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Introduction
Introduction
Chapters in Michigan
The Grand RapidsOstomy Assn.in History
Purpose & Goals of GROA
The GR Chapter
Provides
The GROA Website
The Phoenix
Rolf Benirschke
Story
Airway Oxygen Ad
Osto-EZ-Vent Ad
Ostomy Products
Information
Major
Manufacturers of Ostomy Products
Evaluating Suppliers
Medicare
Guidelines for Reimbursement
The GROA - Call Us, We're Here to Help
Articles
Travel Tips (pg22)
Senisible eating(pg23)
Creation of a Stoma (pg24)
Hi I'm a Stoma (pg25)
Ten Health Mistakes, even smart people make (pg26)
Management of a Stoma (Pg 27)
Senior Age & Stoma bumps (pg28)
What do you tell people. (pg29)
Not everyone knows (pg30)
Sex and the single Ostomate(pg31)
General hints from everyone.(pg32)
Medical necessities of re-hospitalization (pg33)
What's normal? Answers from your stoma. (pg34)
Definition of terms-1(pg35)
Definition of terms-2(pg36)
Definition of terms-3(pg37)
For the new Ostomate (pg38)
Aging with an Ostomy (pg39)
A little ostomy test (pg40)
Hints from all over the place (pg41)
More Hints (pg42)
Know when you are dehydrated (pg43)
Function of the Gastrointestinal system (pg44)
Prevent Medical errors. (pg45)
Things I cannot do. (pg46)
Appliance
One Piece Vs Two Piece Appliance (pg49)
Ostomy Travel Tips (pg50)
Faceplate won't stick (pg51)
Pouch Maintenance (pg53)
Ten Reasons why Pouches Leak (pg54)
Happines is a Confortable Appliance(pg55)
Did You Know? (pg56)
What is an Ostomy and a Stoma Facts(pg57)
Ostomy Tips for the pool (pg58)
Blockage
Food Blockage-What to Do(pg60)
Food Blockage - What it is.(pg61)
Secrets of Preventing Blockage (pg62)
Chemotherapy
Page is incomplete(pg64)
Part 1 - What is Chemo (pg65)
Part 2 - What is Chemo (pg66)
Part 1 - Dietary Complications of Chemo(pg67)
Part 2 - Dietary Complications of Chemo(pg68)
Chemotherapy and your Ostomy (pg69)
Fluid Replacement (pg70)
Flatulence
Stress and Intestinal Gas(pg72)
Medical Care of Intestinal Gas(pg73)
Intestinal Gas- Causes & Food Guide (pg74)
Your Skin
Skin Care & Allergic? How to Tell(pg76)
Reasons for Skin Breakdown & how to Handle (pg77)
Rash Around the Stoma Adhesions & Other Pains (pg78)
A Common Dilema - What about Skin and Wonders of Milk of Magnesia(pg79)
Why does'nt My Tape Stick (80)
Skin Attention & Product News (pg81)
Ostomy Practical Tips & Adapt Skin Barrier Rings (pg82)
Taking Care of Your Skin & What is the Right Way to Use Skin Barrier Paste (pg83)
Your Skin and General Hints (pg84)
Diarrhea
Nutrition and the Ostomate (pg 86)
Nutrition and the Ostomate continued. (pg87)
Chicken Soup for Diarrhea, Some Hints (pg 88)
Odor
Odor (90)
Controlling Odor (pg91)
Flatulence (Gas) is a part of Life(pg92)
Odor Helpers (pg93)
Odor (pg94)
Thoughts on Odor Management (pg95)
Diet Dimensions of Odor Control Odor (pg96)
Medications
Too Many Vitamins & Anti Aging Vitamins and Can I take these Together (pg 98)
What's the Deal about Expired Medications & Medication Cautions for the Ostomate (pg99)
What you shouild Know about Generic Drugs & Medications and the Ostomate (pg 100)
Side Effects of Drugs can Increase with Age (pg 101)
Foods List from UOA (pg 102)
What are Good Sources of Magnesium (pg 103)
Magnesium (pg 104)
High Potassium Foods (pg 105)
Foods list (pg 106)
Sodium & Potassium Ups & Downs (pg 107)
Sodium Content of Selected Foods (pg 108)
Colostomy
Types of Colostomies (pg 110)
Colostomy Surgery (pg 111)
Colostomies - There Not All Alike (pg 112)
Colostomy Complications (pg 113)
Peristomal Hernia (pg 114)
How does a Sigmoid Colostomy Work (pg 115)
Peristomal Skin & Your Colostomy (pg 1116)
Colostomy Irrigation (pg 117)
The Irrigation Debate (pg 118)
Common Colostomy Difficulties and Remedies (pg 119)
The Uncontrolled Colostomy (pg 120)
Colostomy Hints 1 (pg 121)
Colostomy Hints 2 (pg 122)
Colostomy Hints 3 (pg123)
Colostomy Hints 4 (pg 124)
More Colostomy Hints & the Benifits ofOatmeal (pg 125)
Colostomy Hints 5 (pg 126)
Ileostomy
Care and Feeding of the Ileostomy (pg 129)
Ileostomates & Ileoanal Reservoir (pg 130)
Living with an Ileostomy & Ileostomy Food Facts (pg 131)
For the New Ileostomate& So What can You Do (pg 132)
Living with Your Ileostomy (pg 133)
Living with an Ileostomy (pg 134)
Ileostomy Study & Health Snack Ideas (pg 135)
Vitamin B12 for the Ileostomate & Preventing Ileo Skin Problems (pg 136)
Electolytes for Ileostomates (pg 137)
Ileostomy Questions & Some Answers (pg 138)
How Fiber Affects an Ileostomy and more Hints(pg 139)
Blockage & Ileostomy Diet, No Such Thing (pg 140)
Ileostomy Hints (pg 141)
Tips for Odor Control(pg 142)
Ileostomy Retraction & Function of the Colon (pg 143)
Some Facts About Ileostomies (pg 144)
Pullthrough (pg 145)
Ileostomy & Salt and Ask Us (pg 146)
Urostomy
Conventional Urostomy (pg 148)
ABC's of Urostomy Care (pg 149)
Acid Urine - A Must & Urostomy Hints (pg 150)
Urine Salt Crystal Deposits (pg 151)
Urostomy Management & Cranberry Juice Keeps Bladder Infections Away (pg 152)
Urostomies & Urolithiasis (pg 153)
A Urologist's Perspective (pg 154)
Urinary Stomas & Effects of Urine Composition (pg 155)
Urinary Stomas & Effects of Urine Composition (pg 156)
Urinary Diversion or What does One do Without a Bladder (pg 157)
Urinary Diversion Concluded & A Urostomy Suggestion (pg 158)
Urine Test for Bladder Cancer & Urinary Tract Stones (pg 159)
Urinary Complications & Urostomy Equipment Suggestions (pg 160)
Crusting Method to Heal Denuded Skin & More Hints (pg 161)
Urostomy Care 162)
About Urostomies & Do You Neet More Capacity at Times (pg 163)
What your Urinalysis Tells You & More Tips (pg 164)
Tips for the Urostomate & More Urinary Hints (pg 165)
A Urostomy Experience (pg 166)
Article Credits (pg 167-1)
Article Credits (pg 168-1)
Article Credits (pg 169-1)
Grand Rapids Ostomy Association Membership Form (pg 170)