Newsletters Index

All newsletter issues contain the following articles or columns:

  • Suggested Reading
  • Information about upcoming meetings
  • LDOA  Announcements
  • ET Corner (commencing November 2003 issue)
  • Change of Address • Membership Renewal Form


May 2004

  • Managing Chronic Illness and Stress
  • ET Corner • Tips for Traveling With an Ostomy
  • Pouchitis • An Inflammation of the Ileal Reservoir
  • Food and Your Ostomy  • A Refresher Course
  • Are You a Carrot, an Egg or a Coffee Bean?
  • Visitor Training Workshop
  • Seniors and Ostomies
  • Suggested Reading • Straight From the Gut:
    Living With Crohn's Disease & Ulcerative Colitis

March 2004

  • Cutting Edge Technology  • The Camera Pill
  • Maybe It’s More Than Just Heartburn
  • The Healing Value of Sex
  • Great Comebacks • Profile of Rolf  Benirschke
  • Stoma Laceration
  • Push the Skin, Don’t Pull the Tape!
  • Members • How You Can Do Your Part
  • LDOA’s Web Site Wins Award
  • I’m Still Standing • Brenda Turner’s Personal Story
  • Suggested Reading • Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed

January 2004

  • Do You Have Irritable Bowel Syndrome?
    (An article for the non-ostomates among us)
  • Ostomies and Flu Season
  • Telling People You Have an Ostomy
  • Colostomies and Irrigation
  • In the Event You Are Hospitalized
  • Coping With an Ostomy
  • Five Steps to Getting Better
  • Fallacy and Fact Regarding Sex and Pregnancy
  • Suggested Reading • UOAC Library

November 2003 • Special Double Issue!

  • New Ostomates • Depression and Grief
  • Visitor Training Workshop Memorandum
  • What's Normal For Your Stoma
  • Stoma Shapes and Leakages
  • Stomal Revisions
  • Helpful Hints From UOAC
  • Be An Understanding Family Member
  • IOA Charter of Ostomates' Rights
  • Learning the Art of Getting Well
  • Urostomy Concerns
  • Colorectal Cancer
  • Pelvic Pouch • Diet and Diarrhea
  • Fluids and Electrolytes • Your Body’s Power Source
  • Ten Commandments for the New Ostomate
  • Suggested Reading • Don't Die of Embarrassment

September 2003

  • LDOA Needs Volunteer Visitors for Patient Care Program
  • Annual Barbecue Report
  • Helpful Hints
  • Wonders of Milk of Magnesia
  • Common Ostomy Problems and Possible Solutions
  • Ostomy Procedures That Can Backfire
  • Suggested Reading • Living Well With an Ostomy