Video: Great Comebacks From Ostomy Surgery

Gina Flores
Caregiver Advocate | Shield HealthCare
09/27/11  10:29 PM PST

Featured video: Great Comebacks® award recipients from the past 25 years share their personal, true stories of perseverance and triumph. Experience their darkest and most rewarding moments through the road to recovery and positive new beginnings after ostomy surgery.

Great Comebacks® is sponsored by ConvaTec in partnership with the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation (CCFA), the United Ostomy Associations of America Inc. (UOAA), the Intestinal Disease Education and Awareness Society (IDEAS), Youth Rally and the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses (WOCN) Society.


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Now that summer is here, may I swim in a pool? If so, will my ostomy bag be affected by chlorine in the water?
CarolAnne
Hi! You may swim in a pool!
 
If your ostomy flange has a waterproof barrier you can go in the pool without any additional products. If your ostomy flange does not have a waterproof barrier...


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