Frustrating bag changes

Chris · 2017-07-11T13:08:13Z

I've only had to change my bag on my own a few times so far but I find it somewhat stressful. I suspect that will go away with time but I have a few questions to hopefully ease the pain. I had an ilieostomy, and I try to do it at a time when my stoma is quite but so far there has always been some activity. How do you guys deal with that? Do you have to reclean the skin and dry and then rush before it happens again whenever it spits something out? And when I put the eakin ring on and that activity occurs, then what? I freaked out yesterday and threw the dirty ring out and then rushed to grab another and get it on before anything else came out again. That was after another frustrating clean up and rush. Can you clean the eakin ring and reuse it? Does it matter if it's dirty?Anyway, I'm hoping this will all fade away with time and experience because when I'm done a change I need to lie down. It's mentally exhausting.Eric: if you read this, you mentioned in a video that you apply the ring to your wafer. Is there a video showing how you do this? Is it just a matter of sticking it to the backside or do you mould it into a shape? Thanks to any suggestions. oh.. and I'm feeling a little bit of stinging periodically... and this is just after my bag change yesterday. Is stinging an indication that I may be having skin issues and it's probably worth it to waste my bag change yesterday to investigate? I guess I could keep the bag and only waste the wafer since it's a 2 piece.Anyway..

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