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Posted 12/15/2012 3:05 AM (GMT 0)
The last time I changed my bag, at first everything was normal, I changed it in the morning so it wouldn't be active, well as soon as I took the bag off, it was like someone opened a flood gate, lol, I went through 2 and 1/2 rolls of toilet paper!!!! But I finally was able to put a new wafer and bag on! :)


Has that happened to any of you? Or what's your craziest story?
Posted 12/15/2012 3:22 AM (GMT 0)
When I had my temporary loop ileo, this used to happen to me just about every time. It was like my stoma waited for me to do a bag change and then it decided to spew out without a break, lol! Then someone told me about the marshmallow trick. I ate 3 or 4 marshmallows about 20 minutes before a bag/wafer change. I was skeptical but it actually worked!
Posted 12/15/2012 3:45 AM (GMT 0)
Yup, happened to me this week and its never happened before!!! Not sure what was different.....but it was messy and took some extra patience!!!
Posted 12/15/2012 1:34 PM (GMT 0)
I'll have to try the marshmallow thing, yeah it's never done that before either, and it took a lot of patience, which I don't always have, it was very messy!
Posted 12/15/2012 4:24 PM (GMT 0)
My hubby hasn't had an issue with that...but he has had a few "accidents". His output can be more liquidy at times and sometimes he waits till the bag is pretty full to empty it.... and on 2 occassions he has done this... where he goes into the bathroom to dump the bag (and he uses a large tupperware dish to empty the bag into) and ooooopsie after he takes the clip off he drops the bag and lovely stoma waste goes all over him and my bathroom.

And guess who gets to clean it up? :D
Posted 12/16/2012 9:01 PM (GMT 0)
What did you eat the night before?

I find that if I can change my bag later in the morning (around 10 am) then I'm usually fine, but often I can't do that .... I try to eat low residue food the night before if possible, to have things out of the way.

Early after surgery I had just a fountain coming out of me -- all over the whole bathroom, and I couldn't bend to clean anything up. My mom was over, and I was saying it had been 45 years or so since she cleaned up one of my accidents.... we moved on, no big deal....
Posted 12/16/2012 11:57 PM (GMT 0)
I don't remember what I ate
Posted 12/18/2012 12:57 AM (GMT 0)
When I first got my bag and was still very much getting used to it all, and hated the fact that I needed to have it... I had taken off the bag and at that point is when stool went everywhere..

I have had other "leaks" as I call them, some at the most inconvenient times. It took a few times for me to realize I need to take supplies with me everywhere. :(
Posted 12/18/2012 1:22 PM (GMT 0)
Ha! I tried the marshmallow trick and it worked! I detest marshmallows but I hate laundry even more!!

I only had two but it seemed to work.

K
Posted 12/19/2012 1:05 AM (GMT 0)
     I find the best time to change the bag is right after I awaken in the morning.  I try not to eat anything past 7pm the night before and my stoma is usually still asleep in the morning..lol....before breakfast of course.
Posted 12/20/2012 7:56 PM (GMT 0)
I do my bag change at night after a shower and I eat late too. Normally it hasn'tbeen too much of an issue but last night I had liquid poo coming out.I have a two piece so it didn't help that I pushed the barrier on separately! Luckily I do it over a bucket so it all goes there...and osme down the leg..lol.
Posted 12/30/2012 1:29 AM (GMT 0)
Marshmallows saved me every time:)
Posted 12/30/2012 1:29 AM (GMT 0)
Marshmallows saved me every time:)
Posted 12/30/2012 1:30 AM (GMT 0)
Marshmallows saved me every time:)
Posted 12/30/2012 3:03 PM (GMT 0)
The key for my husband is also changing first thing in the morning after getting out of bed and having NOTHING to eat or drink...he empties first, removes the entire set up, goes into the shower and any matter in there comes out in the shower and when he dries off it is about 30 seconds or so and the new wafer is on and the stoma is very cooperative and nothing spewing out. He does this every Sunday and Wednesday with great success (so far).
Posted 12/30/2012 3:57 PM (GMT 0)
Sometimes marshmellows work, and sometimes you have to wait until the stoma says. It's not so bad, only if you have to do a change in a public bathroom, and the toilet attendant is wondering why you've been in there so long and keeps asking if you are alright, does it get weird.
I once had to change in the middle of the night, my stoma was up and full of pep and vigor but I was so groggy that output got everywhere, all over my socks, sweat pants, hoodie, the bathroom mat and a towel, before I could get the new bag on. I was at a point where I could see how hilarious it was, clean up and get on with sleeping.
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