Learning about Ostomy, Crohn’s, Ulcerative Colitis, and IBD

The Ostomy Book: Living Comfortably with Colostomies, Ileostomies, and Urostomies
Both for book and Kindle
Questions & Answers About Ulcerative Colitis
The Foul Bowel: 101 Ways to Survive and Thrive With Crohn’s Disease Living with Crohn’s & Colitis: A Comprehensive Naturopathic Guide for Complete Digestive Wellness
The New Eating Right for a Bad Gut : The Complete Nutritional Guide to Ileitis, Colitis, Crohn’s Disease, and Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Tips for Living, Overcoming, Surviving, and Thriving with Ostomy

Some of the stories about living with an ostomy, tips for better living, inspirational stories of overcoming cancer, Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis.

I’d Like to Buy a Bowel, Please
Stories from eighty contributors – individuals with ostomy, health care practitioners and those who support about the daily challenges of living with an ostomy in this often humorous and pithy read.

Positive Options for Living with Your Ostomy: Self-Help and Treatment
Practical guidelines and support for ostomy patients and families.

Yes We Can!
Advice for traveling and tips for living with an ostomy. This book is highly rated and provides firsthand experience from ostomates that is useful for ostomates young and old, as well as nurses working in the field who are often asked for advice.

It’s In the Bag and Under the Covers
Specific to sex, dating and intimacy for ostomates, “It’s in the Bag and Under teh Covers” answers questions and frankly discusses the topic of intercourse and relationships for both ostomates and their partners. A great read for those with uncertainties, misgivings about their physical apperance or seeking tips to best enjoy sex.

Yes We Can!
Advice for traveling and tips for living with an ostomy. This book is highly rated and provides firsthand experience from ostomates that is useful for ostomates young and old, as well as nurses working in the field who are often asked for advice.

Beating the Alternative
A story about a man whose life is turned around when diagnosed with colon cancer.

My Journey: Conquering Ulcerative Colitis: a memoir
Victoria Blaitewicz guides you through her own challanges and successes against ulcerative colitis as both an inspiring and educational story for those and those with familiy members who suffer from UC.

For Nurses and Health Care Workers

In 2010, the American Nurses Association now recognized wound, ostomy, and continence as a nursing specialty. Here are some resources for study, reference, and to provide the best care for patients.

Ostomy Care (Quickstudy Laminated Sheet)

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