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The Colostomy UK Facebook group have a lot of members who irrigate you will find further information there. This leaflet is useful

It's just a useful guideline for those who are a bit unsure. So yes, if you use a product as a mouthwash then it should be fine to use in your stoma b...

My stoma nurse said to me that if you wouldn't put it in your mouth, then don't put it on your stoma

Posted by: VeganOstomy Yes, I work full-time. Veganostomy keeps me busy enough to consider it my "second job" 😂 This is when I wished the 'like' bu...

This is great, thanks. A few others that you may want to include... - Anastomosis - Mucus - many people (particularly colostomates) suffer from this ...

Yep, me too. I assumed that I was doing something wrong. I'm sure that it used to work on my iPad

As Eric says, it is just trial and error, not just with different products but how you apply them. Another useful product are the Coloplast barrier sh...

I'm impressed with 4 days too, I was lucky to last one day initially. I then got in the habit of changing it twice a week, seemed a waste to do it mor...

Another use of a convex appliance is for those people with a bit of a tummy, it makes the appliance fit a bit more securing around the stoma. There is...

I'm a bit like Eric, I hold a small plastic bag underneath my stoma if it starts being active. However I find that swearing at my stoma and telling it...

Posted by: Navey A little trick I use for during the night is that I put a nite light in the bathroom so that I don't have to turn on the bright overh...

Posted by: Illona Thank you Sarah, I am using a Convatec 2 piece bag so I guess I can change it without weakening my wafer seal? . If you use the 2...

Posted by: Illona Do any of you change the bag every day? I'd love to be able to start each day with a fresh clean bag but do not want to risk weaken...

That's excellent news, I'm really pleased for you. Most people wouldn't want to go back to work, but it's good to have that normality back in your li...

Posted by: VeganOstomy Sarah, what a system! Fantastic! Did say it was quite excessive lol, but I get so grumpy if I don't get a good night sleep 😴

Posted by: Illona How many times are you emptying at night? What is more important than the number of times you empty your bag is to put a system in...

I let the air out of the drainable part of the bag, works ok as long as you are careful

Most people who irrigate do it daily (or every other day) and it takes 1/2 to an hour, but after that they have no output from their stoma in between ...

This may seem a bit OTT for some people lol, but it worked for me... I had a slow output ileostomy, so it was always quiet during the day and active a...

Emptying every hour makes more sense, I was wondering where you were getting that many bags from. Don't worry about the trail of poo, that's the kind ...