Who We Are
In keeping with its mission of helping all people with ostomies, the United Ostomy Association in 1982 established the Gay and Lesbian Concerns Committee, now called Gay and Lesbian Ostomates (GLO) Network. The Network works to assist Gay men and women live more positively with an ostomy.
An informative website, well worth reading.
The Phoenix magazine is the official publication of the United Ostomy Associations of America, Inc. and will be published four times a year – December, March, June and September. The premier issue was mailed December 2005.
The list of UOAA affiliated groups is growing, and we are adding them to this page as they join. Each group is listed by location, group number, contact person and contact phone number. Also, if the chapter has its own website, the chapter's name is linked to its website.
A forum devoted to "Irrigation" - a procedure that may be helpful for some people with left-sided colostomies.
For discussion of intestinal and urinary diversions that avoid wearing an external waste collecting device.
For discussing ostomies that are intended to be temporary, and the reversal/takedown of such ostomies.
For general discussion of ostomies and continent diversions.
