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Hi Linda, look down and you will see “format” that changes the type 😃👍

Now we all have a mental picture in our head 😂👍

Totally agree, being alive and able to go about every day activities! Not being chained to a bathroom or a bed. Just normal things that are so easily ...

Hi Shortnsweet, Yes some of the stoma guards are quite pricey, Have you looked at the “Stoma Dome” it is cheaper and doesn’t use a belt, Eric has done...

Hi LL, just a thought why not use the gelling agents to help thicken the loose output. All the very best 👍

Hi Axe Wound, Being restless is a sign you are getting better. I can tell you are going to be a great example of a happy ostomate. 👍

Liza, I really don’t think I could top what Tony has said 👍 😃 I agreed totally on seeing further medical options. I was taken off the steroids with ou...

Hi Liza, I always have worn my bag under my clothes, I can’t see that it would have caused any ill feeling unless the stoma was crushed and flow restr...

Hi Axe wound, Sounds like you have embraced your ostomy well. I have not had this part of the surgery but you are getting great advice from folks that...

Hi Eric, Yes if that’s not a whole lot of trouble for you I think that would be very useful. I get my supplies directly from the pharmacy my self as i...

Hi Cyrisse, Sorry to hear that you have had this trouble. If you think it’s a reaction to the wafer maybe try a test by putting a wafer on another par...

Hi lg. I will shave around the stoma probably once a week. I wouldn’t use any hair removal creams, no hair means easier to remove the wafer and less c...

Hi Tony, looking good Der lad👍

Hi Liza, that’s brilliant that you have been able to experiment with different clothes, dressing well is a big part of being normal. The leak well an ...

That’s so terrible!! If being ill ain’t hard enough. Getting stuff like that of yer chest helps.

Hi Emma, having no stoma is this supposed to be a temporary thing? I can see how you are having issues

Hi Emma, Welcome to the forum, yes a convex is a great solution for a flush stoma, could you give some more detail on the type of stoma you have. Also...

Very easily done, one morning not so long ago I was heading out the door when I realised I had not put a new clip on my bag!! Now that’s just stupid 😂

That’s brilliant too hear, As time goes by the ostomy just becomes part of who you are and normal life 👍