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                                UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                   FORM 10-K/A

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[X]  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

[ ]  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                        SUBURBAN OSTOMY SUPPLY CO., INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 Massachusetts                        5047                      04-2675674
(State or other           (Primary Standard Industrial       (I.R.S. Employer
 jurisdiction of           Classification Code Number)      Identification No.)
incorporation or              
 organization)

                              75 October Hill Road
                              Holliston, MA 01746
                                 (508) 429-1000
              (Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
       including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: NONE

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 (g) of the Act:

         Title of each class           Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, no par value per share                    NASDAQ

         Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all 
reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 during the preceeding 12 months and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.   Yes           No   X

         Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to
Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained,
to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy  or information
statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any
amendment to this Form 10-K.  [X]

         The aggregate market value of shares held by non-affiliates of the
registrant as of November 20, 1997 was $55,987,557. 10,538,622 shares of the
Common Stock of Suburban Ostomy Supply Co. Inc., no par value, were outstanding
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EXHIBIT 27 - FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE

This AMENDMENT NO. 1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended
August 30, 1997 is being submitted for the purpose of filing the Financial
Data Schedule, which was inadvertently not included with the original EDGAR
submission.
                                  



                                  SIGNATURES

    Pursuant to the requirements of the section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons
on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:


November 28, 1997
                       By:    /s/ DONALD H. BENOVITZ
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                              Donald H. Benovitz
                              President and Director

November 28, 1997
                       By:    /s/ STEPHEN N. ASCHETTINO
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                              Stephen N. Aschettino
                              Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
                              and Treasurer
                              (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

                 
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