Get some gatorade powder , buya few bfa free plastic bottles and drink at least 40 onces a day. anyway thats what i do. What you discribe is what happened to me as i was getting very dhydrated and...
Lots of options mentioned here. My stoma is level with my belly button .I wear a two piece, sideways .I put on a hernia belt ( no hernia,just feels good) then i put on a nylon tube top (Amazon.com)...
Hi, I have been running for 30years and it took a long time for my sewn together rear end to feel "normal" again . It will be 3 yrs in June.It took me close to a year before i could clench the...
Go at it ,but wear a hernia belt from NU -Hope ,made specially for ostomys...
Hi. I wear my detachable bag sideways under girls tube tops i get from amazon . com for 6.99 .It works great because i can wear my pants and undershorts below it .At night i sleep with it hanging...
I had an illeostomy at Beth Israel hospital in Boston last year. Dr. Moss was my gastro and Dr. Nagel was my surgeon. Maybe i was just lucky but I have no complications and accept for the obvious...
You should be very proud of yourself ,as is everyone on this sight . Just being healthy enough to attempt the event was your triumph ,but your performance was icing on the cake....
Thanks for your comments.I may try it on one corner and see what happens. I do use a barrier wipe and an adapt ring.so far so good ,but i worry about my running in the heat....
Question.Has anyone used a antipersperant to prevent sweating between your skin and the wafer? I am a runner and this will be my first summer running with my ostomy. If you have used one does it...
I am a runner & i work out .Your stoma will go inactive when you exersize. I use a hernia belt and i wear my pouch across my belly ,through the belt and under a tube top.It stays put.In fact I always...
Try wearing your pouch sideways.It has to be a two piece type but somewhere on this site it was suggested to me.Amazon.com sells tube tops for 6 or 7 dollars that you simply put your pouch in at a...
Thanks Dave,I have an ileo ostomy,no j pouch.Should i keep taking the lomotil too? I thought i would just take the tinciture and add the lomotil back if i don't get the results i want from the...
Is anyone out there taking this? I empty my pouch 10 to 15 times in 24hrs.I have been taking 8 lopermide a day and some Metamucil wafers but it isn't slowing me down enough.I get my opium tincture...
Very good idea.I wear my bag side ways ,slanting down a bit and Pull a girls tube top over it (amazon.com ,5.99ea) .this allows me to wear my pants just below the wafer ,and i find it quite...
Yes I use it .I keep trying different brands but i always come back to this one. They have an adjustable moldable skin barrier that custom fits itself to your stoma with no cutting to fit.I take the...