The Ostomy Book, 3rd edition
Living Comfortably with Colostomies, Illeostomies, and Urostomies
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2008, paper
ISBN 978-1-933503-13-4
New Edition coming in 2008
The Ostomy Book provides complete information on everything from the details of surgery to management of the appliances. Just as importantly, it is a beautifully told story of the entire experience from the first shock of the diagnosis through rehabilitation to looking forward to a full and happy life. The new edition reflects advances in medical research, ostomy equipment and surgical procedures, including the new "neo-bladder" for women. This edition covers virtual colonoscopies, which have been added to the arsenal of screening techniques. The section on travel has also been updated to reflect today's security issues and regulations.
Rave Reviews
"It combines in a most admirable way, factual information with sensitivity...For anyone about to undergo ostomy surgery or in the immediate post-operative period and for their families, this book should be compulsory reading...For those with professional involvement in the care of ostomates, this book will have equal appeal...I recommend it unreservedly..." —JR Kirkpatrick, MD, Member Professional Advisory Boards, United Ostomy Association, International Ostomy Association
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - I'm Going to Have a What?
Chapter 2 - What is an Ostomy?
Chapter 3 - It's Your Body
Chapter 4 - Before Surgery
Chapter 5 - Surgery and Just After
Chapter 6 - On the Mend
Chapter 7 - But How Do You Really Feel
Chapter 8 - That Strange Big World Out There
Chapter 9 - Permanent Colostomies: Changes & Choices
Chapter 10 - Ileostomies and Alternatives
Chapter 11 - Life Without A Built-in Bladder
Chapter 12 - Pouches and the Skin They Touch
Chapter 13 - Pouch Skills
Chapter 14 - Temporary Ostomies
Chapter 15 - Eating Well
Chapter 16 - Catnaps, Strolls, and Good Belly Laughs
Chapter 17 - You're looking Great
Chapter 18 - What About Sex
Chapter 19 - A Touch of Pregnancy
Chapter 20 - Children with Ostomies
Chapter 21 - A Word to the Teenagers
Chapter 22 - Check-ups and Follow-ups
Chapter 23 - Work? Of Course!
Chapter 24 - Swimming, Skiing and Other Diversions
Chapter 25 - The Other Side of the world
Chapter 26 - Enterostomal Therapy: A New Profession
Chapter 27 - The Phoenix: UOA and Its Ancestors
Chapter 28 - In the Family
Authors
Barbara Dorr Mullen underwent colostomy surgery and in the process discovered the need for a book about ostomies. So she set about writing this definitive patient guide.
Kerry Anne McGinn, her daughter, is a certified oncology nurse at California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco.