Gas! especially at night

Some nights I find that my bag fills up like a balloon with gas. I usually have to get up once, sometimes twice to empty my bag and each time it is a third full and then full with gas. I am afraid that one of these times I will end up with it bursting. Any tips on how to reduce gas? Or how to reduce the number of times i have to empty through the night? I try not to eat too late in the evening and am careful not to eat gassy foods at dinner.

I use coloplast assura and my bag has blown many times at night very messy and not happy but I seem to be allergic to most of the other brands . like you I watch what I eat ,never eat late at night but sometimes have to get up three four times at night to let gas out maybe someone else has idea why gas can be so bad at night ?
Lucky lass

Besides eating too late, if I have dairy, milk, ice cream, cream on some dessert, cheese, ect. it fills my bag with gas. I have had it explode and it is really awful to clean up. I have tried to "burp" my bag in bed and yeah, I learned not to try it lying down. Oh my goodness that was a disaster waiting to happen! It leaked all over the place, and I had to get up and change clothes, sheets, the works.

I find if I have something like a few crackers before bed they keep stomach from being too empty so gas doesn't build up. There is so much trial and error is this process of what works best, but it is nice to hear what works for others to get ideas. Good luck with your adventures in ostomyland. There are so many great people with good ideas, I don't know where I'd be without them!

I think the morning "blimp" is a common issue with ostomies. I have an ileo and what I eat and when I eat it before bedtime can create a giant "blimp" so I try to keep consuming food of any kind to almost nothing after about 8:00pm.

One thing I have been using almost since I had my ileo almost 4 months ago is the Osto EZ vent. It's a little vent that you adhere to your bag. You just pop open the vent and out comes the gas. Really easy and you can do it anywhere. I always add odor control in my bag so that when I vent, it doesn't smell up the room.

If I wake up in the night and my bag needs burping, I just open the vent and release the gas. One thing I've learned is to place a tissue over the vent just in case some of the contents come out with the gas. If it does, it's usually just a little drop or two because the vent hole is very small. Another thing, when I vent during the waking hours, there is little to no smell, but when I vent in the middle of the night, it's pretty smelly but using the tissue helps that. I'm usually only half awake when I need to vent in the middle of the night but at least I can stay in bed, roll over and go back to sleep.

The Osto EZ vent can cost up to $1 each but my insurance covers 90% of the cost. To see more on this neat little device go to http://www.kemonline.com/content/home/

Not eating will cause more gas...it might be more the kind of food that is being consumed, than food in general. I find that any processed foods (or foods/drinks with yeast or sugar) will cause more gas and can be a problem at night.

If I stick to 'real' foods like fruits/veggies, yes, I will have to empty in the am, but it's not the pressure like gas with the fear of explosion!

Use caution when burping:-0!