In this issue:

• The facts about Mitrofanoff pouches
• Positive thinking with a stoma – keeping on top of your feelings about your stoma
• Get a good nights sleep
• The latest medical research information
• Sexuality and Stomas – Your partners perspective
• Readers letters and agony pages
• Resources page

Also in this issue, if you read the resources page you’ll find a small article about little ol’ Ostomyland.

If you live in the UK and would like a copy of the magazine, please contact Coloplast’s Charter Healthcare customer service on 0800 132787.

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Featuring performances of a specially commissioned play, written by Eastenders scripter Peter Lawson, “Still me, waving” focuses on “living life as an ostomist and shares insight, advice and support in a thought provoking and enjoyable way”.

Other features of the events include:

• Company and products exhibitions
• News & latest innovations on Dansac products
• Relationship support/advice
• Free samples
• Free local event prize draws for a Nintendo Wii, and a national draw for a spa weekend
• Refreshments available all day

The roadshow will be visiting a venue near you.  Event entry is by Invitation/entry vouchers which are available free from the Dansac Voice Roadshow website, or alternatively by phoning 0800 581117

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Features in the A4 format, 12 page edition of Linkline include:

• An Ileostomist’s Experiences in India
• New Flexfit wafer gives added confidence
• All about their stoma solutions
• Who’s the new Nurse of the Year
• Breakaway’s 2010 breaks

and more besides!

If you live in the UK and would like a copy of the magazine, then phone Salts Medicare on 0800 626388, oremail: salts@salts.co.uk

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Features in this issue include:
The Stuff of Legends
News from the Branches
Salts Brothers in Cook-Off
Take a break with Breakaway
…and lots more.

The magazine is available free to all Salts mailing list members, and is also available to UK ostomates by phoning the Salts customer care team on 0800 626388

The magazine is free to all existing members of the Colostomy Association, and features in this 64 page issue include:

1. Open Door: A new dimension in my life – by Ernie Hulme. The CA Trustee and volunteer talks about the key role of the volunteer
2. Irrigation and you…
3. Reaching out and building awareness
4. CA Open Day – Swansea 2009
5. Reader’s Stories
6. Dear Nurse
7. Readers Letters

…and many, many more articles too!

Also, inside you’ll find an article all about Jules, Rach, Hannah and Jasmine’s visit to the World Ostomy Day 2009 event at the Bullring, Birmingham where they were promoting their Breakaway children’s charity (Jules and Rach being part of the Ostomyland message board team, and firm favourites among the team and community members).
http://www.breakaway-visit.co.uk

About the Colostomy Association:
The Colostomy Association is the national colostomy support charity for Colostomates in the UK. They were formed after the BCA closed down. The CA’s services include (but are not limited to):

• Support and advice for colostomates, their families and their carers
• Email and 24hr telephone helpline
• Comprehensive advisory literature and quarterly magazine
• Visits for those who need it

For more information on the Colostomy Association please visit their website, or phone them free on 0800 328 4257
http://www.colostomyassociation.org.uk/

Best of all though, if you register yourself and refer another ostomate to ConvaTec then you both get entered into the draw meaning you both could win a weekend away with your respective partners.

The ConvaTec customer support line is a great source of ostomy info and help on subjects such as:

• How to keep fit
• Dietary advice – healthy cooking and eating
• How to wear the latest fashion
• Advice on intimacy and relationship issues

In the latest issue – #17 – Oland receives a nice feature in the “Web Watch” section. Other features in this 4 page, A4 newsletter is a Q&A session with Specialist Care Nurse Jane Cadogan from University Hospital of Wales, in Cardiff (theres lovely now…), as well as a feature on World Ostomy Day 2009, the latest products from Pelican, and a list of some local Ostomy support groups or Open Days for various locations including Southend-on-Sea, Wythenshawe (Manchester), Newcastle, Merthyr Tydfil, Ipswich, Harrogate, Newport, Norfolk and Birmingham.

For your free copy of the Pelican Brief give Pelican Healthcare a call on 0800 052 7471. Please note that although Pelican’s products are now available worldwide thanks to a deal with Eakin, I think their newsletter is distributed to UK only residents.

Celebrating it’s 20th Anniversary, the 12 page “Medilink” magazine, which is professionally edited and produced, features articles and product reviews such as the following:

• Harmony Duo
• Dermacol – A Global Success
• Something for the Little Ones (Paediatric pouches)
• OBE for Ostomist – Brian Sibbald gets his O.B.E from the Queen in June
• Awesome Weekend In Wales – Review of the Breakaway weekend (which we’ve featured in detail here on Ostomyland)
• … and lots more!

If you are in the UK (only) and would like a copy, please contact the Salts Healthcare Medilink freephone customer phone line on 0800 626388

For more on Salts Healthcare, please visit Ostomyland’s Manufactuers section where you’ll find an entry for them which was produced with their help and blessing.

Useful Links:
Ostomyland’s Salts Healthcare page

External Links:
Salts Healthcare Website
Salts Medilink Home Delivery Service

Note: Ostomyland is not responsible for content outside of its own Ostomyland.com/.org/.co.uk domain names. Ostomyland is not associated with Salts Healthcare.

Articles in this issue include:

Patient Experiences of Ileostomies and Colonoscopies
Convex Products – Pros and Cons
Lesbian Ostomates Considerations
Forums
Handy addresses/sites etc
…and more!

Obviously, being produced by Coloplast UK the magazine has a heavy slant on Coloplast products, in fact its boarding on exclusivity, but its still in my opinion the best company produced ostomy mag available today. So, if you are in the UK (only) and want a copy, give Coloplast a tinkle on 0800 220 622, or visit their website.

Useful Links:
Coloplast UK: http://www.coloplast.co.uk
Coloplast US (And Worldwide): http://www.coloplast.com

In the issue you’ll find:
Small Miracles
Even the littlest ostomy accessory can make a big difference in your quality of life

Talking Points
“Little Things Mean a Lot”
Accessories add comfort, help resolve problems and are thankfully reimbursable

Laugh with Brenda
“Accessorize the Positive”
Brenda offers tips and quips for the fashionista with an ostomy
By Brenda Elsagher

Ask the Expert
“Small Answers to Big Questions”
Joy Boarini sheds light on the what, when, and how of accessories

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Useful Links:
Subscribe with Hollister for their Secure Start newsletter:
http://www.hollister.com/us/ostomy/ss/newsletter.asp

Download/Read the Summer 2009 edition of Hollister’s Secure Start newsletter (.pdf – Adobe Reader Required):
http://www.hollister.com/us/files/pdfs/ss_newsletters/summer_2009.pdf