Where Are You Guys Getting Your Stoma Supplies?

So I had an ostomy about 8 months ago. Now this is a weird amount of time, because it is long enough for me to kind of know what I’m doing in this strange new stoma world, but also short enough that I am still a novice at this. I remember back to several months ago when I was coming off of recovering from surgery, I had a really hard time finding ostomy supplies around town. Now I am from a small, rural, farming community type of town where not much really happens. In fact, my town is so boring that it was voted one of the top 10 most boring towns by the Youtube channel WatchMojo. Anyways, I could not find proper ostomy supplies in my town and I was becoming increasingly frustrated. There is only one pharmacy in my town, and they would always give me weird looks whenever I asked about ostomy supplies. Like, I have a stoma, I’m not an alien! I was at a loss on what to do, because the doctors were very specific about which ostomy supplies I needed to be buying for my stoma and I wanted to make sure I was doing what the doctors told me to avoid any complications with my stoma.

After a while of not finding stuff in any brick and mortar stores, I turned to the wonderful world of the internet. I have a love-hate relationship with the internet in some ways, because I can usually find what I want on there but it takes me a while to be able to properly research things and convince myself to order them. Something about looking at product pictures online just does not do it for me. I searched the internet far and wide for ostomy supplies with great reviews that would not come at a price that was too outrageous. I’m willing to spend a decent amount of money on ostomy supplies, but I’m also not what you would call a super wealthy guy, so I have to pick my battles. The great thing about shopping for ostomy supplies online is that the options are almost endless. You can truly find just about any product or brand that you might need and it can be shipped anywhere in the world right to your door. 

With the occurrence of the global pandemic, online shopping became pretty much the only form of shopping I was doing. This was a great opportunity for me to really poke around the internet and see if there were some better options for ostomy supplies than what I was currently using. There are lots of reviews from people who have ostomies and they go in great detail about how a product was really helpful for their stoma or not. This makes it much easier to feel good about purchasing ostomy supplies when I know that other people like me have used and enjoyed that product.

If you are having trouble finding ostomy supplies in your local pharmacies or super markets, I highly suggest you turn to the world of online shopping. You’ll be surprised how much of a game changer this is. It is imperative that you be using the best ostomy supplies available (within reason) to take the best care of your stoma possible.