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Posted 8/25/2014 12:37 AM (GMT 0)
Axis, the Friars comes off with your wafer. No need to rub or remove at all. It all comes off when you take your wafer off.

I hope you find some relief.

Kelly
Posted 8/25/2014 6:36 AM (GMT 0)
Hope things are going well Axis. I had my surgery a week after you.

I was great my first two weeks then my stoma shrank real quick and I had a major leakage I didnt realize. It destroyed my skin. Been coming back ever since. Pretty cleared up now.
Was using stoma powder and barrier wipes for "crusting"
Then cut back to just a little powder on the moist part.
And now using nothing. Went to nothing before the skin was totally healed... really just wanted to find a wafer that worked better. I ended up needing convex. so that helped A LOT with my leakage.
Seems to be a good seal now and I'm not using any product besides appliance :)

feel free to message me if you wanna swap stoma pix and stuff - lol. I am open to any questions and love blab blab blabbing about my Mr Beefers and our journey together so far :D
Posted 8/27/2014 6:01 PM (GMT 0)
If you are using paste, you are allergic to the alcohol in it. I had this issue and switched to the Adapt rings and it went away. It is Hollister product 7805.
Posted 8/27/2014 7:13 PM (GMT 0)
Guys, just giving you an update on the friars balsam i ordered from the UK. The bottle arrived yesterday. I haven't used it in anger yet because I've been busy at work. I always try out new products when i'm not working the next day so I'll give it a go over the weekend. Anyway it definitely seems to be the correct stuff. Its a brown liquid with a very powerful smell and when i tried a dab on the back of my hand it dried to a very sticky brownish stain which survived several washes from hot water.

You can easily get it from any uk online chemist ( or amazon) for roughly £2.50 in a 50ml bottle. Search "Care Friars Balsam"

I'll let you know how I get on when i use it on my peristomal skin.

Hoping for the best!

Danny.
Posted 8/27/2014 11:55 PM (GMT 0)
Danny! Yahoo! Sounds like the right stuff! So happy you found it! Now that you can get it, use it all around your stoma, and under your wafer. Apply with a qtip and don't put a used qtip back into the bottle.....don't want to contaminate your bottle.

Good luck! I am so excited for you!
Posted 9/12/2014 7:11 PM (GMT 0)
How's everyone? Just letting you know how i got on with the friars balsam. After using it for 2 weeks unfortunately i knew it wasn't the right stuff for me. I suspected this before i used it. I was really only trying it to find out if it was the same stuff polishdan and larasmom were recommending and that it was easily accessible in the UK. So others would be able to try it out. It is the same stuff.
Its definitely a superb product if you are having trouble with pouch adhesion. The friars really does hold fast. So i would highly recommend it for anyone having bother with leaks. I've just never had a problem with my skin barrier sticking.

My main obstacle is a dip i have at the bottom edge of my stoma. It only dips when i clench my stomach muscles so output eventually gets in the gap then starts forming a ring around my stoma, The only thing that works for that is filling it with paste.

What i do use to heal the excoriated skin is aloe vera gel (the 99.9% stuff). Seems to work great for me.

Danny.
Posted 9/24/2014 11:47 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for all the tips! I did order some of the benzoin tincture (the geritrex stuff). I tried a little on my arm and it's pretty sticky to say the least. By the time I got it the skin was already pretty well cleared up. I usually get a pretty solid seal now. I think time and food were the best things for me. Since my low point after surgery I've gained about 20 pounds in less than 3 months.

I might try out the benzoin if I continue exercising. I've been trying to run some which causes me to sweat quite a bit and I wonder how well the bag will hold on. So far, it hasn't been an issue. But, if I start to wonder I may give it a try to see if it feels a little more solid.

Haha embers! I'll keep that in mind. Strangely I'm a little more conscious about the stoma now that I'm out of this whole life crisis mode. I was really open about it at first, but now I don't really talk about it too much. It just became part of life, I guess. I can't wait to finish out my surgeries though. I want them done in the worst way. Time to move on. This **** UC took enough of my good years already. Sadly in order to not worry about job security I have to wait until March for round 2 and the middle of summer will be marred by surgery again :(. On a positive note I can't wait to be fully functional and active again. How I could stand the last 10 years is beyond me some days.
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