Dear all of you, I am a Doctor of medicine in Vietnam. I had scholarship of International Ford Foundation Program studied the masters degree at Hawaii University in Honolulu 2003. I diagnosed prostate sarcoma. And then to treat for this cancer I had to remove prostate and bladder. I had urostomy since 5/2006. After one month for operation I came back home in Bac Lieu Vietnam. Now I am looking for urostomy two pieces pouch of new image Hollister in Vietnam but NO see it. I haven't condition and facilities to buy this pouch with the all of cost two pieces about 12.7 dollars. Please help me to buy this pouch with cheapest cost. Thank you so so much. I am well with meditation for everyday about 40 minutes. I am helping everybody who gets cancer and HIV in my country. I would like to share my experiences with you. Warm heart to all of you,

    I'm a newbie to the urostomy scene....a few months now.  I'm using Hollister equipment and find no problems....just emptying the bag much more often than I urinated before the surgery. I can't imagine changing a bag 6 or 7 times during one day - my bags go three or four days before changing. best wishes to all of the urostomates.

     Hi, I am 54 yrs old and have had a urostomy for 15yrs due to severe Interstitual cystitis. I have poor drainage from the L kidney and the L kidney has shrunk in size due to this. The last few weeks I have experienced severe L side back pain below rib gage. My urologist states there is no blockage and he cannot explain this pain. I am living on vicodin and had to take a leave of absence from my work and I feel I,m not fit to be around my family and friends because I,m so irritable because of the pain. I feel hopeless and feel like my urologist has given up on me. I just wondered if anyone else had these symptoms and what they did.

     Hi I'm 23 years old and have had a urostomy since I was 4, from reading other peoples stories I vary slightly as I don't have a bag, I'm lucky as I just put the catheter in and when drainage is finished I take it out and go on my way! Its not without trouble though, I regularly suffer from infections which usually end up with hospitalization. have had 22 operations so my stomachs a mess! would love to have a pen pal to talk to as i know as much as you think you have adjusted to it there are days when you get down and don't want to be the same person especially if you constantly feel ill. however i would not have survived if I had not had had this operation so I'm grateful to be here!

     I have a urostomy, Have had one for 10 years now. some days I feel like crying all day. I do not mean to feel sorry for my self, but i just have so many problems with it. It leaks all the time and I am on medicare so the bags cost so much and I can only get 20 a month, they changed my paste and my bags do not stick. Some days I have to wear a towel all day cause i have changed my bags 6 or 7 times that day and I am out of bags till next month. I wear Cymed. I guess i just needed some one to cry to sorry, Kendra

my name is Bill Jones, 58 years old, and i live in a market town called Ormskirk in Lancashire, 15 miles from Liverpool, in the OK, i have been a urostomate for 15 years due to continually having urinary problems,,, resulting in a paralitic bladder,,,,,,and major problems that this incurs,,,,,,,i had my urostomy done and it changed my life,,,,and the freedom it gave me instead of moving from toilet to toilet was immense,,,,,,,5 years ago i developed an ulcer near the stoma site,,,,,,,and after almost a year of trying to clear the problem,,,,,using every conceivable concoction it was decided to re-site the stoma (even then the old site took another year to clear up),,,,,,,,however from the outset the new site has proved most problematical with the stoma both retracting and decreasing in size (it is now down to to 11mm in width) and whilst it will never close up it is proving a great problem with leaks due to the retraction,,,,,,and the fact that the hole is right up against the normal skin wall with resultant leaks,,,,,,,,my stoma nurse and i have exhausted all avenues of ideas to combat leaks,,,,,and the problem has been exacerbated by the fact that i i have a parastomal hernia around the present site.........in addition,,,,,,late last year i  developed a severe precancerous condition in my eosophagus which necessitated the removal of my eosophagus ,,,,,,,,,,and this has resulted in me losing 5 and a half stone in weight which has more than highlighted the hernia,,,,,,,,,,i have been referred to a designated senior specialist urologist who says that the stoma/hernia is a mess and says that the only option is to re-site the stoma somewhere else and also try and sort out the hernia,I know this all sounds like a category of disasters but do other people with parastomal hernias work through their problems?