Well Dan, I am new at this and the nurse handed me a sheet listing all the things I can not eat. Most foods are on it. onions tomatos, anything with seeds. No chips, nachos, all the good stuff. After...
I empty my bag about every 2 - 2.5 hrs and at least once at night I have woken up in green goo and I sleep with a towel under me at all times. I had not eaten anything new the bag just came off!! And...
OK, HELP!!! My bag needed changed twice yesterday the second time the paste was so adhered to my skin we had a terrible time 2.5 hours worth getting it off and we used lasocaine to deaden the pain...
Thank you all for assisting. My illio is likely permanent. It is short, button, exit north at skin level. Using Hollister 8631 wound vac is near stoma. Should not have to cut a new hole in each bag...
I do have a nurse and they have done what they can...I like a shower each am guess that will change. I do 2X a week w/ assistance right now. I was a stomach sleeper, not now though some have said try...
I had ER surgery and woke up 6 weeks later with an illiostomy. I had no previous problems it was a result of a "simple" surgery gone wrong. I have had a hard time adjusting. I empty the bag about...