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New Content: Trio Healthcare
Ostomyland is delighted to be able to announce that Trio Healthcare has joined the ever growing list of ostomy product manufacturers here on Ostomyland.
Trio Healthcare specialises in skin care and odour control products such as their Niltac medical adhesive removal spray; the Silesse sting-free skin barrier and the flagship Trio Diamonds odour control gelling sachets.
Trio Healthcare’s products are available in 20 different countries including the UK and EU and USA. They are also available via UK prescription and via Government or Insurance in the EU. In the USA they are available via the Trio Shop. For details of product availability in your Country you can email Trio Healthcare, and likewise if you would like some samples, they would love to hear from you at the same address.
For more details on these products why not check out the new Trio Healthcare page on the Ostomyland website? You’ll find it under “Manufacturers: Accessory” heading on the site’s sidebar menu, or by clicking any of the relevent links in this post. Alternatively you can visit the Trio Healthcare Group website or their individual product websites.
Ostomyland would like to take this opportunity to thank Trio Healthcare for it’s interest in our community, and hope that together we can help Ostomates discover these exciting new products.
Useful Links:
Ostomyland’s Trio Healthcare Page
External Links:
Trio Healthcare Group Website – http://www.triohealthcaregroup.com
Niltac Medical Adhesive Removal Spray – http://www.niltac.com
Silesse Sting-Free Skin Barrier – http://www.silesse.com
Trio Diamonds Odour Control Gelling Sachets – http://www.triodiamonds.com
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New look for the Ostomyland website
The new look website.
We’ve had a bit of a spring clean here at Ostomyland. The Oland main site is often peoples first contact with our site and it’s community as it houses the majority of our article-based ostomy information. Whilst I’ve been very happy with the performance of WordPress – the software which powers this part of Ostomyland – the theme on it was a heavily edited existing theme, and so it didn’t fit in with the look of the other major part of Ostomyland; our community portal, powered by Invision Power Board. So, this time around I’ve rolled up my sleeves and given the main site a visual overhaul.
The main aims of which were to try to give as “clean” look to the site, as well as being visibly more identifiable with the community board’s existing look. This means there’s more dark blue and white areas, and ofcourse our usual logo is still sat at the top in pride of place. Our little mascot – the ever loveable and furry “Fuzzbutt” is also clearly introduced to our visitors as being part of the header, as she sits there welcoming everyone to the site. Continue reading
New site content: Malcolm Design Manufacturer’s Profile
Ostomyland is pleased to announce that another company has joined our manufacturers section. Malcolm Design is a New Zealand based dress makers company whom also have a specialist line in Ladies Ostomy Underwear. From every day comfort, to something a bit special or naughty, the wide range of designs and fabrics means this is a range of ostomate’s underwear which is definitely a cut above the normal products found elsewhere on the market today. And best of all you dont have to be down under to order, as the company ships worldwide!
You can read more on Malcolm Design, and their range of products and services by visiting the newly launched Ostomyland “Malcolm Design” page here, or by visiting their website www.malcolmdesign.co.nz.
Dont forget to tell them we sent you!
Useful Links:
The “Malcolm Design” page on Ostomyland
Malcolm Design Website
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The All-New “Pouches and Products” Forum
The “Pouches and Products” forum has just launched.
http://www.ostomyland.org/ostomyboardipb/index.php?/forum/174-pouches-and-products/
It’s a new forum which lets you tell the world about the products you currently use, and what you think about them. It’s kind of like a reviews section but without the formality of having to comply to discussing certain criteria in your posts.
Why not start a thread telling us which products you currently use, what you think of them, and why you are using them? Would you change to something else if you could?
Have you come across a product that you are not too keen on? Let us know about it and why. But remember that the companies also browse these forums…. ’nuff said. 
It is my hope that the forum will help people discover new products to try which might meet their needs. So, if there is something you’d want to know about a product dont forget to include that information in any posts you make!
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Ostomyland June 2010 Newsletter Mailed Out
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.
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New Content: Comfizz Stoma & Hernia Support Wear
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/
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New Content: Manufacturers – C&S Ostomy Pouch Covers
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
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Ostomistics Radio Show
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:
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
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…”
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Revisions to lifestyle guide download
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.
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Doug’s Irrigation Video
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! 
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.
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