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Welcome to the  website for the Colorado River Ostomy Chapter, aka CROC.

Mohave County, Needles, CA and Laughlin, NV residents:        During this tough time of Covid 19 challenges, if you have a financial hardship including loss of insurance and have a need for ostomy supplies, please email us through the contact page.

There are donated ostomy supplies that are no longer needed from other ostomates. Available are limited products from Hollister, Coloplast and ConvaTec. Send info of what products and size you usually use. You will receive a response as to products available that might work for you.

We are having monthly Zoom meetings on the second Monday or each month until further notice. Use our contact page to email us that you want to join our Zoom meeting and we will send you the link and password to join us. We look forward to Zooming with you.

Come and join us, see the meeting page for more information!

Upcoming Meeting Topics: Zoom attendee driven

Currently we are unable to meet at Joshua Springs Senior Living. We will not meet in person until further notice.  Please use the contact page to email us with concerns, issues, or greetings. If you are active in CROC, please keep up with one another until we meet again.

Please do contact us if you have any concerns with all things ostomy.

About

Colorado River Ostomy Chapter (CROC) formed in 2007 is the only United Ostomy Association of America affiliated chapter in Mohave County and the Tristate area of Arizona, California and Nevada.  We have members from Kingman, Lake Havasu City, Bullhead City, winter visitors from various places attend our meetings. The members who have ostomies (ostomates) have… Continue reading About

Contact

    Please complete this form to contact Colorado River Ostomy Chapter. We will endeavor to respond to you quickly.

Ostomy Tips

New Ostomate Information/Overview What is an ostomy? An ostomy is a surgical procedure diverting or re-routing the gastrointestinal (GI) tract or the urinary tract through an opening (stoma) onto the abdomen. The most common ostomies are intestinal diversions; if the diversion is in the last part of the small bowel it is called an ileostomy… Continue reading Ostomy Tips

“I am a new ostomy patient of four months. I could not find a group before surgery. I have been to two meetings. I have learned so much from the group.”

Anne