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T the E N New W O out Tlo Ook K The New Outlook United Ostomy Association of Chicago " No August Meeting Our next meeting is on Wednesday, September 18 at 7:30 PM Lutheran General Hospital Special Functions Room, 10th floor 1775 Dempster St., Park Ridge, IL " " " Board Meeting at 6:30 PM " " Ncuv"Oqpvj‚u"Oggvkpi"(Our 433rd) the-art filter with an anticlogging film layer, soft and quiet materials, and the security of the InvisiClose™ Last month we had our annual pizza party! We tail closure with Lock-it Pocket™. ConvaTec’s latest had a very informational meeting to show new pouches combined with SUR-FIT Natura® advanced products that are available, some with samples to try. skin barrier adhesives offer you the security, comfort Our special guests were Steve Vandevender from and discretion you require. ConvaTec and Patrick Bance from Byram If you have a talent that you would like to share Healthcare. by participating in one of our many diverse Social isolation can lead to health and emotional committees, please let an officer know. Our offices problems. Spending time with friends and family, and committees are listed in our bylaws, which may becoming involved in volunteer work or social be viewed at www.uoachicago.org. Then follow the hobbies, can all help reduce depression and anxiety. link to OAGC. Attend a support group meeting like ours. We have To make sure you do not miss an important others who have shared your experiences and our announcement, update your e-mail address with us at meetings are an excellent way to move into a more wqcejkeciqBeeqoecuv0pgv. To ensure delivery, socially active lifestyle after ostomy surgery. We make sure we are in your address book or safe all, new patients and veterans, benefit from sender list. Our e-mail list is private and never interacting with each other. shared or sold. We occasionally have requests from Steve introduced ConvaTec’s brand new addition public relations firms and the like for our members to their state-of-the-art filtered pouching system, the to participate in focus groups about ostomy surgery. Natura®+ Drainable Pouch. The Natura®+ pouches You will usually be paid for your time, buut are compatible with the SUR-FIT Natura® Two- sometimes it is on a volunteer basis. Let us know if Piece Ostomy System, which is ConvaTec’s most you want to be included. extensive two-piece product line. The SUR-FIT """""We have been informed by Lutheran General Natura® and Natura®+ Flange System signals a Hospital that parking in their enclosed garage is now secure, accurate closure with a series of audible free for our members. This means you may park in clicks. A simple snap-off, snap-on design allows the inside garage, take a few steps to the elevators, users to change the pouch quickly when they change and come to the 10th flooor, where we have our activities without removing the skin barrier from the meetings. It is so easy to come. Be sure to visit us skin. at our next meeting in September, when we feature The Natura®+ pouching system offers the latest Diane Zeek, CWOCN, along with Otto the Ostomy technologies from ConvaTec, including a state-of- Mannequin. Wpkvgf"Quvqo{"Cuuqekcvkqp"qh"Ejkeciq"" Established April 1975 Oggvkpi"Fcvgu cv"Nwvjgtcp"Igpgtcn"Jqurkvcn" " Rtgukfgpv1Ogodgtujkr" Cwiwuv¤Pq"Oggvkpi"(UOAA Conference)" Judy Svoboda [email protected] 847-942-3809 Xkeg"Rtgukfgpv1Pgyungvvgt" Ugrvgodgt" 3:¤Diane Zeek, CWOCN, along with Renard Narcaroti [email protected] 630-418-7127 Otto the Ostomy Mannequin"" Vtgcuwtgt" Tim Traznik [email protected] 630-736-1889 Qevqdgt"38" Ugetgvct{1Rtqitcou" Fgegodgt"33—Our 2013 Gala Holiday Party Nancy Cassai [email protected] 847-767-1447 " Ic{"1"Ngudkcp"Quvqocvgu" " Fred Shulak [email protected] 773-286-4005 Xkukvkpi"" Uqwvjyguv"Uwdwtdcp"Ejkeciq" Peggy Bassrawi, RN [email protected] 847-251-1626 "" Yc{u"cpf"Ogcpu"[email protected] " The Southwest Suburban Chicago Ostomy Support Jerry & Sally Schinberg 847-364-4547 Group is an entirely volunteer ostomy association Yqwpf"Quvqo{"Eqpvkpgpeg"Pwtugu"*YQEP+" dedicated to the mutual aid, education and moral Bernie auf dem Graben 773-774-8000" support of people with ostomies and their families. Resurrection Hospital Alyce Barnicle 708-245-2920 Meetings are held at 7:30 PM on the third Monday LaGrange Hospital of each month throughout the year, except July, Nancy Chaiken 773-878-8200 Swedish Covenant Hospital August, December and January. Terry Coha 773-880-8198 For information regarding this special ostomy Children’s Memorial Hospital Jan Colwell & Maria De Ocampo 773-702-9371 & 2851 group serving Chicago’s greater southwest side, University of Chicago please call Edna Wooding, WOC nurse and Lorraine Compton 773-282-7000 Our Lady of Resurrection Hospital association president, at 708-423-5641. All Jennifer Dore 847-570-2417 meetings are at Nkvvng"Eqorcp{"qh"Oct{"Jqurkvcn, Evanston Hospital Beth Garrison 312-942-5031 Evergreen Park, Mary Potter Pavilion, L Level, 2850 Robert Maurer W. 95th St. Joyce Reft Laura Crawford Rush Presbyterian--St. Luke’s Hospital Madelene Grimm 847-933-6091 Pqtvjyguv"Eqoowpkv{"Jqurkvcn"" Skokie Hospital--North Shore University Health System " Connie Kelly 312-926-6421 Northwestern Memorial Hospital The Northwest Community Hospital Ostomy Kathy Krenz & Gail Meyers 815-338-2500 Support Group meets at 800 W. Central Road, Centegra-Northern Illinois Medical Marina Makovetskaia & Kathy O'Grady 847-723-8815 Arlington Heights. They wish to extend an Lutheran General Hospital invitation to all of our readers to visit them. The Bari Stiehr & Diane Davis-Zeek 847-618-3125 Northwest Community Hospital WOC nurses at the hospital lead the group. For Nancy Olsen & Mary Rohan 708-229-6060 more information, please contact Diane Zeek, RN, at Little Company of Mary Hospital Barbara Saddler 312-996-0569 847-618-3215, [email protected]. University of Illinois They meet from 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM in the Catherine Smith 708-684-3294 Advocate Christ Medical Center Busse Center, B1 level, Rooms LC7-8 of the Sandy Solbery-Fahmy 847-316-6106 Learning Center. This building may be accessed Saint Francis Hospital Nancy Spillo 847-493-4800 from the garage at the west end of the Busse Center. Presence Health Care It is easiest to enter from Central Road. Oggvkpi"Fcvgu"hqt"4235" Pcvkqpcn"WQCC"Xktvwcn"Pgvyqtmu" " • Pull Thru Network (Parents of children with bowel and urinary dysfunctions): Bonnie McElroy 205-978-2930 Cwiwuv":" • UOAA Teen Network: Jude Ebbinghaus 860-445-8224 Qevqdgt"32" " • GLO (Gay & Lesbian Ostomates): Fred Shulak 773-286-4005 Fgegodgt"34" • Young Ostomate & Diversion Allia. of Amer: Eric En 714-904-4870 • Thirty Plus: Kathy DiPonio 586-219-1876 • Continent Diversion Network: Lynne Kramer 215-637-2409 " For our liability disclaimer and privacy policy visit " http://uoachicago.org/liability.htm PRESORTED FIRST CLASS yyy0wqcejkeciq0qti wqcejkeciqBeqoecuv0pgv" U.S. POSTAGE PAID OAK BROOK IL 2 PERMIT NO. 265 bump near the incision. Some data show that about 10%–15% of patients with any type of abdominal surgery will experience a hernia as a postoperative complication. Mark Drug Medical Supply People with ostomies are at risk for a hernia, not 76:"Y"Fwpfgg"Tf."Yjggnkpi"KN"822;2":69/759/:722" only at the incision site, but also at the stoma itself. Vjg"Quvqo{"Uvqtg" The stoma area is vulnerable where the surgeon pulls " " the intestine through the abdominal wall. These are Yg"ctg"nqecn"cpf"jcxg"vjg"nctiguv" called peristomal hernias. kpxgpvqt{"kp"vjg"Ejkeciq"ctgc" Peristomal hernias appear as a large bulge around the stoma, most noticeable when standing. The Eqog"kp"cpf"xkukv"0"0"0"Ugg"yjcv"ku"pgy" stoma looks like it is on top of a hill. Generally, hernias do not cause a medical emergency. However, Manufacturers Accessories they can cause problems with daily living. A • ConvaTec Adhesive Removers peristomal hernia can cause poor stoma functioning, • Hollister Skin Prep such as delayed output from colostomy irrigations or • Coloplast Deodorants abdominal cramping. Of course, if you experience • Marlen Belts severe abdominal pain, cramping and no stoma • NuHope Undergarments output, a call to your doctor is in order. Peristomal • Cymed Pouch Covers hernias can also cause problems with pouching, Shower Accessories including increased leakage and skin irritation because of the irregular abdominal surface. " To compensate for this abdominal muscle "":69/759/:722" "Yg"dknn"fktgev"vq" weakness, wearing a support belt can be helpful. 3/:22/69;/OCTM" Ogfkectg/Ogfkeckf" Some people wear a support belt for physical HCZ":69/759/;652" cpf"Rtkxcvg"Kpuwtcpeg"" activities such as gardening, working out at the gym " and performing physical labor on the job. Wide [email protected] support belts can reduce some of the symptoms of a peristomal hernia, as well as reduce the risk of further herniation. A certified WOC nurse can assist in choosing a support belt for you. " The best way to avoid surgical complications is to Ujgtocp"Jqurkvcn"Quvqo{"Itqwr" exercise. Begin by walking three to five times per " day. Start with short distances at first, and then try There is a new ostomy support group in Elgin to work up to 5 to 7 miles a day if you have no other having meetings at Sherman Hospital. They now physically limiting challenges. It is important to meet on the ugeqpf"Ygfpgufc{ of every month. build up the distance you walk gradually. Under the The contact person for any information is advice of your doctor begin adding arm, leg, and Heather LaCoco, BSN, Case Manager body muscle-building exercises. Never strain Surgical Care Sherman Health yourself. Let me repeat, never strain yourself! You 224-783-2458 will gain strength and look and feel healthier. [email protected] " " Jgtpkc"cpf"vjg"Quvqo{"Rcvkgpv There is an interesting CNN iReport By Glenda Hamburg, CWOCN on the good life people can achieve Hernias are a common occurrence following any after ostomy surgery.
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