When was Ostomy discovered? What is the story of this discovery? Was it coincidence or not?

▷ What is the history of Ostomy?

Stories of Ostomy

OSTOMY STORIES

VIEWS

BY

F.A.P.

I was diagnosed with a condition called familiar Adenomatous Polyposis in 2005 after having genetic testing it turned out I never inherited it from my parents, I am the first in my family to have this terrible disease. I had hundreds of polyps in my...

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7/19/16, 3:46 AM by Amanda

RECTAL CANCER

i was diagnosed with rectal cancer at age 33. Two young kids. Luckily stage 1 so no chemo or radiation but I did end up with a permanent colostomy.

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8/13/16, 7:02 PM by Klee4403

MY CANCER STORY

Initially diagnosed with stage II cancer in Dec of 2009 with about 10 cm of my colon removed in the Sigmoid area. No chemo or radiation was suggested. The Juravinski Cancer Clinic in Hamilton thought I was young and still fairly active and the de...

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5/9/16, 10:42 PM by Greg

MY CROHN'S JOURNEY

I was diagnosed with CROHN'S at age 14. It changed my life forever. Thirty years later at age 44 I have been through it all. Test after test , drug after drug , tube feeding , TPN , many many hospital stays and way too many IV's. I had a bowel resect...

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7/18/16, 8:47 PM by Michele

FAP

I was 24 when first diagosed with FAP, but had grown up knowing I would most likely get FAP. I was the 3rd known generation to have it from my Mothers side and my Son was diagonsed at 18. However we had Genetic testing done to find out if my Grandson...

What is the history of Ostomy?