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Skin problem and blow outs on bag edge

Posted by lrandall51 @lrandall51, Mar 6 11:48am

I am almost 6 months out of surgery. I have a rash around the stomach area where bag adheres to skin. Any suggestions?
Also. My stool seems to collect at the stoma and eventually pushes thru the seal of the bag. Any suggestions? I started using the lubricant and it seems to help. Trying to firm up stool as well. Thank you

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piki | @piki | Nov 20 9:39am
In reply to @lrandall51 "@dennis287 thanks for the advice. I have an colostomy and it’s weird. Typically flush my body..." + (show)
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@dennis287 thanks for the advice. I have an colostomy and it’s weird. Typically flush my body pops out at times. I call it my turtle head. I cut my pouches as close to that as possible. I don’t always have a rash but I watch it and change the pouch to avoid problems. Always learning. My supplies are partially covered by my insurance…
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@lrandall51 Turtle head...that's exactly what I have. It's not very big to begin with and sometimes it seems to basically disappear. Actually it drives me batty sometimes. And when it retracts almost out of existence, that's when leaking can occur. Aarrggh!!!

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