We are pleased to announce our updated “Living Well with an Ostomy” guide. This updated resource includes information about how to care for your colostomy, ileostomy or urostomy, as well as definitions and descriptions, including full-color photos. The booklet is designed to not only help you live with an ostomy, but live well. In addition, there is also a product guide and a glossary.
Once you enter in your information and click “Submit Request,” you will receive an email with a link to a digital PDF copy of our booklet.
This reference booklet adds to Shield HealthCare’s OstomyLife community with guidance on lifestyle issues, peristomal skin complication, pouching systems and more. Our lifestyle section includes information about dressing, going back to work, traveling, telling people about your surgery, exercising and intimacy when you have a stoma.
Much of the lifestyle content was written by Shield HealthCare’s Ostomy Lifestyle Specialist, Laura Cox. You can also find more support and information on our OstomyLife Facebook page.
If you are a health care professional, we welcome to you to contact your local Shield HealthCare sales office to discuss your patient’s needs with a representative.
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