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MARYLAND
OSTOMY ASSOCIATION, INe.
P.O.BOX 847
GAMBRILLS, MD 21054
Rosebud
A Chapter of the United Ostomy Association, Inc.
Volume 37 Number 1
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November 2010
Membership 110 Circulation: 325
CURRENT MEETIING
November 4, 2010 * To Be Announced
FUTURE MEETINGS
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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.
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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Last month I gave a "thank you" to Lyn Rowell for all her hard work putting together this
newsletter, I also want to give a "thank you" to Stan Baker, who, in addition to keeping our
finances straight, copies, collates, addresses, and mails this newsletter. With help from other
members, Stan does this job every month, on time.
Ifyou can help Stan once a month for a few hours a day helping with the newsletter in --+.t ~
Millersville, please let Stan or me know. ~- .
I would like to give a very big thanks to Barbara Lupero, Guy Lupero's wife, who graciously
asked that donations made in Guy's name be given to our organization. Thank you, Barbara, and
we miss you, Guy.
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November 2010 The Rambling Rosebud 37.1.5
A UROSTOMY EXPERIENCE TO SHARE was spurting from a severed artery next to the
By: Becky Redmond, Via: Belleville, Regina Ostomy News, stoma. He said that because the skin around the
& www.ostomy.evansville.net stoma had such severe erosion, it caused the
breakdown by the artery and it broke loose. He
I had an unusual and frightening experience had to put in several stitches to close the artery.
concerning my urostomy last week that I I had lost quite a bit of blood, but not enough to
thought might be of interest to your readers. I keep me in the hospital, so I was released and
have had my stoma for four years now and went home. I was told my urine would clear up
have had no complications or problems. by later that evening, which it did. It took
several days for me to get over the panic of
For the past six months, I had noticed that the what had happened.
skin around my stoma was white and irritated.
I tried several different things to clear it up, Because of this ordeal, I made an appointment
changing different brands of flanges, changing w:ith an ostomy nurse. She told me that she
the flanges more often, drinking more water recommends people with urostomies wear a
and cranberry juice, and using different convex flange. It keeps the urine from pooling
powders but nothing seemed to clear it up. I around the stoma area. And, she showed me
knew I should get in to see the doctor, but with how to use Stomahesive Powder and paste on
starting a new job this summer, I couldn't the white, moist areas surrounding my stoma. I
afford to take time off. So I just put up with it, have also scheduled an appointment with my
hoping that once I had enough time saved up at doctor to have him check what the emergency
work, I could get in for an appointment. Last room urologist did. I was told that in twenty-
Thursday, while at work, I went to empty my five years of practice, this was only the second
pouch and it was full of bright red blood. I time the urologist had ever seen this happen.
noticed two small blood clots. This really got
my attention and I went directly to the phone
and called the doctor who had performed my
surgery four years ago. The nurse said she
would get hold of him and have him call me
back at work. LQ{J~
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Howoften haveyour kidsdropped in to talk and DO list. If you were going to die soon and had
sat in silence while you watched 'Jeopardy' on only one phone call you could make, who would
television? you call and what would you say? ;And why are
I cannot count the times I called my sister and you waiting? When you ask 'How are you?' Do
said, 'How about going to lunch in a half hour?' you hear the reply?
Shewould gasup and stammer, "can't. 'have When the day is done, do you lie in your bed with
clothes on the line. My hair is dirty. I wish I had the next hundred chores running through your
known yesterday, I had a late breakfast, It looks head? Ever told your child, 'We'll do it
like rain' And my personal favorite: 'It's Monday.' tomorrow.' And in your haste, not see her
Shedied a few years ago. We never did have sorrow? Ever lost touch? Let a good friendship
lunch together. die? When you worry and hurry through your
Because people cram so much into their lives, we day, it is like an unopened gift Thrown away.....
tend to schedule our headaches.. We live on a Ufe is not a race. Take it slower. Hear the music
sparse diet of promises we make to ourselves
before the song is over.
when all the conditions are perfect! We'll go back The real art of conversation is not only to
and visit the grandparents when we get Steve
say the right thing at the right time,
toilet-trained. We'll entertain when we replace
the living-room carpet. We'll go on a second
but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing
honeymoon when we get two more kids out of at the tempting moment.
college.
SOOOO-HOW DO I CLEAN THIS POUCH?
Life has a way of accelerating as we get older. Via: Hemet-San Jacinto, CA
The days get shorter, and the list of promises to If you are cleaning a drainable two~piece pouch
ourselves gets longer. One morning, we awaken, for reuse, use warm, rather than hot or cold
and all we have to show for our lives is a litany of water. Cold water doesn't lift stool or urine as
'I'm going to,' 'I plan on,' and 'Someday, when readily from the plastic and the pouch is less
things are settled down a bit.' When anyone pliable. Hot water will cause the pouch to wear
calls my 'seize the moment' friend, she is open to out faster and may increase the likelihood of
adventure and available for trips. She keeps an odor. If you want to rinse the pouch while you're
open mind on new ideas. Her enthusiasm for life still wearing it, use a small squirt bottle to get the
is contagious. You talk with her for five minutes, water in it, slosh' it around by holding the end
and you're ready to trade your bad feet for a pair and let things empty into the toilet. Unlessyou
of Rollerblades and skip an elevator for a bungee have no option, it's best to remove the pouch
cord.
entirely for cleaning. A bit of ordinary dish
My lips have not touched ice cream in 10 years. I detergent with warm water, or, if bacteria is a
love ice cream. It's just that I might as well apply concern, a bit of white vinegar mixed with water
it directly to my stomach with a spatula and will do the trick. Fill the pouch with the warm
eliminate the digestive process. The other day, I water/soap/vinegar solution and slosh it by hand
stopped the car and bought a triple-decker. If my over the toilet, drain and repeat as nec~ssary.It's
car had hit an iceberg on the way home, I would not recommended that you wash these things in
have died happy. the sink- - the, drains are usually too small to
handle this sort of waste and the result will not
Now...go on and have a nice day. Do something
be hygienic. Once you have things reasonably
you WANT to...not something on your SHOULD
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clean, you can hold the pouch under the bathtub FUTURE MEETINGS
faucet and let it rinse. Tub drains are larger and Monthly Meetings are held on the 7th floor of
so long as you let a good flush of water follow, the Health Science Building.
and scrub the bathtub on a regular basis (which Parking is available behind the Health
you do anyway, right?) your bathroom will not Science building and can be accessed via
smell. Baking soda in the wash water and down Jennifer Road or Medical Parkway. T~
the drain is an excellent deodorizer. You can hang Building is right next door to the Sajak
the wet pouch by the ring on a hook to dry or just Building.
leave it flat on a towel and it will be ready for Use
the next day. The inside doesn't have to be bone November 4,
I dry for use, but the outside and ring should be. A
L lot of products have a thin fabric covering on
them-nice against the skin when dry but very
uncomfortable if damp. Make sure that part is dry
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, before putting it back on..
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Join the Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Ostomy Association, Inc.
The Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Ostomy Association, Inc. (AACOA) is a volunteer-based
association dedicated to providing education, information, support, and advocacy to people who have
had or will have intestinal or urinary diversions. Members receive The Rambling Rosebud monthly.
Complete the form and send it with your check for $15.00 made paya1Jleto
AACOA
c/o Stan Baker
958 Fall Ridge Way
Gambrills, MD 21054-1454
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