Our Certified Ostomy Nurses help ostomy patients with adjustments to lifestyle changes, which include sexual counseling, clothing changes or modifications for their work or leisure activities.

Our focus is to help patients to be as active and independent as they desire. There are three types of ostomies. While many require an outside bag to collect waste, some types allow waste collection inside your body.

What type of ostomy you need and how long you'll need it depends on your medical condition. The three types include:

Colostomy
This operation creates an opening somewhere in the large intestine such as the bowel or colon. In most cases, waste passes through the new opening and is collected in a pouch outside your body.

Ileostomy
In this procedure, the colon and the rectum may be removed. Waste will then pass through a new opening in the small intestine. In some ileostomies, waste collects in an outside pouch. But in other types, waste can collect either in a pouch inside the body or may still be removed naturally.

Urostomy
This ostomy creates an opening that diverts urine away from a diseased or infected bladder. The urine is then collected in a pouch outside your body.

At the ostomy clinic, our nurses care for patients with the above mentioned ostomies in addition to continent diversions, urinary diversions, fistulas and tubes.

For more information about ostomy care, call The Treatment Clinics at 706.509.5170 or email.