Get Your Groove On!

By UOAA Advocacy Manager Jeanine Gleba “A boa can hide a belly bump, if you arrange it carefully!” Ms. Senior America (MSA) alum, Pinky O’Neil, explains to me. After the Advocacy Session at UOAA’s National Conference in August,…

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Support the Ostomy Community this Giving Season

Give back to those in need with a gift to sustain this website and programs such as the Ostomy Patient Visiting Program Imagine if everyone dealing with the emotions and physical changes of ostomy surgery could see a friendly face before…

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Hollywood’s First Ostomy

Subject of the movie White Boy Rick reveals why depicting his ostomy was critical to the story. By R.S. Elvey Hollywood movies, both fictional and nonfictional, thrive on melodramas depicting romance and violence. Car crashes,…

Ileostomy, Patient Stories, Personal

Living With An Ostomy: An 18-Year-Old’s Perspective

By Steven Berit I fainted the first time I lost a tooth. Not from the actual pain of the removal, but from the sight of the blood dripping from my mouth. I also fainted during a health talk in the sixth grade. Most people would call me “squeamish,”…

Ileostomy, Patient Stories, Personal

UOAA Recognizes Colonel Justin Blum

Colonel Justin Blum with Introduction by retired Navy Veteran Douglas R. Stocks I’ve known Colonel Justin Blum for almost ten years and have learned much of his story over those years. For UOAA’s observance of Veterans Day, I asked Justin…

Advocacy, Emotional Health, Ostomy Awareness, Personal

October is a Good Month to Unmask Your True Self

My View: By Connie Confer Most of the nation is gearing up for Halloween, with all of its tricks and treats. But as a lesbian who wears an ostomy bag, this month also includes some more personal holidays worth celebrating, especially if we…

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Maintaining Healthy Peristomal Skin

How to Keep the Skin Around Your Stoma Healthy Keeping the skin around your stoma, or peristomal skin, healthy is important. You can steer clear of many complications by following these simple suggestions from: Bath…

Advocacy, Events, Ostomy Awareness, Ostomy News

Ostomy Awareness Day 2019 Highlights

"Funny how most people think an ostomy is the worst thing that could happen and I only see it as something that saved my life in so very many ways." Jeanne D. https://youtu.be/wFAC9WRls_c By Jeanine Gleba, Advocacy Manager It’s…

Colostomy, Ostomy Awareness, Patient Stories

Sheri Denkensohn's Story

My Colostomy Saved My Life Without a colostomy, I would likely not be here to write this blog. It saved my life. I am a quadriplegic as a result of a spinal cord injury (SCI) that occurred when I was 16. That was 36 years ago. I am paralyzed…

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Get Your Groove On!

Support the Ostomy Community this Giving Season

Hollywood’s First Ostomy

Living With An Ostomy: An 18-Year-Old’s Perspective

UOAA Recognizes Colonel Justin Blum

October is a Good Month to Unmask Your True Self

Maintaining Healthy Peristomal Skin

Ostomy Awareness Day 2019 Highlights

Sheri Denkensohn's Story

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