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@cromme50

Ravna, I am curious - how long do you wear the urostomy bag? I was told to change it every 3 or 4 days and that frequency was wearing me out(not exactly the highlight of my day, just stressful to do it perfectly every time to minimize the chance of a leak) plus it was a burden to track it on the calendar.
I now change it every Sunday, which is easy to remember. I thought I was pushing the limit by going a week, you mentioned 14 days, wow! Any concern about getting a UTI?

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Not 14 days, I’ve been changing the flange every 4-5 days.

@cromme50
I also change every week. It's much simpler and stay nice and tight. No leaking.

Cromme50, it’s the ileostomy I can sometimes go 12-14 days…the urostomy tops out at 8-9 days 🙂