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Any tips for colonoscopy prep with a colostomy?

Ostomy & J-Pouch | Last Active: Jul 1 1:48pm | Replies (5)

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Hi @pilottd, you're asking great questions. I hope you saw the helpful response from @ams as well. Did you have a chance to ask these same questions of your ostomy nurse?

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Hi Colleen, thanks for following up! I always do the split prep, have done 10 - 12 preps before, just none with a stoma. It's the how do I not make a mess in the bathroom or get a backache bent over the toilet that I was looking for suggestions. My stoma placement and toilet shape make for not a great pair to have stuff just run through the bag into the toilet while seated without splashing all over everything or getting a backache standing over the toilet to prevent splashing. I'm thinking I might just buy a short pvc pipe and put the end of the bag into that and let that flow into the toilet. I don't have an ostomy nurse at this point in time, will supposedly get a referral to a place after the colonoscopy, otherwise I have to do an office visit before getting the referral and that seems like a waste of resources/time.