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The snow has finally melted and warmer weather is on it's way! I am looking forward to picnics and spending some time outdoors. Express Medical Supply is also celebrating the melted snow and sunshine with a great sale. Head over and stock up on ostomy supplies! The entire site is on sale so you can get ostomy bags, ostomy wafers, stomahesive paste, and all the other supplies you need from trusted brands for less money. As always, if your order is $95.00 or above, it ships for free! The sale ends …

 PARI TREK S - Portable Aerosol System is a portable compressor/nebulizer. German engineered to deliver fast and efficient aerosol treatments, the PARI Trek is fully portable. This is the perfect compressor for those with active and busy lifestyles. The Trek only weighs 1.2 pounds with the battery attached and lasts 50 minutes when it is fully charged. The PARI Trek can be used with the re-chargeable battery pack, the convenient automobile lighter outlet accessory, or your home's AC outlet as a …

Caring for your ostomy means caring for your stoma and the skin around it.  The stoma does not have nerve endings, which means that if there is a problem your stoma won't feel pain. The skin around the stoma feels pain and can be damaged by leakage or irritation just like all skin. The best way to combat this is to check your stoma daily to make sure that there is no irritation. When you are wearing your ostomy pouch, and you feel any discomfort, irritation or itchiness, you should check your s …

 February is American Heart Month! Express Medical Supply is celebrating Heart Month by donating a portion of their proceeds from online orders placed between 2/24/14 - 2/28/14 to help fight heart disease and stroke. Heart disease and stroke effect both men and women. When you have an ostomy, it is just as important to care for your heart as it is to care for your ostomy. Treating our hearts with care will also help us to achieve all over good health, and that helps every bit of us! Monitoring y …

Generally speaking, you will have 3 to 5 days of wear time between pouch changes.If you find yourself going through a lot of pouches and are experiencing frequent leakage, you should contact your ostomy nurse. They are your greatest resource for information regarding your pouch system and ostomy supplies.Many people find it helpful to schedule their ostomy pouch changes early in the morning or late in the evening right before bed.  A lot of people say that their stomas are less active durin …

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I wanted to wish all of you a very happy holiday!  I hope you have a wonderful day with family and friends.  What is the one Thanksgiving dish you can't imagine going without?  Mine is my Mom's cornbread dressing, it is my absolute favorite!  Pecan pie is a close second and a must have for dessert.  Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays, and I am very thankful for my family this year.  Happy Thanksgiving every one, I hope it is a joyous time for you! …

This is the time of year when eating healthy seems to be the hardest for me.  All those wonderful home cooked meals, pumpkin desserts, and family gatherings make sticking to a healthy plan that much harder.  I have found that the only way I can get healthy food on the table for myself and my family is to plan ahead and build up some menus.  I love that I can find so many recipes online!  I am going to share some of my favorite websites with all of you, these are great sources of healthy recipes …

When the air gets chilly, a pumpkin spice latte sounds better than grabbing another water bottle.  Crisp air, campfires, and sweaters make it easy to forget to drink enough water.  Everyone needs to drink water; most doctors recommend at least 8 glasses of water every day, even when the weather is cold.  When you have a urostomy, it is even more important that you drink plenty of water.People with a urostomy no longer have a bladder for urine. Urine should flow from the stoma as fast as the kidn …

In our last article I talked about One-Piece vs Two-Piece ostomy bags and now I would like to talk about how those two styles of systems are available in Closed (Disposable) as well as in Drainable (Reusable) varieties.Closed ostomy bags are sealed all around the bottom and are meant to be used one time, and then discarded. They can not be cleaned out or reused. Closed ostomy bags are best used by people who have less discharge which makes them difficult for ileostomates or urostomates to use be …