I had a colonoscopy. The stoma is uneven and it goes below the surface of my skin and stool comes out from between my skin and the stoma. The stool is a thick paste and stays over stoma, and it...
I have a colostomy. I have tried the baby oil but it didn't work for me at all unfortunately. Also, I am a bit of a neat freak when it comes to this stuff so if I go to the bathroom, I go into a...
What can I do to slow down going to the bathroom? I feel like I spend most of my day in the bathroom cleaning out my bag... at least 4+ times a day. It's always a mess. I don't want to take too many...
How do I make my stools harder? They have a very pasty consistency and it makes my bag very hard to clean. ***The only reason why I want it harder is because when they have this consistency, it hurts...
Stoma, bag, colonoscopy... the whole nine yards....
How do I get my bowel movements more of solids and not paste-like? It's impossible to deal with when it's like this and I have no idea what I'm doing wrong....
Thanks so much for all the responses! I always use skin prep but I do use A LOT of tape - my doctor said he never saw anything like it before lol... because if I dont, the whole thing just comes...
What do you all do for extreme itching? I have use tape to hold on my bags - since they never stick otherwise. Under the tape, it's pretty red so I used the skin prep - then put on cortaid itching...
I have heard about the marshmallow trick but never tried it. I guess I'll have to buy a bag and try it out....
I find that every time I have to change my bag or the wafer, I have to take an imodium to stop going to the bathroom. I use to just get up in the morning, take a shower, change everything and that's...