Tag Archive: ostomy resources

Laura Cox

About Laura Cox, Ostomy Lifestyle Specialist

Get to know Shield HealthCare's Ostomy Lifestyle Specialist as Laura Cox shares her story and encourages a happy, healthy, full life with an ostomy.

Laura Cox, LPC
What is a Colostomy

Dx Focus: What Is A Colostomy?

Shield HealthCare provides a general overview of the GI tract, answers "what is a colostomy?" and why someone may have a colostomy.

Brooke Phillips, CWCMS
Ostomy Resources

Links to More Ostomy Resources

Shield HealthCare provides a list of links to ostomy resources that are relevant, reliable and positive. Follow the links to learn more about ostomies.

Gina Flores

Serving Medicare Ostomates Nationwide
My 89-year-old mother loves to swim but she has found that the pouch fills with water when she gets into the pool. What can we do to fix this?
Cathy
We recently had someone reach out to our Facebook community with a similar question, and several of our OstomyLife community members responded with their own advice.
 
Hopefully you and your mother will find their answers helpful ...