OTTAWA OSTOMY NEWS United Ostomy Support Group, Ottawa, Inc. P.O. Box 11134, Station H, Nepean, ON K2H 7T8 April 2011 Affiliated Member of United Ostomy Association of Canada Volume 41 #4 Charity Registration #11927 7192 RR0001 VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT: WWW.OSTOMYOTTAWA.CA Mission Statement The United Ostomy Support Group, Ottawa Inc. is a volunteer, charitable organization dedicated to helping all persons, including families and caregivers, who have been affected by ostomy A P R I L surgery. Our Mission is to provide practical support and encouragement to all ostomates by visiting them at home or in hospital, holding Meetings start at 7:30 pm. monthly meetings, publishing a monthly newsletter and operating a lending library of ostomy literature. OUR MEETINGS (7:30 pm) April 21 - We will have a Rap Session are held on the third Thursday of each month, April 30 - Ostomy Expo and Information Day except December, June, July and August. Embassy West Senior Living, 1400 Carling Avenue, December and June are at other locations. Ottawa where there will be speakers, manufacturers, The meeting room is located at; and retailers. See Pages 4 & 5 Canada Care Medical Building, 1644 Bank Street at Heron Road Selling Raffle Tickets (Behind Canada Tire Store) April 8 + 9 Carlingwood Mall We need your help Lots of free parking. Wheelchair Accessible. April 14 + 15 Hazeldean Mall call Donna For more information about our group, call our April 20 + 21 Bayshore 613-591-0627 Hotline 613-447-0361 or visit our website www.ostomyottawa.ca St. Laurent to be confirmed NOTICE: When in doubt about meeting cancellation during bad weather, call any director. TO OBTAIN HELP FROM A TRAINED VOLUNTEER OSTOMATE-VISITOR Call our 24 hour hotline (emergencies only between 9 pm and 9 am) Answering machine at times when volunteer is unavailable. Your call will not be ignored 613-447-0361 PLEASE PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS Page 2 OTTAWA OSTOMY NEWS April 2011 BOARD OF DIRECTORS You'll never President: Debbie Lalonde 613-836-1791 walk alone. Email: [email protected] Treasurer/Membership: VISITING CO-ORDINATOR: Donna Cheetham 613-591-0627 LIBRARIAN: Recording Secretary: Alice Alexander 613-747-9904 Alice Alexander 613-747-9904 Directors: NEWSLETTER EDITOR: Doug Graham 613-829-6332 Deborah Lalonde 613-836-1791 Ian MacNeil 613-558-2653 NEWSLETTER MAILING: Win Mobley 613-733-6270 Ken Zomer 613-824-1530 Dorothy Toop 613-257-8085 Judith Wouk 613-233-0740 MEDICAL ADVISOR Enterostomal Therapists Shirley McSavaney, Andree Bonhomme RN, ET RN, DPhN, ET Centre Hospitalier de Gatineau…………………….…………..819-561-8100 Sylvie Chomyshyn, RN, ET, Carefor, Ottawa…...…………....613-749-7557 Dawn Christensen, BScN, RN, ET, KDS Professional Consulting UOA of CANADA INC ………………………………………………………….613-738-2721 Suite 501, 344 Bloor Street West, Marilyn Dixon, RN ET, Brockville, ON……………............. ..1-613-345-0630 Toronto, ON M5S 3A7 Diane Dutrisac, RN, ET, BScN, Carefor Ottawa………...…….613-749-7557 Phone: 416-595-5452 Fax 416-595-9924 Natalie Fournier, RN, ET, BScN, CHEO Toll Free: 1-888-969-9698 (Courtesy of Hollister) Debbie Howe, RN,ET, Saint Elizabeth Health Care…..….…..613-738-9661 Email: [email protected] Vida Johnston, RN, ET, BScN, KDS Consulting……..….........613-738-2721 Website: www.ostomycanada.ca Kim LeBlanc, RN, ET, BScN, KDS Consulting…………..…....613-738-2721 Virginia McNaughton, RN, ET, McNaughton Consulting …….613-596-4972 COLORECTAL CANCER SUPPORT GROUP Brian Meloche, ET, Canada Care Medical ………………...….613-234-1222 613-745-8048 Email: [email protected] Shirley McSavaney, RN, DPhN, ET………………………........613-824-7115 FRIENDS OF OSTOMATES WORLDWIDE ENTEROSTOMAL THERAPISTS (Serving Hospital Patients Only) Website: www.fowcanada.org Diane Gregoire, RN, ET, BScN, CHEO (Spina Bifida) 613-737-7600 x2583 Sue Sarrazin, RN, ET Ottawa Hospital, Civic ……….613-798-5555 x16312 UOA 20/40 YOUNG ADULT GROUP Christine Murphy, RN, ET, Ottawa Hospital, Civic ….613-798-5555 x79494 819-647-5632 Connie Schulz, RN, ET, Ottawa Hospital, General….613-798-5555 x79494 SASO - Spouses and significant others 905-387-6662 Email: [email protected] PELVIC POUCH & ILEOSTOMY SUPPORT Whatever you do in love is forever etched GROUP Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto. in the hearts of those it affects. 416-586-4800 Extension 8349 Are you going to move or have you already moved? Don‘t forget to send us your change of address. Also, don‘t forget to let us know if you change your email address. Returned newsletters WILL NOT be for- warded. If the newsletter is returned as undeliverable, and we have not received any notification, the name will be taken off the mailing list. April 2011 OTTAWA OSTOMY NEWS Page 3 From the President’s Desk: Hi Guys: We are springing forward to new beginnings with our Ostomy Expo and we look forward to NO snow, lots of green grass and beautifully colourful flowers which we hope to see soon. At our March Meeting, it was a very lively evening with the ET panel, Debbie Howe from St. Elizabeth and Diane Gregoire from CHEO. We want to thank these two ladies for giving up their evening to spend their time with us. Debbie explained that St. Elizabeth has opened an Ostomy clinic which will be 2 half days a week. If you are under the care of the CCAC there is no charge, but if you are not under their care, there will be a fee charged. Thank you everyone who brought goodies, helped set up, clean up, make coffee, etc. Your contributions and help are most appreciated. Time is marching on rather quickly. Only another month to the day of our Ostomy Expo and Information Day and the draw for the exquisite quilt which is April 30th. I have included in this newsletter all the information about our Ostomy Expo. There will be 4 speakers. The manufac- turer rep‘s will be there, local retailers and a couple of clothing retailers who make custom ostomy articles of clothing We have received some prizes, so there will be draws throughout the day. We are inviting you to be an active participant at the Ostomy Expo either as a helper or as our guest. Please plan to be there, you may even win something!!!! Donna has arranged for a spot and dates in Carlingwood April 8 & 9, Hazeldean Mall April 14 & 15, Bayshore April 20 & 21 and St. Laurent (to be confirmed) to sell the raffle tickets. Please contact her with times that you are available to help out. This raffle is a fundraiser and we need your help. Volunteers are the basis of our organization; We can really use your help even if it’s just for an hour or 2. Don’t leave it up to your Board of Directors. Respectfully, Deborah Lalonde 613-836-1791 [email protected] HAVE YOU RENEWED YOUR MEMBERSHIP??? Some members have yet to send their renewal. If you are unable to pay, please contact Donna at 613-591-0627. If we don‘t hear from you, you will no longer receive the newsletter. PLEASE RENEW TODAY! “No Scent is Good Sense” Membership Thank You Corner In consideration of others, please do not wear perfumes, Welcome New Member(s): B. Glover colognes, deodorants or any Thank you for your donations: D. Lamirande, D. scented products to meetings. Graham, J. Pelkola, M. Burchell, R. Graham, R. Baser, L. Cook, J. Justus, K. Nakano, K. Shoom Page 4 OTTAWA OSTOMY NEWS April 2011 OSTOMY EXPO and INFORMATION DAY April 30th, 2011 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Embassy West Senior Living 1400 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON United Ostomy Support Group, Ottawa, Inc. celebrates 40 years of supporting the community . With our Partners For more than 30 years, ConvaTec has Since introducing our first ostomy pouch created innovative products and offered in 1964, Hollister has been improving unique services that enhance patients‘ quality of life for people who have had lives. With four key business divisions – ostomy surgery. Our goal at Hollister is Ostomy Care, Wound Therapeutics, to provide quality resources and services Continence and Critical Care and that help people to resume their lives Infusion Devices, and maintain their lifestyles after ostomy ConvaTec products have global recogni- surgery. tion and continue to be formidable com- petitors in the global marketplace. For more information, please visit www.convatec.ca. There is no entry fee. We do need your help. April 2011 OTTAWA OSTOMY NEWS Page 5 Guest Speakers Sponsor Honorary Chair - Ray Desjardins 10:30 - 11:30 Dr. Robin Boushey: Ostomy Experience At Our Hospitals Exhibitors Dr. Boushey is a colorectal surgeon and an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery at the University of Ottawa. Robin is an active clinician, whose main clinical interests focus on all types of colorectal diseases with an emphasis on minimal invasive surgery or colon and rectal cancer, diverticular disease, and anal sphincter reconstructions. 12:00 - 1:00 Brock Masters: Reach For The Sky. Interview by Nicole Denis, E.T. Brock Masters was born April 8, 1980 and was diagnosed with Spina Bifida Occult at the age of 10. As a result Brock underwent a battery of surgery enabling him to maintain his ability to walk and maintain some sensory in his lower limbs. He had colostomy surgery in 2000 providing him with the quality of life he enjoys today. 1:30 - 2:30 Doug Graham: Travelling With An Ostomy As Past President of the North and Centrall America and Caribbean Ostomy Association, Doug has travelled extensively throughout the America‘s, Africa and Europe. He will share some of his observations, experiences, tips and will answer questions. 3:00 - 4:00 Enterostomal Therapy Nurse Contributors Pre and post-op surgery and role of the ET in your recovery.