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Upcoming Events
Calgary Ostomy Society
The Calgary Ostomy Society is a member of the United Ostomy Association of Canada Inc., and is dedicated to helping persons with a Colostomy, Ileostomy or Urostomy (Ileal Conduit).
It is a self-governing non-profit, educational health service agency with medical advisers.
The Society operates a volunteer visitor service to ostomates and holds quarterly information and social meetings. Meetings are open to all ostomates, their families, friends and supporters.
The Calgary Ostomy Society provides:
- Trained volunteer visitors (all of whom have ostomies) who aid ostomy patients before and after surgery,
- Help for ostomy patients to adjust to the emotional and psychological results of ostomy surgery
- Tips for everyday appliance management
We also offer regular small support groups for:
- Colostomy
- Ileostomy (Jejeunostomy)
- Urostomy
- New Ostomates
- 20/40 Ostomates (between the ages of 20 and 40)
- Spouses and Significant Others
- Quarterly meetings with relevant speakers, opportunities to meet Enterostomal Therapists (ET)s informally and to learn about new products from manufacturers and vendors. These meetings provide important support as ostomates and their families gain understanding of how to achieve their best quality of life.
- Quarterly Newsletter and Educational Information and Leaflets
The Calgary Ostomy Society is a chapter of the United Ostomy Association of Canada (UOAC). Paid membership to the Society includes membership to the Association with access to all the UOAC services, including their national glossy publication “Ostomy Canada”.