When wearing a stoma guard like the StomaShield everyday, you can be spontaneous. Spontaneous adventures are usually hard to do with an ostomy, otherwise. Earlier in the year (late April) my wife and I took a long road trip across the southwest.  From Texas to New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and back home.  An amazing journey that we have been dreaming about since we were married in 2012.  We camped nearly every night along the way not just to save money, but get out and enjoy nature at it's finest.  Car rides, or even road trips like this are so comfortable with the StomaShield stoma guard.

While we were in Zion National Park, Utah, my wife said, "I would love to go horseback riding".  A quick search found they have horseback rides in Zion.  We made a reservation for the next morning.  Our campsite was just outside the park, to avoid the crowds.  The next morning we were scrambling to get up the mountain to Zion....

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It's been quite a journey.  I decided to share my personal story with the Phoenix Magazine and they put it on the front cover.  What an honor!  

If you are a subscriber, check out the March 2015 issue or online at http://www.phoenixuoaa.org/

Don't let an ostomy get you down.  You can do anything with an ostomy.  Make today better than yesterday.  Tomorrow will be even better.

- Brian

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2014 was a big year for us at StomaGear, as well as our family!  In October, we welcomed our first child into the family.  She is so cute, and big distraction too!  How can you resist? My amazing and beautiful wife, who handles many of the behind the scenes operations, was a trooper and still helped out nearly every day.  Even while pregnant, and now caring for the lil one. Somehow we managed to keep up with StomaGear business.  In 2014, we had over 400% growth over the previous year!  Even more amazing is we still maintained customer satisfaction.  This gives us even more confidence that the StomaShield design works great for a majority of the people with an ostomy.  We improved our shipping and processing times too.  Nearly all orders get shipped out the next business day.  We strive to deliver a better experience for our awesome customers.  Now, we look forward to what 2015 brings!  We hope everyone had a Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!

- Brian

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StomaGear's innovative (adjustable/removable/low maintenance) padding system has worked for a far majority of our customers, with the 4mm and 8mm options. However, there were a few who wished there was a thicker padding option to clear those larger stomas and/or thicker output.  We listened, and custom ordered an even thicker version of the same padding in 12mm (nearly 1/2 inch). It took several months to get here, but it was worth the wait!  Now every new StomaShield order will get all 3 padding options. Simply remove and try each one to get that custom fit!  If you're already a StomaGear customer, the padding is also available separately in the StomaGear online store in the Optional Accessories section.

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