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Posted 7/27/2010 4:46 AM (GMT 0)
Hey all - I'm a pretty active guy - 45 yrs old and had cancer a few years back - got myself an illeostomy that is very little trouble.

Except when it's hot outside - I last about 15 minutes and the thing comes apart and falls off.

What's funny is I've put up with this for 6 years now and am finally asking advice. Typical.

You sports people >>> What kind of drainable ostomy pouch can you wear:
1) swimming /rafting the river or hot tubbing and
2) Mowing the lawn when it's 103?

Thanks and I'm glad I'm not alone in this crazy deal
Posted 7/27/2010 5:12 AM (GMT 0)
i just wear the hollister new image with adapt paste and thats all.
Are you using skin barrier wipes? if you are thats probably your problem, if i use those and i get my wafer even like the tiniest bit wet it comes right off!

I go swimming, in the hot tub, and i mowed the lawn, weedeated, and went to the dump when it was a 102 the other day, not smart but not a problem either.

just tell us what you are doing and maybe we can trouble shoot!
Posted 7/27/2010 5:12 AM (GMT 0)
oh, oh and get sureseals they are like the answer to everything!
Posted 7/27/2010 5:29 AM (GMT 0)
Man I like your style - take no prisoners with the ostomy. That's encouraging...

Ok - I thought the skin barrier wipes helped it stick on. I'm off to try a non-barrier wipe dry run (no pun there eh?)

sureseals - I'll be ordering them tomorrow. Got to get back in the fray with my 3 teenage sons!

Thank you for taking the time to write.
Posted 7/27/2010 5:44 AM (GMT 0)
What are sureseals and do they come in a specific brand?
Posted 7/27/2010 11:48 AM (GMT 0)
I just spent 10 days on Cape Cod (it was an unheard of 90+ everyday) swimming in the ocean and only had one change (regular change schedule) smilewinkgrin

I use Coloplast Extended Wear wafer, an Eakin Seal and top that off with a Sure Seal (I do use Skin Prep but only right around my stoma)...I'm also a runner, kayaker and anything else that catches my attention...and have no problems.

Sure Seal is made by Active Lifestyle and you can find it through most suppliers.

My guess is either your soap has something in it (like moisturizer) or you are going too far away from the stoma with the skin prep which, when it gets wet, can release the wafer shocked In my early ileo days I did have that issue and it was resolved by limiting where I put the prep!

Good Luck, springostomy, and let us know how it goes...welcome to the forum, too!
Posted 7/27/2010 2:52 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Springostomy, welcome to healingwell. Since you started this lovely thread, I had a question about sureseals. LOL


I bought some sure seals and they are way bigger than the barrier itself. Can we cut the barrier smaller? If I wear it as it is now, it will cover my belly button...UGH I have yet to put one on because of this.

Thanks, Tracy
Posted 7/27/2010 5:11 PM (GMT 0)
it needs to go out past the barrier some or it wont keep it dry! but you can cut it. How do you know it will cover your bellybutton if you havent put one on yet? It may look like it if you have just placed one over it with the back on, but when they stick they kind of scrunch down. I dont know how to explain that, lol.

springostomy-ohio brought up a good point about your soap, that could be a problem also. I guess the barrier wipes though, because thats what happened to me at first. I think that happened to a lot of us, because from what i was told by the ET she tells all her patients to use them. So stands to reason that most Ets do the same thing.
Posted 7/28/2010 12:27 AM (GMT 0)
Welcome springostomy,

I live in Florida where it's hot 6+ months out of the year, so I had to find a wafer that would stay on when I'm sweaty or wet, because I have to shower every day.

The best one for me has been the same wafer OHIO76 uses, which is the Coloplast Assura Extended Wear Wafer #2833 with cloth covered drainable pouch #13986. I stick it on dry skin with some Stomahesive around the hole, and it stays on for 7 days, and that's after exercising and spending a day at the waterpark. You should definitely give it a try!

:-) Cecilia
Posted 7/30/2010 5:47 AM (GMT 0)
another vote for coloplast.
i use coloplast sensura with eakin seal, then picture framed with hypafix. Gives me a great weartime- and I have a retracted stoma so the bag used to fall off all the time!
Posted 8/1/2010 1:34 AM (GMT 0)
There are two sizes of the surseals so you may need to check and get the one that fits your wafer the best. I use both depending on which brand wafer I am putting on.

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