Engaging with communities on Inspire: Inspire’s Ostomy Support Community

Engaging with communities on Inspire: Inspire’s Ostomy Support Community Engaging with communities on Inspire:  Inspire’s Ostomy Support Community Ostomy surgery is a procedure performed on people who have a diseased or malfunctioning colon, small intestines or bladder. After the procedure, bodily wastes - either urine, feces or indigestible food - leave the body through a created opening in the abdomen, called a stoma. Waste is collected in medical appliances. Bearing this significant change in basic bodily functions, coping with and accepting this transformation requires support. Providing this support is the Ostomy Discussion Community on Inspire, an example [...]