundel Medical Center for printing our newsletter.
UPCOMING MEETINGS
June Hollister Rep
July - Group Discussion
Note: Meetings are held at 7:30pm, the first Thursday of each month at the
Belcher Pavilion at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis. From
the 2nd floor of the parking garage take the entrance into the Belcher
Pavilion and once inside take the elevator to the 7th floor and check with
the desk for the room number.
The Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Ostomy Association, Inc. (AACOA) is a non-profit, volunteer-based
organization dedicated to providing reassurance and emotional support for people who have had or will have some
kind of ostomy surgery, such as a colostomy, ileostomy, urostomy (urinary diversion) or a continent procedure. The
goal of the AACOA is to provide moral support, information, and education to people with ostomies and their families
and friends. Members receive The Rambling Rosebud newsletter monthly. DUES are $15 please make check out to
AACOA and mail to AACOA, PO Box 847, Gambrills MD 21054-1454
2015-2016
Full Name
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Last
First M.I.
Address: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Street Address
Apartment/Unit #
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
City
State Zip Code
Phone: ( ) Date of Birth: Gender:
Email Address _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Reason for surgery: ____ Crohns ____Ulcerative Colitis _____ Cancer _____ Other__________________________
Emergency contact if we are unable to reach you: ______________________________________________________________________
What type of surgery have you had?
Colostomy
Ileostomy
Urostomy
Parent of child with
Spouse/Family Member
Other (please specify)
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ET/WOCN Nurse
Physician
OSTOMY ADVISORS FOR STOMA HELP
To consult with one of the ETs below, a physicians
referral is necessary and a fee will be charged. Call for
an appointment.
BALTIMORE WASHINGTON HOSPITAL
410-787-4578
ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER
Michelle Perkins, RN, BS, CWON
Email: mperkins@aahs.org
Laura Alberico-Klug, RN, BSN, CWON
Email: lalbericok@aahs.org
443-481-5508 / 443-481-5177
Fax: 443-481-5198
Private Consultants
Joan M. Sullivan, MAS, RN, CNA, CWOCN
410-932-7312
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If you are having concerns or havent been to an ostomy clinic recently, come see us.
We provide the guidance and reassurance needed to keep you on the road to wellness.
June 2016
EDITORS MESSAGE
Newer members to our group and newsletter may not be aware that we are affiliated with the
United Ostomy Associations of America (UOAA). This organization exists to help improve the
quality of life of people who have, or will have, an intestinal or urinary diversion. The
organization gets most of its funding from subscriptions to their magazine, The Phoenix which
is published four times a year. The UOAA has asked us to urge our members to subscribe to the
Phoenix. The cost is $29.95 for the four quarterly issues they are packed full of information
from skin care to nutrition to intimacy. Their in-depth articles are written by medical
professionals, authors and ostomates and provide inspiration as well as information. You can
contact them and request a free issue to check it out by going to https://phoenixuoaa.org/.
On a similar note, please support our advertisers. While the internet is a wonderful thing
allowing us to access information in seconds, nothing can replace a person that you can talk to
and get advice from as you navigate the wide variety of ostomy produces.
Lyn
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the
closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us. Helen Keller
Private Consultants
Items from this newsletter may be reprinted in
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The greatest discovery of any generation is that human beings can alter
their lives by altering the attitudes of their minds.
Albert Schweitzer
June 2016
June 2016
A.A.C.O.A.
P.O. BOX 847
GAMBRILLS, MD 21054