Hi, I'm an Ostomate. I know how you feel. I've been there. I'm one of a million Ostomates in North America who are leading normal happy lives. We have been given a second chance. We work, make love, have babies, take part in sports, travel and eat delicious food.		Links to chat rooms, forums etc. Canadian Association for Enterostomal Therapy       www.caet.ca Canadian Cancer Society                                             www.cancer.ca Colorectal Cancer Support Group Ottawa, Ontario                                     http://www.ccac-accc.ca 2nd Tuesday in each month (7:00-9:00pm) Monthly meetings to provide support and information for those living with colorectal cancer, their families, friends and caregivers. The group meets the second Tuesday of each month. Location: The Palisades, 480 Metcalfe Street, Ottawa . Free parking and light refreshments. For information, please contact (613) 745-8048 e-mail pbednarp@magma.ca Canadian Crohn's and Colitis Foundation   - CCFC Ottawa Chapter                                                           www.ccfc.ca  54 Newport Crescent                                     Email  ccfcmm@netcom.ca Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1T3M3 Canadian Continence Foundation                             www.continence-fdn.ca Charity Village                                                              www.charityvillage.com Friends of Ostomates World Wide                             www.fowcanada.org International Ostomy Association                               www.ostomyinternational.org   Islamic Ostomy Ruling                                                  www.ostomyinternational.org/Fatwa.html The Ostomy Resource Centre                                     www.ostomytoronto.com Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Centre      www.ottawahospital.on.ca/sc/cancer/index-e.asp Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation                         www.orcfoundation.ca  United Ostomy Association of Canada, Inc.              www.ostomycanada.ca                          UOAC Newsletter "The Connection"             www.ostomycanada.ca/publications/uoaconnection Ostomy Association of Southwestern Indiana            www.ostomy.evansville.net Manufacturers of Ostomy Products and Accessories Active Lifestyle Products Limited    1-(877) ALP-GLOBAL 1-(877) 257-4562   P.O. BOX 246, 9 King Lane                        www.alpglobal.com/info.html Hampton, ON. Canada L0B 1J0 Coloplast Canada Corporation                   1-905-820-7588 3300 Ridgeway Drive, Unit 12                              www.coloplast.ca Mississauga, Ontario L5L 5Z9   ConvaTec                                                       1-800-465-6302 Division of Bristol Myers Squibb Canada Co.          Fax - 1-877-437-1777 110-555 Dr. Frederick Phillips                               www.convatec.com   Ville St. Laurent, Quebec H4M 2X4                       Email  ConvaTec_CANADA@ccmail.bms.com Colo-majic Distribution Canada Inc.            1-866-611-6028 2892 McGill Crescent                                           www.colostomymajic.com Prince George, BC  V2N 1Z6 Hollister Limited                                              1-800-263-7400 95 Mary Street                                                     Fax 1-800-432-8846 Aurora, On L4G 1G3                                            www.hollister.com                                                                           www.ostomyworld.com Nu-Hope Laboratories, Inc.                           1-800-899-5017 P.O. Box 331150                                                    Fax 1-800-899-2079  Pacoima, CA 9355-1150 USA                                 www.nu-hope.com Weir Comfees                                                   1-866-856-5088 89A High Street                                                      www.weircomfees.com P.O. Box 1088 Sutton, On   L0E 1R0 OTHER SERVICES Home Instead Senior Care                www.homeinstead.com      613-599-6906                                                                                  ASSISTIVE DEVICES PROGRAM Ontario, Ministry of Health                   1-416-327-8804, (Fax) 1-416-327-8192 5700 Yonge St, 7th Floor                     1-800-268–6021 North York, M2M 4K 5                     www.health.gov.on.ca/english/public/program/adp/adp_mn.html The mission of the program is to facilitate the rehabilitation of Ontario residents who have long-term physical disabilities (lasting over six months) by providing financial assistance to purchase selected, basic, personalized assistive devices appropriate to their needs and essential for independent living. To be eligible, you must have a valid Ontario Health number issued in your name and have a long-term physical disability. ADP covers over 15,000 separate pieces of equipment or supplies in the following categories; prostheses; wheelchairs/mobility aids and specialized seating systems; ostomy, and enteral feeding supplies; needles and syringes for insulin-dependent seniors; monitors and test stripes for insulin-dependent diabetics (through agreement with the Canadian Diabetes Association); hearing aids; respiratory equipment; orthoses (braces, garments and pumps); visual and communication aids. Access to funding usually involves the assessment by health care professionals registered as authorizers with the program and the sale of equipment by vendors under contract to sell approved products at an approved price. For equipment and supplies, ADP usually pays up to 75% of an approved contribution. For oxygen, the Home Oxygen Program (HOP) pays 100% of home oxygen for persons over the age of 64 or on Home Care, social assistance or in long-term care facilities and 75% for all others.  In Ontario, people with a permanent ostomy receive $300.00 twice a year.  In Quebec there is a similar amount.