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Ostomyland June 2010 Newsletter Mailed Out

Jason - Senior Admin/Webmaster — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:11:21 +0000

The June 2010 edition of the Ostomyland newsletter is now available online and it covers the biggest Oland community news stories in the last two months.

Our newsletter is sent out to all members of the message board who have visited the site in the last six months and have the option to receive admin emails checked in their notification preferences.

Highlights of this newsletter includes:

Jimbob the Candidate
Doug’s Irrigation Video
Ostomyland @ Breakaway
and many more articles…

If you haven’t received a copy of the newsletter, dont worry you can catch up with an online copy of it here. Our next newsletter will be sent out in August.

New Content: Comfizz Stoma & Hernia Support Wear

Jason - Senior Admin/Webmaster — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 05:01:05 +0000

Comfizz is a family run business based in Yorkshire, established 1998, specialising in performance garments. Comfizz are virtually seamless, ultra comfortable, soft and practical to wear and critically don’t look ‘medical’. And now, Im pleased to announce that they have their own page on Ostomyland.

Comfizz – Innovative Stoma and Hernia Support Wear
“Don’t feel different… Feel confident.”

Useful Links:
Ostomyland’s Comfizz Page
The Comfizz Website – http://www.stomawear.uk.com/

New Content: Manufacturers – C&S Ostomy Pouch Covers

Jason - Senior Admin/Webmaster — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:24:00 +0000

C&S Ostomy Pouch Covers is a Florida-USA based company specialising in custom made ostomy pouch covers, and now they have their own page in Ostomyland’s Manufacturers: Ostomy Products – Underwear, Accessories etc section.

The company’s founder says: “In today’s busy world, fashion, comfort and confidence are important to maintain an active lifestyle. C&S Pouch Covers understands the needs of ostomy patients because [I am] an ostomy products user [myself]. Our pouch covers help to promote confidence and self-assurance as well as to detract from any potential discomfort that may be associated with an ostomy bag.”

The company ship their products to the USA and Canada, so if you are looking for a custom pouch cover check out their page on Ostomyland, or visit their website for more information.

Useful Links:
C&S Ostomy Pouch Covers Page on Ostomyland
C&S Ostomy Pouch Covers Website

Ostomistics Radio Show

Jason - Senior Admin/Webmaster — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 06:10:31 +0000

The Ostomistics is a Peterborough (UK) based ostomy support group. Yesterday (Sunday) they were given an opportunity to broadcast their own radio show for an hour on local radio station Peterborough FM. With a mix of music, chat and ostomy related matters, the show has surely taken a huge step forward towards achieving it’s goal of raising awareness in the community of ostomies, and to set the record straight over various ostomy myths.

If you missed the show, or weren’t within range of the Peterborough FM transmission, never fear because thanks to the wonders of live internet-based radio streams we’ve been able to record the show (with permission) and are sharing it with our readers.

Listen to the show now, by clicking the play button below:

Streaming Version: 32kbps mono (Total Streamed Size – 13MB)

Also available in higher quality 128kbps Stereo for MP3 players and iPod.
Hosted on Ostomyland (51mb File Size approx).
To save, right click on the link and choose “Save as…”

Visit the Ostomistics Facebook Group

Revisions to lifestyle guide download

Jason - Senior Admin/Webmaster — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:58:06 +0000

The “Living with a Colostomy” lifestyle guide forms the main brunt of the information we have available on Ostomyland. The 20-odd chapter guide has always been available in a full pdf download, and Im pleased to announce that version 3 of the downloadable guide is now available.

In this latest update:

Updated information about travel – information about the new European schemes for health related insurance whilst travelling
Fuzzbutt’s Top Tips – Our furry mascot Fuzzbutt has squeezed her way into the guide, scattering many of her favourite top tips within the pages of the guide. Keep an eye out for the “Fuzzbutt Top Tips” box outs throughout the downloadable guide!
Grammar and spelling error corrections

Useful Links:
Visit the Lifestyle Guide Download Page -
http://ostomyland.com/mainsite/c00-download-the-full-guide/

Download the Lifestyle Guide here (1.1MB)*
* = Adobe Reader needed to view/read the guide.

Doug’s Irrigation Video

Jason - Senior Admin/Webmaster — Mon, 31 May 2010 09:34:39 +0000

By popular demand, the irrigation video made by “Doug” has been made available here on the main Ostomyland site and is available to watch immediately.

This informative 10 minute video offers the viewer an insight into Doug’s complete irrigation setup at home in his Bathroom, and shows him performing one of his colostomy irrigations. The video’s narration (by the man himself) is informative and offers may tips on making your irrigation session as quick and effective as possible

Doug is an Australian Colostomate, and a valued member of the Oland community team. He’s recently been very poorly, and we’re delighted that he’s on the mend and we wish him the speediest of full recoveries!

[See post to watch Flash video]

Stats:
Length: 10mins
File Size: 124MB
Tip: Watch the video full screen by clicking on the player’s icon – also, if visitors with slower internet connections find that the video stops and starts due to buffering, pause the video for a few minutes to allow a large buffer to download, then continue playing.

Happy Birthday Oland! We are 12 today!

Jason - Senior Admin/Webmaster — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:22:04 +0000

Happy Birthday Ostomyland! We are 12 today, and without the support of our wonderful members and readers we would never have made it this far. So, thank you very, very much everyone.

As promised today is the day I’m launching v2.0 of the wiki. The links on the menu on the left hand side have been updated, and you can also click here to go to it. As with all wiki’s this is a project that is a continual work in progress, it isnt an exhaustaive Ostomy encyclodpaedia… yet. And also like other wiki’s YOU (yes you, the one reading this!) can add and edit pages. Full instructions are on the wiki homepage. If you do create a page, dont worry over the formatting, I’ll tidy it all up if anything goes wrong. Just have fun playing with it.

v2.0 of the wiki contains almost 250 pages of ostomy related health and product related information. Thats over 100 pages more than it’s previous incarnation.

Coming Soon: Ostomyland Wiki v2

Jason - Senior Admin/Webmaster — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:06:36 +0000

On January 21st 2010, Ostomyland will be celebrating it’s 12th birthday. To celebrate this event, I’ll be launching version 2 of the Ostomyland Wicked Wiki. The original Ostomyland wiki launched approximately 3 years ago, and was the first and only wiki dedicated to Ostomy subjects (I believe this is still the only one!), and just like all wiki’s content could be added and edited by you, the Oland readers.

Version 2 of the Wiki brings a software upgrade with lots of new features and ease of use-updates included, and a brand new graphical design which makes the whole wiki far more appealing to look at, and less clinical than the current one. Also, there is a major content update which will see v2 of the wiki launching with over 250 pages of ostomy-related material which is an increase of approximately 75 pages over the current wiki.

The new wiki is now in final testing and the last few pages of new content is being added and edited. But even with the launch, the wiki will be an ever evolving feature with new content forever being added to it. In the meantime you can find the existing wiki here, and as a sneak peak of the new wiki, here’s a few screen shots to whet your appetite…


Fig1	Fig2

Fig3

Key:
Fig. 1 = The new wiki’s homepage
Fig. 2 = A sample page from the new wiki
Fig. 3 = The content categories covered in the wiki

A Christmas Gift from Ostomyland

Jason - Senior Admin/Webmaster — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:31:48 +0000

I’d just like to take this opportunity to wish all our members and visitors a very Merry Christmas and a happy, prosperous and a hopefully as-healthy-as-possible New Year.

As a special thank you to all our members for their support and friendship over the last year, I’d like to offer you this Christmas gift of an Ostomyland Christmas screensaver. It’s a 1.15MB download, and works on Windows (unfortunately I dont have the system or software to create Linux or Mac screensavers). It comes with an uninstall system too if you should wish to remove it after it’s been installed, and it also has a built in RSS Reader to bring you the latest Oland website and board postings direct to your screensaver.

You can download the screensaver from here:
http://www.ostomyland.org/xmas2009ss/oland_xmas2009.exe

And if you wish to preview the SS before downloading you can see a video of it running here:
http://www.screentoaster.com/watch/stU0NdREBIR19fQ1pfWV9dU1ZX

Merry Christmas one and all. I look forward to seeing you all in the New Year.

Best Christmas Wishes,

Jason.

New content: Page for BAGBAG Ostomy Pouch Covers

Jason - Senior Admin/Webmaster — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:00:55 +0000

I’ve just added a new page to the Ostomyland website. It’s in the Manufacturers: Ostomy Products category, and it’s for BAGBAG Ostomy Pouch Covers.

Stephen Carmichael, from BAGBAG Ostomy Pouch Covers says:
“Ever felt a little embarrassed because your ostomy bag was on show and looked a little clinical. We at BAGBAG have designed a range of covers to exactly fit your ostomy pouch. Handmade from a range of quality fabrics, and made to order using the latest technology, a BAGBAG ostomy cover can help make you that little bit more confident.”

For more details about BAGBAG Ostomy Pouch Covers please check out their new page on Ostomyland, or visit their website.

Useful Links:
BAGBAG Ostomy Pouch Covers Website
BAGBAG’s page on Ostomyland

NB: Ostomyland is not responsible for content or services outside of it’s own domain name, and any services/products featured on Ostomyland are listed for informational purposes only and is not being endorsed by Ostomyland.