How you care for your colostomy stoma and ostomy bag can vary from person to person. For example, how often you change your bag depends on your output and the type of bag you’re using. A colostomy is ...

For many years, ostomy surgery was rarely spoken of. It is performed for a variety of disease processes, including birth defects, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, incontinence and cancer. It can be ...

Jodie Atkinson of Mercy Medical Center in Clinton is now certified in ostomy care, wound care and foot care. To get the advanced training, she took courses through the Emory University Wound Ostomy ...