5 years after radical cystoectomy

Ginger?...you mean your bag is your dancing partner, named Ginger?
That's a good name for an external...a dancing partner!javascript:void(0);

Oh, Joe....thanks once again for the lovely belly laugh! And Patricia, thanks, too, for correcting me. I knew as soon as I woke in the middle of the night that I had made an error. Hal and Rosebud.....must help find another name for husband's.

Stephany in Iowa

And lets not forget the outside bag, maybe not a popular choice but for those who can't have the neo or indiana, it works well and not so bad as a deversion. No incontinence, no cathing, just a bag. Ginger

My favorite movie!
...as I bash a catheter, repeatedly on the ground, and grunt..while wildly hopping around, to the Blue Danube,...only to toss it, high into the air, in "kubrickian' glee!

Hi Stephanie....just a note...my stoma's name is "Hal"...Melodies is Rosebud. Hal got his name from 2001 A Space Odyssey....He became a little to human at first..kept bossing me around until i took the reins...Actually now we're great pals and have our regimen all worked out very nicely...he only balks at things like beer and wine and ice cream....but he does like chocolate thankfully. Pat

I know this, Maria, from living through this with my husband, I would get the Indiana pouch in a heartbeat. No more sitting down in public restrooms, no more looking for a clean restroom on the road, etc.

Pat has written some good stuff about her Rosebud. And Joe has written some good stuff, too, about his battle. There is much wisdom to be found here. Keep reading.

Stephany in Iowa