"Peristeen is a prescription item and requires a 45-minute training session by a nurse or physician prior to its first use."
How would somebody go about finding a nurse or physician for a training session? http://www.newmobility.com/2014/04/peristeen-for-bowel-management/ On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 9:58 AM, <wheelch...@aol.com> wrote: > This month's copy of New Mobility (April) has a complete article on > this procedure and covers both Pro's and Con's. Also a nice article by one > of members here on Peristeen by Coloplast. > > Best Wishes > > In a message dated 4/10/2014 10:55:08 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > gentr...@yahoo.com writes: > > My husband has been paralyzed since 1992. In 2008, he opted for a > colostomy. Actually he had no choice as it was under emergency > circumstances, but they did explain it would be reversible. However it is > so much more convenient---he has never considered going back. No more being > a slave to the BP. If anyone has questions specific to this procedure or > life with a colostomy bag, feel free to email me. > > Sent from my iPhone > > Please excuse any typos or brevity of tone as this was typed using an > iPhone (and possibly Siri, in an effort to be as safe as possible while en > route.) > > > My best, > > > On Apr 10, 2014, at 10:42 AM, Bill Lang <blan...@verizon.net> wrote: > > hi, > > I hear you. I'd be using OxyContin and Fentyl for the last four years. 30 > mg. Very 3 hrs, and patches at 250 mg changing every 48 hours. > > I too have a problem with my bowel program, seems it's either very soft > and sticky or very hard and needing an enima to evacuate. When I do that it > really screws everything up. > > Best advice I can give you is to keep it soft at least it's coming down. > When I need to go (badly my BP is every other day), I will use warm prune > juice and double doses of MiraLAX. My body goes when it has to, and it > seems that it takes 48 to 54 hours for those solutions to finally work. > > I have been prescribed Amitiza and it does work to keep me regulated most > times. There is a $200 co-pay for a 90 day supply. > > Sadly, our schedules are slaves to our bowel programs. > > I will look for advice from our other friends on the list to see if there > is anything that I have not tried. Just thought that our situations are so > mirrored that I would dictate this off to you. > > Good luck > > Billy Lang > > Sent from my iPad > > On Apr 9, 2014, at 20:14, jume9...@comcast.net wrote: > > Stool softeners don't help most people. we have all talked and fiber, > water, fruits, sugar free see's chocolate, prunes, senekot.....and did I > say water seem to be somewhat helpful. > > ------------------------------ > *From: *wheelch...@aol.com > *To: *moip...@yahoo.com, quad-list@eskimo.com > *Sent: *Wednesday, April 9, 2014 3:57:26 PM > *Subject: *Re: [QUAD-L] Big Prob... > > What did the doctor advise? Oatmeal is a good way to begin the day. It > contains fiber. Drinking lots of fluids is equally important. > > Best Wishes > > In a message dated 4/9/2014 5:20:09 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > moip...@yahoo.com writes: > > Ok, son is on Oxycodone X 5 and 50 mg.Fentanyl and only eats solid foods > when we go out to doc 1-2 a time a week other then that its all soft. He > has had 2 x rays said he is full and they have me doing daily stool > softeners, suppositories, miralax this has been from Feb.24 th when he went > in for colonoscope I've got 12-15large marbles what do you all tack. > > Hate to take him off anything we just got to where we manage the pain > after 4 yr. > > > = > >