Hello I. I also would like to know what are other ways of eating healthy since if u eat something like I love ice cream it goes straight through me like water. In regards to ice cream, sugary foods usually pass through fairly quickly. Try eating something bready like toast or a bagel a bit before you have ice cream to help slow it down.
Hi Laura I have a urinary diversion ostomy and use both a skin protective wipe and stoma powder. My question is: Do you apply the powder first or the skin protective wipe first? Thanks for your advice. Great question!
Since you are getting itchy irritation, I would first try only using stoma powder. Apply it, and brush all excess off, except where the powder sticks naturally to the weepy areas of the skin. I found personally that the skin barrier was actually making my seal weaker, so you may want to try eliminating it from your pouching process once and see how it goes. We all have different skin chemistry, so products work differently for each of us.
You apply powder first, then apply skin barrier, apply powder again, and re-apply skin barrier. It creates a protective layer between your pouch and your skin. Please let me know if either of these suggestions help! It has no perfumes or lotions that would lessen the effectiveness of a base or bag sticking. Laura, I really admire you and what you do for other ostomates. I would like nothing more than to somehow do what you do and help people.
I would love to do speaking engagements or something like what you do…answer questions and write articles!! How did you get involved doing this stuff? I would love this do something similar!
Hi Amanda, thank you so much for reaching out! I actually started by just creating a YouTube channel www. The rest followed after I had enough subscribers! There are many ways to get involved and support others! Hello, I have a question about showering with the ostomy bag off. I have had my ostomy for 2 years now. I shower with my bag off most of the time but then it gets active and the drain gets clogged. What is the solution because I want to be able to take a shower with it off but it gets annoying and gross.
Does this happen to anyone else? I guess the other option is to change it out of the shower. Hi Diana! Thank you for your comment. Try using the cool setting on a hair dryer for tape borders and covered pouches.
If you use a two-piece system, then you should bathe either with the entire appliance on flange and pouch or with the entire appliance off on scheduled appliance change days only.
You may hear recommendations to remove only the pouch for bathing, leaving the flange and stoma exposed during the bath. Leave the system intact to preserve the barrier. If you are using a cloth-covered pouch, you may want to switch to a stoma cap or a non-covered pouch for bathing, thus avoiding the time needed to dry your pouch afterward. If you do so, remember to avoid a direct shower stream on your stoma. Avoid the use of oil based soaps, shower gels, bath foams and moisturizing lotions as these will be hard to rinse off your skin, ultimately preventing adhesion of your next appliance.
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