Practical ostomy tips sent to your phone by SMS

  • OstoRecovery is a free program . It sends one short, practical ostomy tip to your phone each day for 30 days.
  • The messages are written in plain language and focus on everyday ostomy questions.
  • The goal is to make adjustment feel less overwhelming, one small message at a time.
  • OstoRecovery is educational and does not replace your medical team.

Provided by MeetAnOstoMate.org.

A phone displaying an example OstoRecovery text tip.

HOW IT WORKS

01

Get invited

OstoRecovery is available by invitation only. If the program is offered to you, you will receive a private registration link.

02

Confirm by text

After registration, you will receive a text asking you to confirm that you want OstoRecovery messages.

03

Receive tips

Once confirmed, you will receive one short, practical ostomy tip by SMS each day for 30 days.

04

Ask simple questions

You can also text common ostomy questions and receive educational answers.

By invitation only

OstoRecovery is free and currently available only to invited people in the United States. If invited, you will receive a private registration link.

PARTICIPANT REVIEWS

What participants are saying

Even though my surgery was a year ago, I wanted to get this tips series when I signed up for ostomates, just in case there might be something that I didn't get to learn early on. I found tapping into it even at this point to be useful. Great reminder, and it brought up the feeling of connection with others. What a great offering!

Review from an OstoRecovery participant

Very informative and helped my Anxiety immensely.

Review from an OstoRecovery participant

Very helpful information.

Review from an OstoRecovery participant

Was very good for a beginner!!

Review from an OstoRecovery participant

These short messages were helpful reminders of the education I received in the hospital. Thanks so much for this service.

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