bag coming loose

Are you using a skin barrier/prep? Sometimes that helps. What are you using to clean your skin? You may have oily skin, I always use a deoderant/antibacterial soap which strips your skin of oils.

Are you using any powders or creams that could prevent it from sticking?

The other thing would be that it's the wrong size opening. Is it pre-cut? You may want to try bigger, if you're cutting it, try cutting a little bigger.

Does your stoma protrude evenly all around, or is it flat and/or flush with your skin?

Do you do strenuos activities? Sweat a lot? Do you let it get too full, or full of air? Sorry, more questions than answers.

It may be as simple as you need a different type of pouch. You may want to ask your doctor for an ET nurse to come out and help you figure this out.

You should also be able to call your supplier and tell them you've had an emergency and that you need more supplies. They should be able to help you even if it's to just send samples. This is also why you should always have an Rx on file signed by your doctor for a large amount of supplies in a month's period.

Have you tried a heavy duty (plastic or silk) tape along the bottom where the flange goes into your crease? If it continues to be a problem you may want to try one of those wide NuHope belts to hold it down.

Hopefully you can find a pouch that the adhesive sticks better for you. Good luck and let us know what happens.

The bag is a flat one. I just have trouble with it coming loose on the bottom just below the ostomy. It seems that my skin folds just below it prevent a decent seal from forming. Hopefully the supplies I'm getting this week will have some thing in it to help solve this situation.

Thanks Amey. I do not use wafers yet but I hope the stuff that is coming will have one. I have not tried the Eakin yet but I just may. just have to wait and see what I get.

well if the sticky stuff on the backside of the bag is a wafer, then I guess I have one then. So far the bag I have on now has not come loose yet and I hope it will stay that way till changing day, which will be in a day or so. I think laying down and putting the bag on is alot easier and it sticks better cause my belly is flat and not creased. I put pressure on the wafer for a few minutes just to be sure it sticks. So far, so good.

Well I got lucky, my bag lasted four days and I just changed it this morming. I hope that this bag lasts as long as the one I changed. My supplies should be coming in this week and we'll see what happens.

Clyde,

So how's the wear time?  Did you make any changes to your application procedure? 

Hey ya'll, thanks for the input about this subject. I went another four days without a leak even showing up. I changed my bag this morning when I went to shower and the seal held up during the time I had it in place. There was not even the hint of a leak appearing on the wafer around the hole for the stoma. I was really surprised to say the least. I guess I found the fix to a frustrating problem. I hope this bag holds up to the test of time for the four days as well.

YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks Amey, I was goin to try for five days but I thought it might be a little risky. I may try it this time just to see if it is possible. Just have to cross my fingers, toes, eyes, legs........well you get the picture.

Clyde:

i have been getting 7 days weartime pretty consistently out of the Convatec / Sur-fit Natura, Durahesive, moldable two piece system, w/tape collar (long name, huh?)

Instead of cutting the wafer to fit the stoma, you roll it up on itself (like the opposite of unrolling a condom). You roll it upin the exact shape of your stoma, the rolled up wafer turtlenecks around the stoma and prevents the output from getting at your skin. This system is by far the longest lasting and I have tried many techniques....absent adding an additional eakin seal.

Also what's important about the system is the flange (not the wafer, put the sticky part around the wafer) is more medical-tape-like, then other systems and it seems to stick better then the plastic (coloplast type) flange types that claim to be "flexible" I can only get those to last about two days.


one other tidbit....all the reps at the supply manufacturers have told me that the skin prep actually reduces wear time...while it can protect your sensitive skin, it prevents the wafer from sticking directly to your skin, and the barrier begins to wear off, causing a leak....

HI !

i had temp colostomy done oct 07 and plan to be reversed in april.  i started taking iron tabs about two weeks ago and since then my bag has leaked almost every day..it's to the point that i am afraid to leave the house!! i use a convatec flat one piece with stoma hesive and the stoma is right at my belt line...bad place!  does anyone have any suggestions, the convex appliance is very uncomfortable due to stoma placement and the fact that stome is flush and not protruding..any advise you could give me would be appreciated!!

THANKS