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“LIVING ACTIVE LIVES – Concerns & Considerations for Ostomates”
By Michelle Best, BSN, RN, CWOCN - May 5, 2020
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center
Spokane, WA
This PowerPoint Presentation was presented to the Spokane Ostomy Support Group via a Zoom meeting on May 5, 2020. It contains 23 slides covering a wide variety of topics related to lifestyle issues of concern to ostomates plus several important information resources at the end of the presentation.
This presentation is available to download in two file formats:
1) Power Point Show: Living Active lives for ostomates.ppsx
2) Portable Document File (PDF): Living Active lives for ostomates.pdf
"Living with an Ostomy"
Retired geologist had colon removed over 30 years ago
by Cindy HvalSpokesman Review: October 19, 2017
www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/oct/18/living-with-ostomy-retired-geologist-had-colon-rem/
photo by Cindy Hval
"Shedding a Light on Ostomy"
Bodily waste elimination tough to talk about, but impossible to ignore
by Cindy HvalSpokesman Review: September 25, 2012
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/sep/25/shedding-a-light-on-ostomy/
Recommended Books
“From GRIEF to RESILIENCY”
10 Tools for Living Well with an Ostomy
by Susie Leonard Weller, M.A.Resources for Ostomates, Caregivers, & Support Groups
Download your FREE copy!
THE OSTOMY BOOK
Living Comfortably with Colostomies, Ileostomies, & Urostomies
by Barbary Dorr Mullen & Kerry Anne McGinn, RN, ARNPhttps://www.bullpub.com/catalog/the-ostomy-book
“ALIVE & KICKING”
The true life story of an NFL star’s battle with ulcerative colitis,
ostomy surgery, and hepatitis C
by Rolf Benirschke with Mike Yorkeyhttp://rolfbenirschke.com/books-media/