Volume 28 Print Post Approved Number 2 PP 100008088 November 2019 ISSN 1329-959X IN THIS ISSUE: Celebration! WA Ostomy Association celebrates 50 years PAGE 34 Annual conference: Ostomates urged to ‘pay it forward’ PAGE 6 National Directory of Ostomy Associations Volume 28 Print Post Approved Number 2 PP 100008088 November 2019 ISSN 1329-959X AUSTRALIAN QUEENSLAND SOUTH AUSTRALIA GEELONG OSTOMY INC. CAPITAL TERRITORY 6 Lewalan St. Grovedale VIC 3216 GOLD COAST OSTOMY ASSN INC. OSTOMY ASSN OF SA Postal Address: PO Box 1069 ACT & DISTRICTS STOMA PO Box 703 Labrador 4215 1 Keele Place, Kidman Park 5025 Grovedale VIC 3216 ASSN INC. 8 Dunkirk Close, Arundel 4214 Telephone: (08) 8235 2727 Telephone: (03) 5243 3664 Second Floor, ACT City Health Centre, Telephone: (07) 5594 7633 Fax: (08) 8355 1073 Fax: (03) 5201 0844 1 Moore St, Canberra City, ACT 2600 Editor: Rebecca Herbener National Directory of Ostomy Associations 2 Fax: (07) 5571 7481 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Postal Address: GPO Box 1260, Foundation Editor: Barbara Callcott Email: [email protected] Website: www.colostomysa.org.au Website: www.geelongostomy.com.au Canberra City, ACT 2601 Editorial Contributors: David Munro, Amber President’s message 4 Operating hours: Distribution of supplies: Monday Operating hours: Monday, Wednesday, Telephone: (02) 5124 4888 Tues & Thurs 9.00am - 3.00pm Smart, Lilian Leonard, Kylie McGrory, Jodie - Thursday 10.30am to 2.30pm. Friday 9.30am - 2.30pm Nelson, Margaret Allan, Audrey Christophersen, Your say: Letters to the editor 5 Website: www.actstoma.net.au Office Manager: Terri Cowls Open days: 1st & 2nd week of each CLOSED Fridays Administrator: Karen McKenzie Kerry Kimbey, Jacquelyn Kovaievic, Jacqueline Davies, Nichola Hamilton, Sylvia Riedel, Kerry ACSA National Conference 2019 6 month Mon, Tues, Wed. 10.00am - NTH QLD OSTOMY ASSN INC. Secretary: Tracy Turner OSTOMY ASSN OF MELBOURNE INC. Kimbey, Lorrie Gray. 1.00pm, STN available Wednesday 13 Castlemaine St., Kirwan Getting in shape for the future 13 ILEOSTOMY ASSN OF SA INC. Burwood Industrial Park Correspondence/Contributions to: open days 10am-noon Telephone: (07) 4775 2303 73 Roebuck St. Mile End. SA 5031 Unit 14, 25-37 Huntingdale Rd The Editor, Ostomy Australia Office Manager: Melissa Mason PO Box 173, Celebrating 30 years of YOU Inc. 14 Telephone: (08) 8234 2678 PO Box 3378, Weston Creek, ACT 2611 Email: stoma@ACTStoma. Thuringowa Central, 4817 Burwood, VIC 3125 onmicrosoft.com Fax: (08) 8234 2985 Telephone: (03) 9888 8523 Email: [email protected] From Kylie’s desk: ‘The same purpose’ of use rule 16 Operating hours: These contact details apply only to matters Secretary: David Turnbull Office hours: Mon-Fri 10am - 2pm Fax: (03) 9888 8094 Mon and Thurs 8 - 4pm directly associated with Ostomy Australia. Mind over matter: S#@t Happens…. 17 Wed 8 - 12pm Distribution times: Tuesdays Email: [email protected] Email, Word or PDF documents are preferred. NORTHERN TERRITORY 10am - 2pm, 1st & 3rd Tuesday Website: www.oam.org.au Email: [email protected] Published by: Detouring into mental health 20 Secretary: Gwenda Williams evenings 7pm - 8pm Operating hours: CANCER COUNCIL OF THE Australian Council of Stoma Associations Inc. Port Augusta and Beyond Ostomy Support 22 NORTHERN TERRITORY INC. A/H (07) 4775 2303 Secretary: Donna Benge Tue to Fri 9am to 4pm Website: www.australianstoma.com.au Unit 2 Casi House Telephone: (08) 8234 2678 Email: [email protected] Travelling with a stoma 24 25 Vanderlin Drive, Casuarina QLD OSTOMY ASSN INC. Email: [email protected] PENINSULA OSTOMY ASSN INC. Patron: Postal Address: PO Box 42719, (formerly QLD Colostomy Assn) 12 Allenby Street, Frankston 3199 His Excellency General the Honourable ‘Mega’ problems? Focus on the good stuff 29 Casuarina NT 0811 22 Beaudesert Rd, Moorooka 4105 TASMANIA Telephone: (03) 9783 6473 Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd) Mon to Thurs 8.30am - 2.00pm PO Box 198 Moorooka 4105 Fax: (03) 9781 4866 Governor-General of the Commonwealth The week I won’t forget 30 of Australia Phone: (08) 8944 1800 Operating hours: Tues & Thurs OSTOMY TASMANIA INC A/H Emergency only: 0417 011 075 Fax: (08) 8927 4990 9.00am - 3.30pm Amenities Building, Operating hours: Executive Members: Blessed to be here: my life with Crohn’s disease 32 Email: [email protected] David Munro – President Admin (07) 3848 7178 St. Johns Park Mon & Thurs 10am - 3pm Web: http://nt.cancer.org.au/ Fax: (07) 3848 0561 PO Box 370, Chermside South, QLD 4032 Looking ahead to a future with ‘twins’ 32 St. Johns Avenue, Newtown 7008 Secretary: Alexandra Terdich Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] PO Box 280, Moonah 7009 WESTERN AUSTRALIA Email: [email protected] Erin Goodwin – Vice-president Great Comebacks celebrated amidst adversity 33 Web: www.qldostomy.org Telephone: (03) 6228 0799 Website: www.penost.com.au 15 Guildford Road, Mount Lawley, WA 6050 IN THIS ISSUE WA OSTOMY ASSN INC. Fax: (03) 6228 0744 WA Ostomy Association is 50 years old! 34 QLD STOMA ASSN LTD Email: [email protected] 15 Guildford Rd, Mount Lawley 6050 Operating hours: VICTORIAN CHILDREN’S Telephone: (08) 9272 1833 Unit 1/10 Valente Close, Robert Barsing — Treasurer National Directory of Ostomy Support Groups 35, 36 Mon 9.00am - 3.00pm OSTOMY ASSN. PO Box 1254, Harvey Bay, QLD 4655 Fax: (08) 9271 4605 Chermside 4032 Tues 9.00am - 1.00pm Equipment Distribution Centre, Email: [email protected] Enquiries email: Telephone: (07) 3359 7570 Stoma Appliance Scheme product suppliers 37 [email protected] Fax: (07) 3350 1882 Secretary: Sue Hoyle Royal Children's Hospital, Rosemary Quick — Secretary Orders email: Website: qldstoma.asn.au Email: [email protected] Level Basement 2 (green lifts), PO Box 2427, Salisbury Downs, SA 5108 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Operating hours: Mon to Thurs - Website: www.ostomytas.com.au 50 Flemington Road, Index to Advertisers: Operating hours and appliance 8.30am - 2.30pm Parkville, 3052 Printed by: pickup: Mon, Tues, Thurs 9.00am - Last Saturday of each month - VICTORIA Telephone: (03) 9345 5325 Graphic Print Group Ainscorp 8, 9, 21 1.00pm Graphic House, 10–14 Kingston Avenue, 8.30am - 12.30pm Fax: (03) 9345 9499 BENDIGO & DISTRICT OSTOMY Richmond, SA 5033 Coloplast 11, 25 NEW SOUTH WALES Closed Fridays and Public Holidays Email: [email protected]. Phone: (08) 8443 8011 Emergency No: 0432 522 311 ASSN INC. Web: www.rch.org.au/edc Dansac 7, 27 43-45 Kinross Street, Bendigo 3550 Graphic design by: NSW STOMA LIMITED PO Box 370, Chermside 4032 Graphic Print Group (formerly Colostomy Assn of NSW) Email: [email protected] All correspondence to: WARRNAMBOOL & DISTRICT Hollister 23 On the cover: Jessie Whitehouse and Estelle Unit 5, 7-29 Bridge Road, PO Box 404, Golden Square. 3555 OSTOMY ASSN INC. TOOWOOMBA & SOUTH-WEST Hayler celebrating 50 years of service for the Omnigon 15, 18, 19, 31 Stanmore 2048 Ostomy Rooms: (03) 5441 7520 279 Koroit St, Warrnambool 3280 WA Ostomy Association at this years ACSA OSTOMY ASSN INC. PO Box 164, Camperdown 1450 Fax: (03) 5442 9660 Telephone: (03) 5563 1446 conference in Perth. Operating hours: Mon to Thurs Education Centre, Blue Care Garden Sutherland Medical 29 Operating hours: Fax: (03) 5563 4353 The Editor 9.00am - 4.00pm and Settlement, 256 Stenner Street, Advertising enquiries to: Email: Friday 9.00am - 2.00pm Toowoomba 4350 Tues, Wed, Thurs 10.00am - 2.00pm Advertising & copy deadlines: 3M 34 [email protected] Administration and Logistics All correspondence to: and second Tues of each month from Issue Copy and Advertising Operating hours: April 1st February The ACSA Journal Ostomy Australia was established in 1992 through the inaugural Controller: Hedy Ferreira PO Box 7314, Toowoomba MC 4352 9.00am - 3.00pm August 1st June sponsorship of ConvaTec Australia. The journal is published three times per year and Secretary: Peter De Luca Secretary: PO Box 404, Friday 12 noon - 4.00pm Telephone: (07) 4636 9701 December 1st October is available free to every member of an Australian Ostomy Association. Telephone: 1300 OSTOMY or Fax: (07) 4636 9702 Golden Square, VIC 3555 Secretary: Heather Love (02) 9565 4315 Operating hours: Fax: (02) 9565 4317 Tues 9.00am - 3.30pm COLOSTOMY ASSN OF VIC. Email: [email protected] Editorial: Contributions are welcome but authors must include their names and addresses. Full names Publication of an advertisement in Ostomy Australia does not constitute an endorsement of any Secretary: Bob Schull Suite 221, 98 Elizabeth St., may be published unless you request otherwise. Contributions should be sent as Word or PDF documents. products mentioned therein by the journal, ACSA, any stoma association, or any government department Website: NSWstoma.com.au Telephone: 0418 717 199 Block Arcade Lift 3, Contributions may be edited in accordance with standard editorial practice. 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