I do things a little different. I don't sit down!! I always stand to empty with no problems. I lay TP 4-6 sheets in toilette to help keep it clean and to prevent splash back. Even when it is watery...
If your Chiropracter does not know about bags then I suggest a new Chiro. lol...
Gainesville Georgia here via Florida via Michigan via Windsor Ontario...
Thanks all for replys I am going in Wednesday to have my B12 levels checked. I am confused irratible and all that. I do have a loving wife and 2 dogs, plus stray dogs and cats that stop by for visit....
Thanks Peggy, I cant say for sure about the B12 levels. I have had a complete check up with labs and all. All the tests came back normal. I have had blue days and the rest bad days. LOL I still...
I m not here to whine, but I want to know if anyone else is going thru the same things as I. I had surgery for total colectomy and permanent illeostomy in april 2006. I spent 8 days in hospital after...
I actually went thru the Atlanta Hartsfield Airport with my canvas bag in tow. Checked at the first security check and said it was medical and no problem. I did put my scissors in my check on...
I have had the same problems and it is not the bag. Some of us are just lucky this way, LOL I use duct tape. I cut off a piece and stick it over the filter and no more leaking problems at all. We...
I agree with Shaz. I felt my best I had in years the week before my surgery. But I knew it to, would pass in time. Be at your best health and do what you know needs to be done. Then you can put it...
Have to put in my 2 cents at this point. There is no need to eat something that comes back out whole as far as I can see. I take vitamins and they help tremendously. Drink, drink & drink more...
Well now we still don't know whats normal. As everything else with our surgeries, we all have different outcomes and results. Mine was 1.25 and now has shrunk to just under an inch. I do have the...
I had many BLOWOUTS in the begining. I know now that I always tried to get all the air out of bag so it would not show. I believe it created a reverse vacuum. lol Need to leave a little air in bag....
Wow!!! I am so thankfull for my church family especially my Sunday School Class. When the wife had cancer they brought food over for 3 weeks and it was enough food to last 5 weeks. Maybe they know...
Thanks for the info Churchlady. It is time for new supplies so I ordered 2 boxes of the extended wear and emailed coloplast for samples. What makes it extended ? Extra sticky stuff on wafer or what?...
I can't get pass 3 -4 days and I will leak. I use the coloplast also. Don't know if it is the heat down here in the South or what. I have double checked everything and shave area well and dry before...
I stay active every morning till about 11 or 12. May empty 4-6 times than it calms down till about 7 than empty once or twice more before bed. When I wake up during the night, which I do every night,...
I know now and only now how sick I really was. Suffered for 12 yrs with UC and kept compensating by taking drugs and more drugs and higher doses of drugs only to realize the drugs were causing many...
I was told I could leave the bag on a week and tried to get away with that. But I had alot of leaks after 4-6 days. Finally I read on here that 3-4 days is more a reality. Now I change every 4 days...
I have eaten alot of things since operation in April 2006 and all have passed thru if ate up very well. Sometimes I get in a hurry and don't chew enough and end up with some pain during passing, but...
Another first since surgery a year ago. I am going to the beach and of course have questions. I think about the salt water being all over the bag and not getting it rinsed off well. Will it cause...
I am in Georgia. I am fortunate to have some very good surgeons here in GAinesville. I do not know yet what I have but do have an appointment. I am getting quite a mound where my stoma is and pain...
Had permanent Ileostomy 1 year ago. Now feel like I have a hernia. Has anyone experieced this in their recovery? Everything else is going well except this mound around my stoma. Waiting for surgeon...