Episode Resources:

For resources mentioned in this episode, including organizations where you can donate unused ostomy supplies, visit the links below:

Friends of Ostomates Worldwide-USA (FOW)

Friends of Ostomates Worldwide (Canada) (FOWC)

United Ostomy Associations of America (UOAA) Support Group finder

American Cancer Society

USC Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

About the Speaker:

Janice Colwell, APRN, CWOCN, FAAN, is an advanced practice nurse certified in wound ostomy and continence care. She most recently practiced at the University of Chicago Medicine providing care to patients with ostomies. She is a past president of the WOCN Society and Friends of Ostomates Worldwide USA, and has contributed to ostomy patient care by editing several ostomy care textbooks, participating in ostomy research projects, authoring multiple ostomy-based articles, and is the co-section editor of the ostomy section of the Journal of Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing (JWOCN).