Table of Contents
PREFACE................................................................................................... 1
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................... 2
CHAPTER ONE
ILEOSTOMY: MY OTHER BAG’S A PRADA................................................................... 3
CHAPTER TWO
DISCONNECTED: PHYSICAL CONSEQUENCES OF AN
ILEOSTOMY......................................................................................................................7
CHAPTER THREE
PAPA’S GOT A BRAND-NEW BAG: CHOOSING YOUR APPLIANCE AND ACCESSORIES...................................................................................................................15
CHAPTER FOUR
CHANGES: CHANGING YOUR APPLIANCE......................................................................35
CHAPTER FIVE
BREAK MY STRIDE: ODOR, LEAKS, AND OBSTRUCTIONS........................................... 41
CHAPTER SIX
SKIN-DEEP: SKIN CARE AND YOUR ILEOSTOMY............................................................51
CHAPTER SEVEN
SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL: ILEOSTOMY SURVIVAL KIT...............................................59
CHAPTER EIGHT
FORBIDDEN FRUIT: WHAT TO PUT IN YOUR MOUTH.....................................................63
CHAPTER NINE
BAD MEDICINE: SURVIVING HEALTHCARE
PROFESSIONALS................................................................................................................71
CHAPTER TEN
NOBODY MOVE, NOBODY GET HURT: EXERCISE AND YOUR ILEOSTOMY ...............75
CHAPTER ELEVEN
LEAVING ON A JET PLANE: TRAVEL AND SOCIAL EVENTS...........................................79
CHAPTER TWELVE
FIX YOU: THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT OF AN ILEOSTOMY.................................................85
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME: SEX, PREGNANCY, AND YOUR
ILEOSTOMY..........................................................................................................................103
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR HAT ON: ILEOSTOMY FASHION DOS AND DON'TS ................113
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
I’M WITH STUPID: ILEOSTOMIES FOR DUMMIES.............................................................117
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
FAKE PLASTIC TREES: SOCIAL MEDIA..............................................................................123
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
WHEN UNDER ETHER: A GUIDE TO BEING IN THE
HOSPITAL...............................................................................................................................127
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CAN’T KEEP JOHNNY DOWN: TOUGH LOVE RULES FOR SURVIVING YOUR ILEOSTOMY........................................................................................................................... 135
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.......................................................................................................139
APPENDIX..............................................................................................................................141
GLOSSARY............................................................................................................................145
INDEX.....................................................................................................................................147
