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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 artist Damon Little heard of the tragic…

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 off enough risk factors for it. By the time of diagnosis, at the…

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 home health agency. I have worked in the home health field…

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 year more than 80,000 people are expected…

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 bladder (radical cystectomy) is due to bladder cancer.…

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 volunteer for us, they learn for us, they run our support groups, they make us laugh and help…

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 occasion. You are living with an ostomy, you…

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, FAAN, she will likely look you in the eye and know…

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 insurer NY Medicaid decreased the allowable quantity for certain ostomy…

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