I may be a bloke, but I have a "man bag" and I love it. It has all my wmergency supplies in the case of accidents,. I usually have 4 spare bags, two cut to size, two not cut. I also carry two tubes...
Yup, this thing is all about learning what works for you and everybody has different solutions - I like stomahesive, most people think it's awful. My stoma nurse tells me there are over 6000 products...
As a guy, I mostly wear my bag outside my trousers. My shirts are not tucked in and are generally just liog enough to hide the bag. I can tuck it into my shorts, but I don't find that very...
I was hospitalised with dehydration a few weeks ago. I was told that I should not drink more than 2 litres a day, otherewise anything more than that comes straight out of the stoma. The more you...
Slight different procedure as I use one-piece plus adhesive, but to get my skin bone dry before I stick the bag, I use toilet paper to get it roughly dry, I then spend a couple of minutes putting the...
Thanks, no. The nurses were actually being careful and I had one supporting each arm and I guess they stopped me hitting the floor. Was an odd feeling though as I'd walked a few yards already with...
Epidural was great for me, worked perfectly. The only issue I had was as soon as they took it out they asked me to walk a few steps ...... I passed out after 1 step, fortunately the nurse caught me...
Change my bag and shower every other day. My bag won't last much longer than that, but will stretch to 4 days if I an careful....
Zero chance if bagging in the shower, my skin needs to be ultra dry before applying the new bag, the adhesive I use is water soluble as well, so definitely won't happen. It's not a problem as long as...
Watery output increases the chance of leaks and the bag fills up much quicker, but the most important thing is the possibility of dehydration. I have been hospitalised once for dehydration exactly...
It's not a problem getting output while I'm in the shower, it's the bit between getting out of the shower and getting the new bag on that can be messy. I generally take a pile of gauze and cover the...
I did the bowel prep twice in two different wards at the Sussex County Hodpital and the wards did it completely differently. One made me drink 4 litres over 2 hours - even with added squash that was...
I did the one with the weak orange squash earlier this year. I was actually relieved, I was dreading being made to drink the NHS bowel prep, which is what I thought it might be. Cheap squash - no...
Ouch, not nice. I've had a couple if MRIs since I got this thing, no problems. Depends what they're scanning, I guess - my last one 2 weeks ago was for a lump on jy neck and I could lay on my back,...
It's quite amusing how we all find our individual routines to get around these everyday hurdles. I was told initially by my stoma nurse that I would work it all out, but at that point I really didn't...
It's not a problem getting output while I'm in the shower, it's the bit between getting out of the shower and getting the new bag on that can be messy....
Forgot to say, my fluid intake is also limited to 2 litres a day - any more than that and it comes straight out of the hole. Other things that automatically make output watery, which you don't want,...
Love showering without the bag, only real time I feel "free". It is part of my routine, bag off - shower - new bag on. I only do it in the morning though, while he's not active. Showering while he's...
I agree a shower is great at the moment. I do it as part of my bag changing routine every other day. Bag off - shower - new bag on. Would love to shower every day but my setup won't allow with water...
The iliostomy and all the bag stuff is not nice, but it is manageable. I'm 3 months post-op for bowel cancer and certainly hated it for the first few weeks. Now, I still get issues but I don't let...
For me they key was getting the output to be firm. I have only managed to do this with prescription drugs, codeine and loperamide. Taking a large amount of these and output is good. After that I am...
I had both. I had the epidural for 3 days, then they reduced it to the pump. Don't think I used the pump very much though. Thry then reduced it to fentanyl patches. Was supposed to keep them on for...
Only in the event of a problem, most probably a leak. My usual routine is to change bags every other day, as I was told by my stoma nurse, and it seems to work for me....
I tried a hairdryer a couple of times at the beginning but didn't seem to help at all so gave up with it....
Have you tried stoma adhesive. I use it all the time, although I know others don't like it. I have a dip in my tummy on the left hand side of my stoma, and had terrible problems trying to get the...
If I have the bag on for 2 days then it all pretty much just comes off with the bag. If I have to change twice in a day, then it leaves some residue, but that comes off with water and adhesive...
Not quite rhe same problem, but I use Convatec stomahesive. Works great for me to stick the bag into my contours. Others don't like it though. Make sure you hold it on for quite a while, though, it...
Because I use Convatec stomahesive paste under my bag, I have no problems taking the bag off, provided it's been on for 2 days. It comes off easily and takes all the paste with it. If I have to...
Eva Lou - just make sure you're not compromising the effectiveness of the seatbelt should you have a bump...
Thanks for the link, I'll take a look at that. I didn't have the placement issue because getting a stoma was supposed to be not very likely. I had my bowel surgery for the cancer and was supposed to...
I didn't really know there were options. I would think below the belt line would be very difficult. Mine is a little to the right of my belly button, and if I had the choice I would probably have it...
You also need to limit your fluid intake. Drinking anything more than 2 litres a day and the extra just comes straight out of your stoma, which can also lead to dehydration - I knowv that sounds...
I take Loperamide (which I think is Immodium) every day to firm up the output - without it, output is generally very watery. A side effect of firming the output is that output is less frequent....
I have had output in liquid form that fast, depends what I eat. Certainly spicy food can come out quite quickly and watery. In fact anything going through that quickly is going to be watery in my...
Interesting, thanks for those replies, they all seem reasonable. I never mind asking questions, although I always remember the quote "better to stay silent and be thought stupid, than to talk and...
Can I ask a dumb question for those UC sufferers - i didn't have UC and know little about it I got my stoma through bowel cancer, but reading posts like Chris' above, if surgery is such a good...
I'm currently only showering when I change my bag 4 times a week, and only risk showering at breakfast time. I have showered twice while he was active in the afternoon and it was not pretty - I won't...
Thanks for these thoughts. Sounds like a partial blockage then. Probably brought on by my bad choice in food. I can go with that. The first time, the one where I went to hospital, I actually vomited...
Well, yesterday had just been chicken snd rice, some red pepper in there but cut fairly small. The other times I can 't remember. I think the time I went to A&E I'd had some mushrooms which was part...
This is insignificant compared to most problems on here, and just asking out of curiosity to see if this is common, really. I'm 10 weeks podt-op and getting used to how my stoma works etc., but I...
Get a matress protector or incontinence sheets, there WILL be accidents, just a fact, pretty much unavoidable really....
There are so many options, it's very difficult to say. Apparently, according to my stoma nurse last week there are over 6,000 products currently for ostomies. I like one-piece, but have to be convex,...
I use ConvaTec stomahesive, which I guess is similar. I don't shower with a bag on - I have once - but I shower and change the bag at the same time, so shower without it. The stomahesive is water...
I was hoping that ConvaTec spray and wipes might get off ConvaTec paste, or is that too logical thinking ?...
Funnily enough, I was speaking with ConvaTec yesterday about these ahdesive removers and they are sending me samples. Straight after I spoke with them, I had to call my supplier for my usual order...
I wasn't expecting to have my stoma so asked nothing before surgery and was told little after. When I was in hospital the day after surgery a stoma nurse turned up at my bedside to show me how to...
Doesn't sound likely that it's rectal, there's no way of it getting there, I believe. With regard to the blow out, she needs to keep an eye on how full the bag is and empty it before it tets too...
Welcome to the club. We've all had the same or similar issues as you, what you're experiencing is not unique, you are not alone. If it's any help, for me, the first 3 or 4 weeks were quite diffucult...
The paste seems to have a lifetime of a couple of days, at least, it seems to be effective for that long, and afterbthat time it goes quite hard and comes off very easily. If I have no leaks and...
Lynnie - There are so many products out there, the problem is finding something that suits you. I started with just a one-piece, but when I kept having leaks my stoma nurse suggested adding some...