You’re fresh off ostomy surgery and are back home ready to start living your life again. But how do you shower, exercise, and travel with your ostomy? Let me offer you some tips on trying to get back to enjoying the things in life you loved before becoming an ostomate and share with you some of the disasters I experienced. You’ll hopefully learn something, and at least chuckle at some of my misfortunes.

Link to download your ostomy travel communication card: https://www.ostomy.org/wpcontent/upl...

⏱TIMESTAMPS⏱
0:00 Intro
1:07 Dealing with an active stoma
2:50 Story of an explosive bag change
4:20 Showering with an ostomy
6:23 Important info about mucus in your digestive system
7:11 Tips for easing back into exercising after ostomy surgery
8:00 Tips for running with an ostomy bag
9:28 When my running tips didn't work for me during a race
10:54 Tips for traveling with an ostomy
13:01 Activities you can do with an ostomy

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