Welcome to the website for the Colorado River Ostomy Chapter, aka CROC.
We meet the second Monday of each month from 1pm-3pm at Joshua Springs Senior Living, Media Room.
Come and join us, see the meeting page for more information!
Upcoming Meeting Topics:
June-July- August 2019– we will meet each month, no planned guest speakers during the summer
September- Topic to be determined
October 14- Coloplast Representative, Duriel McDonnell will be our guest speaker
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
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General Ostomy Tips Appliance Adherence Issues Letting pouch get too full. The weight of the output (aka effluent) pulls at the seal of the skin barrier to your skin. Empty pouch when 1/3 -1/2 full, preferably when 1/3 full. If you have high output overnight as some urinary diversions do and some ileostomies, use an… 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.”
