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Traveling With Your Service Animal

There are many things to think about when preparing for a trip. Whether traveling a few hours from home, or to another country, for a dream vacation, or for business, […]

May 23, 2019

Colostomy, Emotional Health, Events, Ileostomy, Ostomy Awareness, Ostomy News, Urostomy

Singer’s Ostomy Past Leads Him to Partner with UOAA

Grammy award-winning recording artist speaks out for ostomy awareness and support The emotions all came flowing back. While touring at a radio station earlier this year in Louisville, Kentucky recording […]

May 16, 2019

Patient Stories, Personal, Urostomy

Liz Hiles’ Story

I had been increasingly struggling with symptoms for over two years with medical personnel brushing me off because I did not fit the norms for bladder cancer and didn’t check […]

May 13, 2019

Advocacy, Healthcare

Achieve Quality Ostomy Care While in Your Home

Barbara Dale, RN, CWOCN, CHHN, COS-C Director of WOC Services at Quality Home Health Jeanine Gleba UOAA Advocacy Manager I am a Wound, Ostomy, Continence (WOC) nurse in a rural […]

May 9, 2019

Continent Diversions, Support Resources, Urostomy

Ostomy Support for Bladder Cancer Survivors

Urostomy and Continent Diversion Patients Find Support and Education from Peers at UOAA. By Ed Pfueller, UOAA May is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month. According to the American Cancer Society, this […]

May 1, 2019

Continent Diversions, Urostomy

The Ins & Outs of Continent Diversions for the Bladder: What You Need to Know

By UOAA Advocacy Committee Members: Joanna Burgess-Stocks BSN, RN, CWOCN Anita Prinz RN, MSN, CWOCN Why does one have their bladder removed? The most common reason for removal of the […]

April 30, 2019

Healthcare, Ostomy News

Meet These Super Ostomy Nurses

They are all superheroes in our book. They come in on their day off for us, they heal us, they teach us, they empower us, they advocate for us, they […]

April 16, 2019

Advocacy, Healthcare, Ostomy News

Does an Ostomy Qualify as a Disability?

Support the Disability Integration Act By Jeanine Gleba UOAA Advocacy Manager Sue Mueller, BSN, CWOCN Does an ostomy qualify as a disability? This is a question that UOAA receives on […]

April 16, 2019

Emotional Health, Healthcare, Ostomy News, Ostomy Tips, UOAA Conference

Intestines Are Soooooo Overrated

UOAA conference speaker strategically uses humor to help ostomy patients By Ed Pfueller, UOAA If you’re a patient of Janice Beitz, PhD, RN, CS, CNOR, CWOCN-AP, CRNP, APNC, ANEF, FNAP, […]

April 12, 2019

Advocacy, Healthcare

Collaborating for Advocacy Success

By Jody Scardillo DNP RN ANP-BC CWOCN Albany Medical Center- Albany, NY The Issue It’s amazing what can happen when a little effort is made. In April of 2018, the […]

April 9, 2019